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The Prince Without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara
5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The overall rating for this book is so low and ridiculous! Then I see this book being advertised as Romantasy and Romance, I’m annnoyed!

I can imagine people are picking this up expecting “the bad prince with no sorrow, doing bad things, then a witch turns up and…ensue steamy love”. NO!

This book is a perfect new adult/adult fantasy bridging book. A really dark, gritty fantasy with a lot of uniqueness, vast world, politics. Let that all ramp up in the sequel, please! Sure it’s not perfect but I genuinely can’t wait to read book 2 and see everything fall apart even more!