A review by vinreads
The Prince Without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It took me a while to get through this one, but it was worth it, I feel. The pacing was a bit slower than I would've liked for a fantasy book. I lose interest easily in fantasy books if they drag, and I personally like mine to have a bit more romance than this one had, but I also understand that this is part of a series, and I think that's where this book will gain a bad rap. Unfortunately, ARC readers whose reviews I've seen seemed not to have media literacy enough to read that this is part of a series. I'm fairly certain it says either in the description on Netgalley that it's #1 in a series, or even on the cover itself. Of course it's going to feel incomplete and end in a cliffhanger, it is very much so incomplete. I could complain about how much was invested into the idea of the collective mind, and how it seemed to play a huge part in the book, but there's more to come, and in here for it, personally. I loved that this book had roots in real life history. Obviously if you don't know the history, you won't know it's based on real life events, loosely, so I feel like an added piece at the beginning might help, and who knows, there might be; this is an unfinished copy of the book, of course you're not going to see everything readers will see when they read the final published copy. But for what it's worth, I'm excited to see more, and hopefully it picks up the pace in the next book. 
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