eBook,
220 pages
Published
August 28th 2010 by The Raven Books (first published July 31st 2004)
ISBN
13: 9781452450209
Source:
Publisher, for the purpose of an honest review
Genre:
Sci Fi/Fantasy Romance
Series:
Dragon Lords, book #2
Best read in order: yes
Stars: 4
Flames: 3
The Perfect Prince is the second installment of The Dragon Lords series
by Pillow featuring Nadja Aleksander and Olek of Draig. Nadja is a reserved young woman on the run
from her controlling father. She takes
the first available ship to escape him and ends up with the Galaxy Brides, a
corporation that provides brides to other planets. When the ship arrives at the planet
Qurilixen, Nadja goes through the selection process and finds herself married
to Olek, one of the four princes of Draig. Olek is the ambassador of the family
who spends his time pouring over treaties and import/export documents. He is thrilled when his crystal chooses him a
bride and sets about seducing her from the first night.
I really enjoyed reading
Nadja and Olek’s interaction. She is so shy of his affection and unsure of how
to act towards him. While Olek knows that he wants to be with Nadja, he just
has to convince her that they make a good team.
I found the delving into herbalism with Nadja very interesting, where
she used her medical knowledge to help the Draig society using the plants and
fauna of their planet.
In this book we get more of a
view of the life in the palace and village than in the previous book and I
found it very intriguing. I liked reading about how the planet looked as well as
getting to know the other princess’ better.
There is also quite a bit of
sexual tension between Nadja and Olek.
Nadja keeps fighting what is growing between them and Olek is nurturing
it. Although I will say that sometimes
it seemed like both character’s had multiple personalities (or at the very
least instant mood swings). Where one
minute they would feel a certain way towards the other and be determined to
follow that path and then the next second they were do a complete 180 and do
something out of left field. But overall I liked how the author used the
tension to slowly bring the characters around to where they finally confronted
their feelings for one another.
This series is best read in
order because (so far) all the books begin in approximately the same spot, the
Breeding festival where the men choose their brides. After that there are a few
scenes with all of the characters and each book opens up little pieces that you
didn’t see in the previous book or shows them from a different perspective. I am very excited to continue this series and
find out how the other brothers fair in their claiming.
Awesome! I have a friend that I think would love these :)
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