Book: The Wayfarer Prince by Elizabeth Paloma
Reviewed by Your_bookish_fantasy
Rating: 4/5
Liz paloma -where have you been all my life? You write so incredibly well, I felt like I could feel the texture of the embroidery, the heat from the bonfire, the tingle in my fingertips... reading this story was such a pleasure!
I am paraplegic and in a lot of pain all the time, this book made me forget about it all! The world building, in particular, was so well written that i could see the town and characters as clearly as if it was a memory.
I loved the magic and mysteries and secrets and how it all unfolded... I love that I was intrigued by jachlann, then I went on a roller coaster of hating her and admiring her and hating her again and being proud of her and then feeling sorry for her and rooting for her...
And omg, the spicey scenes were great, again it was like I could feel it all! All!
What lost that last half a star for me was just that one part I couldn't quite understand - the Royal family live with the noble families? Is it a castle? A separate village? I know there is a wall around the castle, and I know the secret entrances and about the foliage, but I just couldn't understand the situation of how they lived. The story often mention the noble people walking the halls of the castle or watching the royals do something or another or dining all together, but I just got lost with who or why the nobles were there, and did they live there permanently or just visiting? Did they have rooms in the castle or were the smaller buildings inside the wall houses for them? Because the rest of the book was so damn good, I just couldn't picture these parts of the story.
Also the villain seemed to almost be put into the story, not much depth to her character, with the levels of writing in this story I feel we should have had more about her
I can not wait for the next book, and the next and the rest! I need to know what happens next and how the magic develops, what was the list of names for, will she or won't she, and, if any wayfarer past life people/problems comes into the present... and omg, the twist!!! Seriously- when is the next book out??!!