Book Blurb:
There is a rule amongst his kind: A jester doesn’t lie.
In the Kingdom of Spring, Poet is renowned. He’s young and pretty, a lover of men and women. He performs for the court, kisses like a scoundrel, and mocks with a silver tongue.
Yet allow him this: It’s only the most cunning, most manipulative soul who can play the fool. For Poet guards a secret. One the Crown would shackle him for. One that he’ll risk everything to protect.
Alas, it will take more than clever words to deceive Princess Briar. Convinced that he’s juggling lies as well as verse, this righteous nuisance of a girl is determined to expose him.
But not all falsehoods are fiendish. Poet’s secret is delicate, binding the jester to the princess in an unlikely alliance . . . and kindling a breathless attraction, as alluring as it is forbidden.
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My Review:
4 Out Of 5 Stars
Genre: Another-World, Audiobook, Romance, Royal-Court--
Briar, Princess to the Autumn Court, has come to Spring with her mother for the Peace Treaty talks. While there, she spots Poet, the flirty flamboyant Jester that keeps pulling her attention against her will. After he leaves a symbol of his presence in her bedroom, Briar becomes irritated by his actions and is sure he must be up to no good. Poet has a secret he hides under his jaunty attitude, one he won't let anyone know, even a nosy princess he is attracted to.
Woah, this was steamy, right from the start of the story- and that was even without having any actual sex on the pages (that occurred close to the end of the story)! I have no idea how Natalia could create so much sexual tension with a look, a touch, a word- without being crude as well, just with innuendo and poetic language. Yeah, this was hot and for some reason I was not expecting it. I usually do not like to listen to romance books on audio since having a sex scene read to me is just not my favorite thing so keep in mind that I prefer to read my sexy time scenes to myself. I think I would have preferred to read this to myself instead of listen, but that is just my personal preference. Mad props to the narrator though for bringing Briar to life with all her range of emotions.
This is the first book I think I have read where sexuality was so very blatant, used as entertainment as well as a tool and weapon. We have prim and proper Princess Briar who only does what she should and turns her nose up at improper behavior. And then their is Poet, the Jester/entertainer/adviser who makes his sexuality and misdeeds known to everyone. He seduces everyone, be it man or woman, royalty or pauper, he knows just the way to get what he wants with a well placed word or quick touch.
Surprisingly the subject matter that ran through the plot of the story was pretty serious, a topic that the book addressed very carefully and kindly, something I don't want to go into since it was part of Poet's secret. Trick was very much a forbidden romance story with political and societal undertones. This was the first book I have read from Natalia and I am intrigued to read more.
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