Review: The Nymph Prince by Jaclyn Osborn
SYNOPSIS:
Spoiled, arrogant, and reckless. It’s a miracle Lorcan had survived so long. As a nymph, he was rare. As crowned prince and the son of a god? He was a treasure unlike any other. That never stopped him from putting himself in danger and fighting against his duties by leaving the golden palace beneath the sea, though. In search of him. A pirate who’d long since captured his attention. Possibly his heart.
Alek didn’t choose his life of secrecy and pain. Magic was considered a great evil and anyone found with mage blood was killed. Abandoned after his town was destroyed, he was left alone and starving in the streets. Until the captain of a legendary pirate ship found him and gave him not only a purpose in his life, but also a home. That home was gone now.
When Lorcan finds Alek, wounded and breathing his final breaths after a sea battle, he does the only thing he can: carries the pirate away from the destruction and stays with him so he doesn’t die alone. But Lorcan soon realizes that the pirate was more powerful than he ever imagined. Even for a mage.
With both men on the run from bounty hunters and rogues of the sea, the two journey to Lorcan’s underwater kingdom. Beneath the waves, their strong connection grows even stronger and their lust intensifies. Alek finds the nymph to be sarcastic and spoiled, and Lorcan finds the mage to be secretive and stubborn, yet their hearts have never felt more whole. Just as they’re tearing down the wall between them, the reveal of a dark destiny threatens to rip them apart. A war is coming and decisions—and sacrifices—must be made.
Can two souls brought together by fate weather the storm?
REVIEW:
This book was all the feels and had a completely different vibe and struggle from that of Found at Sea. I mean I am talking at one point I gasped and loudly yelled at my Kindle. If I thought the stakes were high in book one, that was only a warm up round for the dangers lurking here.
In Found at Sea we are left to believe Alek is dead, and I was rightfully emotionally gutted. But thankfully he was saved by Lorcan. These two have a unique bond and over the course of the story we learn about how nymphs and mages used to be fated pairs…and it turns out that is exactly what these two are. There is a tentative bond between Alek and Lorcan and although Alek tries to fight it, he eventually gives into his feelings. The chemistry between these two is off the charts, but the danger in this story lurks outside their relationship.
A war is coming and the dark mages are trying to rise again. Both Lorcan and Alek must make some tough decisions. I really liked that this is the same world but we are adding a layer of complexity to it. We learn more about the mer-people, nymphs, and other sea-dwellers in this story and just how their little bubble under the sea exists. There were enough tender moments shared between Alek and Lorcan that balanced nicely with all the external danger.
There were parts of the plot that were predictable and other aspects gave me whiplash. As the story came to a climax, I found myself gutted. And while I was happy with the HEA it wasn’t the best case scenario for me. I felt like Jaclyn Osborn did Alek dirty. How this whole situation played out seemed kinda lazy honestly, like things were quickly wrapped up and I still don’t feel like I have true closure. So loved the story till about 75% and then past that I was feeling a whole lot of meh.
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