I love this books

Ich finde die Geschichte einfach nur schön, klar am Anfang ein bisschen erschlagende Infos, dafür ist danach alles flüssig und angenehm zu hören. Der Sprecher hat ne angenehme Stimme und ich kann jedem nur empfehlen wer diese Art der Geschichten mag hört es euch an ihr verpasst sonst etwas 😄

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A translator!

So maybe I'm biased because I'm a translator myself, but this story was an absolute delight. From the MCs to the story and execution, I had a ton of fun!
You get the two protagonists' perspectives and they compliment each other beautifully. The plot itself is filled with important values - listen to everyone, don't dismiss them because they don't speak your language, try to help whenever you can, violence isn't usually the best solution.
Noth characters, the king and his Goldentongue, learn valuable lessons which makes for great character development.

I liked the narrator a lot as well! I'm very curious about the next installment of this series.

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Entspannter Hörgenuss / Relaxed ear candy

Das Cover gefällt mir sehr!

The cover is superb!

Die Stimme war gut, ich hatte keine Probleme mit dem Sprecher während der gesamten Geschichte. Der Lesestil hat sich an keiner Stelle for die Geschichte gedrängt und mein Kopfkino war sehr angeregt :-)

The voice was good, I had no problems with it through the story. The reading style didn't get in the way of the story and got my mental movies going :-)

Die Geschichte dreht sich um einen König, der einige Jahre zuvor seinen Gefährten an eine Schlacht verloren hat. Der Hof bestimmt einen neuen Bewerber, der für die Position hart trainiert, nur um sofort abgewiesen zu werden. Verletzt, aber nicht beirrt, beginnt der junge Prinz, sich einen Weg in das Herz des Königs zu erarbeiten, nicht ohne einige Risiken einzugehen.
Es höfische Intrigen, Spione, Schlachten und die Gesellschaft die Derr beschreibt, ist recht interessant.
Die Geschichte war gut und ich mochte sie, aber sie war nicht so dicht und voll von unvorhersehbaren Wendungen wie Die Prinzen von C.S. Pacat z.B. war. Ich mochte die Dynamik zwischen den beiden Hauptpersonen, aber die Spannung zwischen Hauptpersonen darf jederzeit höher sein :-) Aber für einen entspannten Tag voller Hörgenuss werde ich dieses Hörbuch auf alle Fälle noch einmal laden!

Drei Sterne von mir :-)

The story is one of a king who lost his consort to battle and refused to remarry for several years. The court chooses him a new prospect that trains hard for the position, just to be outright rejected. Hurt, but not deterred, the young prince starts to work his way into the kings heart, taking some risks along the way.
There is courtly intrigue, spies and battle and the society Derr depicts is rather interesting.
The story was nice and I liked it, but it wasn't as dense and full of unpredictable turns as Captice Prince by C.S. Pacat was, for example. I liked the dynamic between the MCs, but the tension is always allowed to be higher :-) But for anther relaxed day of listening, I will reload this audiobook definitely!

So three stars for me!

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Way too convoluted

The author starts to info-dump right off the bat and it doesn't get much better later on. I only got through about half of the book before I decided to quit, because until then there were so many characters introduced that I lost sight very fast. There are also way too many countries introduced, each with their own problems and lore, lore that isn't even needed during parts of the story, it's just there to make everything more overwhelming I suppose. Detailed world-building is great but I don't need to hear about it all the time when it's not important.
I read the books of the Song of Ice and Fire series and it was easier to keep track than here.
We only just got introced to a new world and it's characters, the author could be more mindful that we, as the reader, don't know everything as well as they do and start off a bit slower so we can familiarize ourselves better with everyone and everything before it gets to lore-heavy and intense or to get literally showered with unnecessary details.
The main character and his love interest only talk very briefly and barely get to know each other before being sperated by the plot for a prolonged period of time, which makes it obviously difficult to build a relationship between them and to root for the non-existend relationship as a reader.
A lot of the dialoge gets repetitive and boring very quickly.
I'm very sad and disappointed by how the story took it's turn. The original prompt was quite interesting and you could have gotten much out it but seperating the two main characters who are obviously meant to become a couple is not the way to go, especially this early on in the story. Maybe in a sequel but not like this.

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