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I have waited a long time to read this book. I had it in my TBR pile or ages. When i read the summary I was excited because i adore fantasy and it seemed and exciting story. Unfortunately it was not.

The plot was one dimensional and the characters were all over the place. Not to mention some very unbelievable situations.

Example:

1. Igraine (female lead) was abducted by the prince and taken underground. There is a fight scene in witch the prince shows her how to fight, mind you he shows her only ONE MOVE!!!!!! After that our female lead teaches herself (??????!!!!!!!?????) how to fight with a pole and swords in one week....hmmmmm...

2. There is a sex scene in absolute darkness- Igraine was supposed to be completely blind and yet she manages some pretty visual observations like the hair on his head cascading like molten gold and some other nonsense.

I wanted to enjoy this book but i managed to give myself a headache just trying to puzzle out what the hell was going on. Very poorly executed and a waste of time.
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IvieHill | 6 outras críticas | Aug 6, 2015 |
Loved it! I thought the book was well rounded and contained a great depth of world building that enhanced the story-line without bogging down the reader. It's hot and spicy in all the right places.
 
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TheiBookEmporium | 6 outras críticas | May 21, 2014 |

The elven prince Elathan is still grieving over the death of his cousin Lady Ailidh at the hands of humans who breached the portal from the human world into the world of the Fae. His stepmother and stepbrother accused him of trying to usurp the throne and exiled him.

Igraine had put her entire life on hold for her then fiance only to be dumped for a younger, perkier woman. Broken hearted and alone she had planed on committing suicide. Elathan who is hiding nearby catches her unique scent, sees her and decides to snatch her. He's tired of being alone after such a long time that he wants to make her his (pleasure) slave. There is however a snag in that plan – elven men can't mate with human women without killing them. Mating usually causes a male elf to suck all the strength out of the woman while making love. Therefore, he plans to "train" her to make her stronger, or at least strong enough to be able to sleep with him. It is in that vein that his brutal training consists at first of some hand to hand combat, and weapons training (why weapons?). Even though she is badly hurt in their first sparring session, Igraine refuses to just back down, and Elathan's desire flares up anew.

Elathan had stated that he despised humans, yet he'd never hurt or killed human women and children. But he seemed to have no qualms about hurting Igraine physically. Basically he made Igraine bear the brunt of his hatred for the human race. I found that a little odd.

For both of them it's lust at first sight, and they seem inexplicably drawn to each other. She always seemed too eager and willing to submit to him. When he proposed that she become his slave of pleasure of her own free will, she didn't hesitate to agree.

The first 15 chapters are all about the slow seduction and finally the multiple scratching of many itches.

Ruadan and Breena – evil stepmother and stepson – hello Oedipus complex!

Things pick up around chapter 20 when Elathan and Igraine travel back to the castle to stop Ruadan's crowning ceremony. I'm a little confused as to whether or not she might have been part Fae, or if Elathan's blood in her veins was enough to cause her transformation when the gargoyles attacked her and injected her with their poison. She must have been different because she displayed curious talents before her blood bond with Elathan, no?

I loved the ending in that a true love/bond requires a type of sacrifice, and I think it was rather fitting how they lost and found each other again. I just wasn't wild about how it went down. First he finds her in some other realm, but she has no memory of who she is nor of him. Then he chases after her, catches her, makes love to her and her memories come back when he gives her some of his strength. However he uses too much energy and loses his memories. She shepherds him onto the ship that will take them back to his realm, and with a little patience and many kisses later he regains all his memories again.

All in all, I enjoyed the book for the very descriptive setting of Ms Court's story. It's obvious she has a very vivid imagination and she described the surroundings well enough that I had no trouble picturing what I was reading. It took a while to get to the heart of the story, which I thought came and went rather quickly. It also seemed to take our hero and heroine a very long time to discover that all those odd feelings they were having was love. I honestly thought they'd have picked up on that a lot sooner given their blood bond and mental connection. How can they feel each other's pain or fear but not something as strong as love? Regardless, I liked the strong woman Igraine became and Elathan finally regarded her for who she was in her heart and not by her species.

This story should definitely be labled as paranormal erotica for the sheer volume of copulating that went on (I lost count). Yet each encounter was undeniably hot. I think I'll be looking for the second book when it comes out, because I hope to catch glimpses of this couple during Calatin's story.

I found this story when the author followed me on Twitter, and a friend of mine lent me her copy through Amazon. I think I'll purchase this book in print form when I get the chance.
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MsRomanticReads | 6 outras críticas | Apr 12, 2013 |
Bound to the Prince is like Lord of the Rings meets Debbie Does Dallas, but in a good way.

Bound to the Prince is a mish-mash of creatures from elves, trolls, demons, nymphs to gargoyles. And the scenery, Court does an amazing job of detailing the surround world and creatures that I felt like I was watching an epic movie on an IMAX screen in my head while I was reading. Just breathe taking.

Court knows how to write an Über-sex scene too. Holy freakin’ cow was this book hawt! I was panting right along with Elathan and Igraine. This is the first book that I’ve read about Elves and when it came to the sex scenes, the Elven prince love making reminded me of the death by sex fae that was in the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning. Oh, what a way to go; with a smile on your face and your body tingling all over. Sign me up!

But Bound to the Prince wasn’t just a hot sex book; it had heart and true romance. Plus I loved how Igraine really grew as a character and became a kick ass chick at the end. She protected her Eleven Prince like a true Queen would.

I cannot wait to get my hands on the next book in this trilogy.




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Jennifer-Book-Nympho | 6 outras críticas | Mar 29, 2013 |

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Obras
6
Membros
53
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#303,173
Avaliação
3.1
Críticas
7
ISBN
9

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