Prince of Fortune
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- £9.49
Publisher Description
Red, White & Royal Blue meets A Darker Shade of Magic in this swoony debut young adult romantic fantasy following a magical young prince and a noble seer who fall in love in the midst of war and intrigue.
Shy Prince Edmund will be a great king one day: it has been Seen again and again. With rare magic giving him dominion over the nation’s plants and weather, Edmund feels a great deal of pressure to live up to his nation’s many expectations, including making a perfect diplomatic alliance through marriage. That is, until he meets Lord Aubrey Ainsley.
Charming, romantic, and politically insignificant, Aubrey is a Seer, but not even he could have predicted catching the eye of Edmund, the Prince of Fortune—nor that the anxious prince who talks to plants more than people could feel so right for him. Aubrey’s dream-visions have been full of battle, not love, but to say that Prince Edmund has captured his fancy would be a grand understatement.
As the two become more and more intertwined, the nation of Saben falls under attack. War and dark sorcery loom on the horizon. To save their homeland, Edmund and Aubrey must resist the outside forces seeking to drive them apart and find the power within themselves to create a future for Saben—and each other—they never could have imagined.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sixteen-year-old Prince Edmund of Saben is predestined to be a great and beloved king. This and his title as a Prince of Fortune—a magic user capable of controlling the weather, an ability that enhances crop growth and makes him revered among the nation's people—marks him as a coveted marriage candidate. With a prophesied confrontation on the horizon with Honal, a secretive nation that split from Saben following a civil war, diplomatic alliances are more important than ever. But when Edmund and Lord Aubrey Ainsley, also 16, cross paths, all political plans are thrown into disarray. Though Aubrey is a seer, he's not considered nobility, yet his charm and confidence melds immediately with Edmund's shy and anxious nature. Now they must navigate the politics of their courtship, all while the war begins in earnest, with Honal launching brutal attacks enhanced by mysterious magic. Debut author Tirreno excels at crafting a bewitching backdrop of courtly intrigue and fictional international politics that highlights differing social dynamics and the effects of war on lower-class citizens. Readers will root for Saben's victory alongside Aubrey and Edmund's sweetly unfolding romance. Main characters read as white. Ages 14–up.
