A review by trickingloki
The Hostage Prince by Jane Yolen, Adam Stemple
3.0
Grr. My kittens ate my first review. So let me sum up.
*Lot of things I loved that got muddled in lots of things that I just couldn't grasp or with which I got bored.
*Spent equal amounts of time loving and hating the main characters. Didn't love the not-main-characters until the ones that started appearing in the Shifting Lands and beyond. Except I kind of liked Jack Daw. Sometimes. And the Stickman.
*I am actually insanely excited about the next book because most of the parts I loved the most were in the last quarter of the book. So I have high hopes for the next installment. I just wish this one had kept my interest longer.
*Lot of things I loved that got muddled in lots of things that I just couldn't grasp or with which I got bored.
*Spent equal amounts of time loving and hating the main characters. Didn't love the not-main-characters until the ones that started appearing in the Shifting Lands and beyond. Except I kind of liked Jack Daw. Sometimes. And the Stickman.
*I am actually insanely excited about the next book because most of the parts I loved the most were in the last quarter of the book. So I have high hopes for the next installment. I just wish this one had kept my interest longer.