I will probably still get the third book, because I want to know how this ends (although, I'm pretty sure I already do) and because the politics and plots are very-very good. Realizing that I hate Laurent and will never not hate him is what kind of killed the joy for me. The author seems to think that his backstory (which I won't expand on to avoid spoilers) should somehow excuse the fact that he's a genuinely terrible person and somehow Damen also loses sight of this as things continue.

Most people seem to like him, but I don't know why. This is both a good and a bad thing - on one hand, he's a protagonist you can sympathize with easily, on the other, there isn't a lot there to keep you hooked if you start to realize that you don't quite see things the way he does anymore.Īnd that's where we come to Laurent. Damen, who is the narrator, is an overall decent guy and sympathetic enough to be an audience conduit or even stand-in, but he is on the blander side of things. I think where this series is hit-or-miss is the characters. This is also a slow-burn romance, which for the most part is well handled. However, I will say that it is not overwhelming and there's usually a good reason for any scene with sex in it. There is erotica, on which I cannot comment too much because I don't care about the explicit content. It is very well plotted and the twists and turns of the political game are very engaging and well done. In these areas the book certainly delivers. I'm a sucker for historical or pseudo-historical novels/romances, m/m, and politics. I just hope the third book would be a steamy one. But, despite all this, I'm giving it a 4 star out of 5 - For the plot and the development of its characters.

Now I understand why the soldiers and almost all the men who know the prince was in fact a frigid one. This could be the part that must be focused on since it's their first encounter. Where's the fire they've been holding on for a while? In short, their love scene came very flat to me (even after reading the extra Chapter 19). It may not be as very visual as compared to the other books that I've read before, but c'mon. somehow, i expected it to be hot when they first did it. Fine.I can understand that there were not any (hot) scenes concerning both of them but on the second book. After reading the two books, somehow, i felt disappointed in the sense that i can feel the coldness of the main character (Laurent) through the part where they first made love.

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