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The Pirate Prince (2006)

by Michelle M. Pillow(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1460969758 (ISBN13: 9781460969755)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

The Raven Books

series

Lords of the Var

review 1: The Pirate Prince is the last book of the Lords of Var series that center around 5 brothers. Prince Jarek has always felt his place was in the stars so he spends his life traveling around the galaxies learn about different cultures and worlds and sends the information home to his family so they can stay informed. When one of his crew members is kidnapped he goes to the planet Lintian in search of him but he finds Princess Zhang Mei instead. Mei has always had an adventurous spirit. She listens to the wind and fate to make decisions and when she sees Jarek running from palace guards, she attempts to stop him but ends up being kidnapped instead. Mei and Jarek are a lot of fun. There is a lot of build up introducing Mei, her planet, and some of her family but it helps giv... moree the reader a basis to build on. She is very strong willed and stood up to Jarek well even at the beginning of their relationship. Jarek was great. From almost the moment he meets Mei he knows how he feels about her and doesn’t second guess himself like all his brothers have done. There is a great scene with Evan (he has been in a few of the past books as a member of Sam and then Jarek’s crew) who is a little psychic and can sometimes read minds, and Jarek where he basically tells him not to make a mess of his courtship like all his brothers have for his sake. He really is amusing.This book was a delightful conclusion the Var series as well as being a set up for two other series featuring Jarek’s crew and Mei’s siblings. I look forward to reading them as well. The worlds that Pillow has created with these series set in space is very intriguing and each new book makes me wish space travel existed as she has written it.
review 2: [Originally reviewed for RT Magazine, though the submission was apparently lost and reassigned without this reviewer's knowledge.]While Jarek comes across as somewhat more likeable than his twin brother Reid (from the previous book), he still starts off as a priggish and self-absorbed alpha male. The hero and heroine meet when she decides to impede his escape from her planet by attacking him with a knife. But for some reason he imagines, against all evidence, that she is trying to escape from some cruel master. The heroine was difficult to relate to, and her motives were a bit befuddling. Given that their culture has supposedly progressed beyond forced marriages, and she obviously loves her family, it's difficult to understand why she deliberately gets herself snatched by space pirates on a whim. A privileged princess, and the overprotected 'baby' of the ruling family, Mei initially gives the impression of a naïve, impulsive youth. She seems innocent enough through the first few chapters, and then all of a sudden the reader is handed the jarring revelation that she is forty-seven years old and has had herself a number of lovers. She then goes on to be more adept and predatorial in the bedroom than even her were-cat captor. Mystical romantica with a hint of sci-fi. Much like it's preceding book, it could benefit from another round of editing. And though some readers may appreciate the Asain-oriented flavor, the setting descriptions are more bland than engrossing. Excessive recapping of other family member's status makes the dialogue frequently feel forced. And being more sex-driven than anything, it doesn't seem as though the plot comes into play until more than halfway through. Even then, I'm sorry to say its substance seems overall lacking. less

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