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The Henchmen of Zenda

por KJ Charles

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Fiction. Romance. LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.) HTML: Swordfights, lust, betrayal, murder: just another day for a henchman. Jasper Detchard is a disgraced British officer, now selling his blade to the highest bidder. Currently that's Michael Elphberg, half-brother to the King of Ruritania. Michael wants the throne for himself, and Jasper is one of the scoundrels he hires to help him take it. But when Michael makes his move, things don�??t go entirely to plan�??and the penalty for treason is death. Rupert of Hentzau is Michael's newest addition to his sinister band of henchmen. Charming, lethal, and intolerably handsome, Rupert is out for his own ends�??which seem to include getting Jasper into bed. But Jasper needs to work out what Rupert�??s really up to amid a maelstrom of plots, swordfights, scheming, impersonation, desire, betrayal, and murder. Nobody can be trusted. Everyone has a secret. And love is the worst mistake you can make. A retelling of the swashbuckling classic The Prisoner of Zenda from a very different point of view.… (mais)

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DNF at 11%

This is a outright case of "it's me, not the book". KJC is one of my Top 3 authors since I first read a story by her.

Yet, The Prisoner of Zenda is one of those classic adventure novels in which my taste was against the tide: not only I did not like it but I nearly hated it,

I thought that going hand in hand with KJC and her version I would be able to enjoy it, but my antipathy towards the original has been too relevant to keep on, at least for now.

Maybe I'll give him another chance later.

Marlobo | Dec 24, 2022 |

I'll preface this review by saying I've never read The Prisoner of Zenda, because it's the sort of story that bores me, so thank you, favorite author, for making it better.

This version was a bit of work to get into. No one's particularly agreeable for quite awhile. But eventually our MC grew on me, and after that I couldn't put this down. Questionable morals! Treachery! Double agents, multiple times! Clever, tricky, slippery and dangerous. You know from the beginning that our MC survives, since he's writing this rebuttal to The Prisoner of Zenda, but also the ending is quite good. I have no idea what it references, some other classic I never read, I assume. No matter, it's very good. I mean, we expect no less from K.J. Charles. This is one of those books I wish I'd read sooner, now. (

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terriaminute | Dec 4, 2022 |

Quite a bit of intrigue and adventure. I didn't feel as engaged as I usually do with Charles, but it was still entertaining. (

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JorgeousJotts | Jan 3, 2022 |

This was based on a book I never read. But it it felt like watching the Princess Bride. Just good fun. I have to admit I missed the romance somewhat. On the other hand... this story really didn't need it. It was bloody fun even though most of the characters were shitheads. Which made me like them even more for some reason. (

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Jonesy_now | Sep 24, 2021 |

Loved it. An excellent and infinitely more entertaining (and also more believable!) telling of the events in The Prisoner of Zenda.
If you haven't read the original work yet, I strongly suggest you do so before starting this one. (

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Fiction. Romance. LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.) HTML:

Swordfights, lust, betrayal, murder: just another day for a henchman.
Jasper Detchard is a disgraced British officer, now selling his blade to the highest bidder. Currently that's Michael Elphberg, half-brother to the King of Ruritania. Michael wants the throne for himself, and Jasper is one of the scoundrels he hires to help him take it. But when Michael makes his move, things don�??t go entirely to plan�??and the penalty for treason is death.
Rupert of Hentzau is Michael's newest addition to his sinister band of henchmen. Charming, lethal, and intolerably handsome, Rupert is out for his own ends�??which seem to include getting Jasper into bed. But Jasper needs to work out what Rupert�??s really up to amid a maelstrom of plots, swordfights, scheming, impersonation, desire, betrayal, and murder.
Nobody can be trusted. Everyone has a secret. And love is the worst mistake you can make.
A retelling of the swashbuckling classic The Prisoner of Zenda from a very different point of view.

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