A Mix of All-Flavor Beans but Bookish, and It Works
Alexander Thomas
Princess of Prophecy
This. Book. Ya’ll. This. Book. I don’t know how to describe this book and that’s not something that happens to me very often.
First, there is no way I can put this book in one box of a genre. Or even two genres. This is like some mix of all-flavor beans but bookish and for some weird reason, it works. It works so well, it works like some cursed charm, but it does.
It is hilarious and hilariously written, yet if you think more about it… well, you come to realize that it might not be THAT hilarious after all, yet it still keeps being hilarious. It’s, like, you know — when you have a banter thing going on with a close friend and you actually talk about a serious matter, but add all the inside jokes you have and laugh your heads off, all while talking about whatever was the serious thing you were talking about? Yeah, this is what it reminded me of.
And now, to my favorite part (a very tiny part it was, yet it made me snort more than I’d like to admit): the character who thought that the best way to deal with a problem is to deny that the problem is there to begin with. It reminds me so much of… oh, yeah, reminds so much of Everything Out There.
Now, it has been a few weeks since I read this book. I keep thinking about it and there is one thing I keep coming back to. That’s me thinking that this author has his very unique way with words (and worlds), I’d really like to see whatever he ever writes — I hope he keeps writing, and I keep thinking how this book deserves all the attention there is, all the attention it can get. It is so unlike any other regular fantasy thing, and the humor is super catchy there. This is one of those books that made me feel so lucky and so special to be able to read and discover it.
My daughter helped me with the photos for the book (she often does, she is my favorite model, after all). As she often does, she started reading the book while I was tweaking the camera’s settings to get the photos to be what I wanted them to be. She asked if I was done reading it (yes, I was) and then said she was taking this book and adding it to her collection of books. This is hers now. She said she wants to read it. And I’m with her there.
I was thinking about it the other day and I realized that actually, this might be a very good gift to a bookwormish teen also. even though I know (I think I know, I could be wrong though?) that the target audience for this book is/was not kids, I think I will work well with YA audience as well.
It is good, well-written, and entertaining, and despite being written by a man, this is not a case of “men writing women” (and that is something, that is something!). Princess Maryan is hilarious and smart, and such a quirky weirdo in her own world — what’s not to love there, right? Yeah, ok, here I go now and say give this book to your teens, they will enjoy it too!
Here, the link to the book: https://amzn.to/4aGZj7c
