Javan does everything he can to beat the imposter back to the palace so that he can warn everyone about the false prince but he only arrives just in time for his Uncle to greet the both of them, and then it’s a battle of who can be the most convincing. No one is none the wiser because it’s been 10 years since anyone in Akram has seen Javan. On that very day an imposter manages to steal Javan’s belongings, his identity and make the journey home to Akram where he plans to pose as Javan and take the throne. Everything is going according to plan until Javan is set to return home. Javan is an overachiever who spends all of his time studying, practicing and studying some more so that he can be at the top of his class and prove to himself, his father and also fulfill his mother’s last dying wish so that he can be the best king for Akram. The book begins with Prince Javan and the school, Milisatria, in far away Loch Talam that he’s spent the last 10 years attending without seeing his home or his father. In my mind, when I read about Akram and Prince Javan, the palace and the pet leopard, my mind went straight to Aladdin an d Agrabah and that’s the setting I imagined. This book is based on the story The Prince and the Pauper with some The False Prince flair. This story takes place is Akram (see the GORGEOUS map to get an idea of where that is) and tells the story of a prince, an imposter and a mysterious and cold girl who wins the prince’s heart (because, of course).

There might be some slight spoilers so proceed with caution. If you care to hear my review of this novel, stick with me. At the end of the day, I’m glad I pushed through it though. That sort of re-ignited my desire to pick up a book…and since the 4th installment of the series drops next month, I felt compelled to give this book one last shot. I was about 200 (yes, TWO HUNDRED) pages in before the book started to pick up for me. Once the holidays settled down and the New Year came, I set my 2019 reading goal to 50 books. And I’m telling you, I tried *so* hard to get into it but at the end of the day it was far easier to just put the book down than to continue reading it. Unlike it’s predecessors, it did not grab me and pull me in. I credit a large portion of that to the fact that it was SO hard for me to get into this book. I don’t know what happened to me over the summer…I just didn’t make any time for reading. It may be a couple months in the making (with a lengthy dry spell of zero reading) but I’ve FINALLY finished The Traitor Prince–the third book in the stand alone Ravenspire Series by C.J.

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