With even more swoon-worthy romance and heart-pounding adventure, this thrilling sequel to the #1 Amazon Bestselling THIEF of CAHRAMAN is perfect for those who loved The Selection, A Court of Thorn and Roses and Aladdin.ONE WEEK. FIVE CONTESTANTS. ONE PRINCE. A DEVASTATING DECISION.Before, she avoided elimination. Now, she must win.Chosen as one of the Final Five in the Bride Search, Ada has one … one of the Final Five in the Bride Search, Ada has one last chance to find the golden lamp and save her family.
Yet with Cyrus no longer her partner-in-crime, but her target, her plans unravel, tearing her between duty and desire. Now she has one week to pass three increasingly difficult tests fit for a queen.
As the competition takes a perilous bent, secrets are uncovered, demolishing her world as she knows it. Caught between impossible choices, the fates of all she loves depend on her decisions. But she fears that no matter what she does, she’d lose everything and change Cahraman forever.
This is a full-length novel at 90,000 plus words. Book 2 of 3 in the Cahraman trilogy
Fairytales of Folkshore is a series of interconnected fairytale retellings, but each heroine’s story could be read on its own.
Ada’s story concludes in QUEEN OF CAHRAMAN.
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This is the second book in the Folkshore series and the second book in the gender bender retelling of Aladdin. I loved this book! It was just as good as the first book, maybe even better. 🙂
This book starts up where the first book left off. Adelaide is just coming to grips with the fact that Cyrus is not who she thought he was. He is not just another servant, instead he is the Crown Prince of Cahraman. And this fact changes everything. She no longer knows what to think, she fell in love with a servant but instead she finds out that he is the prince. And that the king she is trying to steal from, is not just any king, but Cyrus’s father.
Adelaide now has to wrestle with her feelings for a prince, while still trying to figure out how to steal the lamp from the king and save her family. Adelaide has managed to survive the contest so far and she is even one of the top five. But she is at the hardest part of the contest, because she must try to stop herself from falling for the Prince, the man who already had stolen her heart.
Adelaide undergoes more tests for the contest, but this time she knows who she is fighting for. She is fighting for the hand of not just a far off prince, but Cryus the servant she wanted to run away with. As she competes for Cyrus’s hand, she finds herself falling more and more in love with him.
In this book, Adelaide learns that not everything is as it seems. Adelaide learns that maybe the ones who are mean, are the ones who are hiding the most hurt and bruises. I loved how Adelaide grows and starts to see behind the facade that people put up. It was so sad though, how you could see her losing hope for the future that she wanted with Cyrus, especially as she gets farther in the contest.
I liked this book a lot, especially because you can see the characters grow and get stronger. Even though Ayman is not one of the main characters, I loved gettinging to know his story and seeing how he was such a faithful friend to Cyrus. You start to see Cyrus grow and I adored him, he was such a kind person, even from the beginning.
This book ended horribly, it was such a cliffhanger. But it did its job, I couldn’t wait to read the next book. I am so excited to see how Adelaide gros especially since at the end of this book, Adelaide learns that sometimes she can’t fix everything on her own.
This was a great book, I would definitely recommend it! I give it five stars.
I’m honestly so excited for her continuing this series. Lucy is a consistent writer that is mature and completely enthralls you. Once you read her books it feels like you’re in that universe completely, you’re internally telling characters what to do and feeling everything they do. I’m always shocked when something gets me out of the trance her writing puts me in. Her books make my 30 minute break at work feel too short! I can’t wait to get paid again so I can get the physical copy of her book instead of just the Kindle version. While we’re on the topic of the physical copies of her books I just want to mention her GORGEOUS covers. I just can’t wait to have her whole entire series sitting on my bookshelf one day but until then I’ll continue to wait impatiently for her whole entire series!
I was really excited to get my hands on the second book of the Fairytales of Folkshore trilogy, and I’m pleased to say that I wasn’t disappointed! Prince of Cahraman followed the story well from where it left off, with Ada discovering who Cyrus really is – the Prince of Cahraman himself, in the middle of the ballroom, surrounded by hundreds of guests. Talk about a shock to the system. The story had the perfect amount of mystery, romance, friendship and exciting new tasks to win the competition for the hand of the Prince. I was hooked from the first page and couldn’t put it down.
With one week left and three important tasks to test their future Queen, Ada was once again just acting like herself which holds an important aspect of her character to me. Never getting swept up with the possibility of a new life as Princess, but to save Bonnie and her father, although Prince Cyaxares is making it more and more difficult. Her feelings for him are confusing to say the least, finding out that the man you were planning to run away with was secretly royalty, the very hand she was fighting for to complete her own personal mission. She never thought she would actually have a chance until he told her who he really was, but Ada knows who she is and her station, she knows that her position in life isn’t suitable at a Prince’s side. You feel her heartbreak and confusion as she continues with the tasks with Cyrus never too far away. It’s real and easy to understand and sympathise with.
‘As ambivalent as I was about the change in his personality since he’d resumed being Cyaxares, about the difference in his tone, carriage and style, his eyes were still the same. And I never wanted them to look away from me.’
Cyrus/ Cyaxares is the perfect Prince, he’s down to earth, cares about his people enough to find them the perfect future Queen with the tasks he sets out for them. He still hasn’t realised that what he needs isn’t royalty by his side, but someone true and has experience living outside of expectations. His feelings for Ada are sweet, as much as he tries to keep up with appearances, he can’t help but be drawn to her. Propriety be damned. He’s our knight in shining armour, literally. Cyrus doesn’t hesitate to risk his life to save Ada which just confuses her more. His innocent disposition is really lovely at times.
‘”Which part of your servant personality was false?”
“Only the uniform I wore”‘
Cora and Cherish were still fantastic additions to the story, Cora coming more out of her shell and keeping Ada’s untold secrets. She still just wants to go home and doesn’t care about winning the Prince’s hand which makes her a wonderful aspect in Ada’s story. She doesn’t take crap from anyone and fights for what she cares about, whether it’s Ada’s life, her beliefs or simply to stop an argument. Cora is a complete badass who I admired. Her brilliant sense of humour is a bonus.
‘I stood rooted, everything inside me clanging as he straightened, turned away with one last lingering glance then strode back inside. I didn’t have a full moment to myself to process because Cora poked her head out of the doorway where he’d just disappeared.
“Has he proposed yet? Can I go home now?”‘
Fairuza was a little surprise, I wasn’t sure what I expected but her desire for wanting to be chosen and winning the competition means more than just appearances. I won’t say anymore, but it was nice to see a change in the horrible addition in the remaining selection. Overall I absolutely loved this book and I’m extremely keen to see what will become of Ada and the Kingdom of Cahraman, due to be released February 2019.
MY REVIEW
Oh, how I waited for this book with bated breath and high hopes. I was not disappointed. Lucy Tempest once again brought me into a world filled with love, friendship, rivals, and magic.
Ada’s story is one that I was drawn into and haven’t stopped thinking about since I was able to read the first novel. I didn’t expect that I would fall in love with each of the characters time and time again. I found myself relating to each of the characters in some way, although I will say it is easy to want to hate some of them. I read this book in one sitting, much like I did the first, but since I read Prince the first time I have gone back and read it many more times.
The characters, I cannot talk enough about the characters and how they are so well written that you wonder at times who you should be rooting for. I am excited to know that many of the characters are going to be making an appearance in later books in this series as the main character. I was so upset with myself that it took me this long to recognize who some of the girls were, but I am glad that I know now who is coming up soon.
The romance is killer. No, like I literally wanted to kill a certain someone at times (ADA I AM LOOKING AT YOU) for not being more understanding. I do completely get why she is acting how she is at times, but at other times I just want to smack her and remind her that she is the main character and to quit being so difficult. I don’t think I would love her as much though if she wasn’t good old difficult Ada.
The “filler” helps to flesh out the story in so many great ways. There is a scene involving a witch and some ghouls that truly helped me to learn more about a character that I had hated since the first book. This girl became real. She had real fears, and real dreams. It helped me to understand why she wanted to win so badly. I began to feel for her and sympathize with her. This was such a key scene and I want to thank Lucy repeatedly for adding it to this novel.
The story as a whole has great pacing that kept my adrenaline pumping while also giving me chances to breathe and calm down.
FINAL THOUGHTS
I thought that the first novel was my favorite. I now believe that every time I review one of Lucy Tempest’s amazing books I will have a new favorite that is competing for its spot with another one. I mentioned before that I haven’t fallen in love with a series as quickly and as completely since the Harry Potter series, and I stand by that. I can only hope that Lucy receives all the credit she deserves for her writing and that she never stops, even once she has told everyone’s story.