A dying king.A dynasty in danger.A prince with one duty: secure the succession.Created when they intermingled with demons, the dark elves of Sinaryos have come to rely on humans to keep their race alive. The royal family is no exception, with a king on the verge of death, a court riddled with spies, and a broken line of succession. Despite everything working against him, Prince Fallon Blackwood … against him, Prince Fallon Blackwood has met all the demands of the crown for nearly a hundred years…except for one.
After avoiding this obligation for too long, the time has come for him to take a harem and prove that he’s capable of continuing his family’s bloodline and ensuring their control of the throne. But underneath his cool and calm exterior, Fallon secretly yearns for a much different life than the one he was born into.
Novi Navarro is a working-class barmaid who’s used to running her tavern and running her mouth. When she gets assigned to Prince Fallon’s harem by mistake, she thinks it’s a complete joke. She makes a deal with Fallon for them to both get what they want from this administrative oversight. But when members of the Blackwood Court discover her true identity, she quickly learns that she must beat them at their game…or die.
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Novi is all about not being a single mom like her mother was. Fallon is a hardworking crown Prince who secretly dreams of love. The whole world is against them. There’s a few steamy scenes, and the point of view is shown from both Fallon and Novi.
I liked it a lot.
I enjoyed a lot Fallon and Novi story. They come together in the most unexpected way. Some mixing papers and poor human girl Novi finds herself in the castle of Prince Fallon ready to be part of his harem.
Fallon is a hard-working prince, serious and couldn’t care less for his duty to produce and heir. Until he’s forced to have his harem.
There’re some funny moments because Fallon and Novi are so different. However they’ll find in each other what they were looking for. But they come from worlds apart and there’re many people and laws in their way…
Good reading.
I am really enjoying this series… although we’ve known Novi was special from the fact that she bonded with the Chimera, I want more details about why the Goddess blessed Novi, and I want confirmation on whether or not she was given a potion to prevent pregnancy.
I am really dying to see what happens when Dillon comes back, I’m praying he makes it before his father’s passing.
And although we know who the witch is I am wondering how does the court figure it out and I cant wait to see the fireworks from that.
And Of Course I CANT WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT BOOK!
The beginning could be a cliché: characters that have their roles mistakenly exchanged during an enrollment or the fact that the protagonist has a miserable life till then; however, the author brilliantly sews the threads and provides an original and enthralling storyline.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author to give a voluntary honest review. This review contains only my own thoughts and opinions of this book. First and foremost, thank you Emigh Cannaday for the opportunity and generosity, and of course for a thrilling read.
Prince of Persuasion had most of what I enjoy in a story; drama, romance, complexity, adventure and betrayal. All of this to make sure I enjoyed the story from start until finish and I sure did. However, as much as I wanted to I couldn’t find it in myself to fall head over heels in love with it.
As I have read the Annika Brisby series and since this book takes place in the same world it was easy for me to compare it to The Flame and the Arrow. To be blunt I enjoyed the predecessor much more, mainly because of the more apparent personalities and sparking romance. That’s not to say I had anything against any of the characters and romance in Prince of Persuasion. I liked both Novi and Fallon and the developing relationship between them. However there was a level of emotion that I felt wasn’t really there in the relationship and in the characterization. They had personalities, sure, but I didn’t really feel that those personalities took much space in the story as they could have. It left the emotional impactful parts of the story and actions of the characters a bit underwhelming and took away some of the chemistry from the romance.
There was an aspect in the story that could have helped that missing spark come to life and that was the very different backgrounds Novi and Fallon came from. It was used in the beginning in the story somewhat, but it wasn’t apparent in their relationship later on. They were equals even though she was a dirt poor barmaid and he a prince, which of course is great. For been raised complete opposites there was no struggle or learning curve for them to get there though. They clashed a bit in the beginning but after that they just clicked and agreed on everything. Since they both were in such unique situation with a harem as well there could have been plenty of room for struggles there with jealousy for example. Between the main characters and some conflict with the other courtesans as well. This was not taken advantage of and Therefore I feel like I missed out on some good drama and necessary depth. That is the main reason why I couldn’t fall in love with this book.
On to happier stuff. The drama and depth I found lacking in the romance was made up for with the “villains” in the story. I liked the original take on the relationship between Fallon and his mother and I liked how unclear it was where she stood in their relationship. I couldn’t tell if she loved her son or was only manipulating him. And Tristan and his motives was just as unclear. It made me very intrigued over both characters, what could have led them to be the way they were and what their end goal is. I found both characters very well written, keeping them a bit mysterious and wanting me to keep reading to find out.
There are of also many other reasons for me to be excited for the next book, especially with such a drama filled ending. It makes me hyped for the romance, to see what happened to Novi and how the betrayal will play out between the royal family.
5 stars is an insult to THIS book!! it deserves 10 AND they should be like fireworks lighting and FILLING the sky!!! I was captured from the first page!!! and I do NOT want to be released from the captivity of this AMAZING world the author has constructed!!! it is SOOOO SOOOO GOOD!!!!! It is a rollercoaster ride for your emotions!!! they will ALL be thoroughly exhausted!! and I’m only halfway through the book!! it just keeps getting better n better.
Can I tell you all how excited I was to read this book. I love fantasy. I love romance. When there is a book that brings the two genres’ together, I almost always pick it up to read. When I was approached to review Prince of Persuasion, I accepted immediately. I am glad I did because this book was fantastic.
I loved Novi in this book. She took nothing from anyone. Well, except her boss/landlord and that was because she had to. She did try to fix the administrative mistake, but no one would listen to her. Novi had a bit of snark to her as well. I was dying when she made eye contact with Fallon while thinking about him. She didn’t know that he could read her mind, which made the dance that happened right afterward even more amusing. I also died laughing when she thought that Fallon and Cedric were “together.” Let’s not forget her helping Fallon by spreading the rumor that he finished fast. I. Was. Dying. At that point, she became one of my favorite heroines.
I felt terrible for Fallon. He had to deal with a scheming mother, a brother who was plotting against him, and a father who was dying. On top of that, he had his duties as Crown Prince. One of which was to produce an heir. So, when Fallon is introduced in the book, he is not happy about being forced to procreate and take a harem. At first, I thought Fallon was a jerk. But he became less jerklike as the book went on. By the end of the book, I loved him.
The sex scenes were hot. I did laugh, though, when Novi first saw Fallon’s member. Her reaction would be one of any woman seeing something that big. I liked that the author built up Novi and Fallon’s sexual relationship too. So when they did have sex, it was hot. The author was able to keep that going through the rest of the book.
It took me a while to figure out that Prince of Persuasion was set in the same universe as the Anika Brisby series. I am not giving anything away, but I made the connection to a particular character in The Darkest of Dreams (not Talvi!!).
I could not stand Queen Laena. For a race who depended on humans to keep their race going, she didn’t like humans. There was mention of her past, and that made me wonder what she was hiding.
Tristan was also on my list. I couldn’t decide if he was going along with Queen Laena because he wanted her approval or if he was concerned for Fallon. Still, after what he did to Callie and what happened at the end of the book, he ended up on my list.
The end of the book frustrated me. I can’t stand cliffhangers. But it did its job. I need to read the next book.
**I chose to leave this review after reading an advance reader copy**