Corpse Prince

by Lexington Alexander

Please note that this book is intended for mature audiences.

A mortician struggles with her infatuation for a foreign prince. He's handsome, dashing, and comes from a long line of respectable royals. The only problem is – he's a corpse! When Aryanne discovers strange phenomenon plaguing the body, a mystery surrounding the corpse prince unfolds. Her mind becomes riddled with more questions than answers, and she begins completely losing herself to her new obsession.

Genres: Fiction

49 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 30, 2013

About the author

Lexington Alexander was born in San Luis Obispo, California in 1984. He graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor's degree in general studies in 2010. He began a career in game development before becoming an independent author.

Reviews

[Tracie McBride · Rating 3 out of 5]

This little number is outside my usual review fare; yes, there are morticians and corpses, which with a different approach might have pushed this over the edge into horror territory (don’t be fooled by the reference to zombie ants – I kept expecting the eponymous corpse to fully reanimate, but that was but a clever piece of misdirection on the author’s part). And yes, there is a minor science fiction theme, as evidenced by the cutting-edge preservative treatment that Aryanne’s husband Vince has invented. But the most accurate categorization is erotica. And a specific subgenre of erotica with which I am unfamiliar, but judging by the company this novelette keeps on Amazon, enjoys some popularity.
Author Lexington Alexander has created an engaging and sympathetic narrator in Aryanne. I particularly enjoyed the depiction of the tension between Aryanne’s native Taiwanese culture and her adopted American culture. Given the subject matter, the sex scenes in “Corpse Prince” are surprisingly tasteful. Alexander does a great job of keeping the reader on Aryanne’s side, even although she crosses a cultural and moral line.
And the things I didn’t like? I found Aryanne’s friend Tenille annoying (maybe she was meant to be), and I was unclear what the point of all the pie-making was. Style-wise, I prefer writing that leaves room for me to make inferences, and this story had a bit too much repetition and too many redundancies for my taste. And out of all the conversations between the five living characters in this story, not once does the author use the perfectly adequate dialogue tag “said” (thanks, Kindle search function!). Everything is screamed, or yelled, or scolded, or warned, or gloated, or complained, or…well, you get the idea.
So who should read “Corpse Prince”? Readers who are looking for a short, sexy, kinky and undemanding tale with a nice little sci fi twist.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. It sounded from its description like an interesting read, so I figured I'd enter the giveaway. It joins a little bit of science fiction with a bit of erotica thrown in. While a short book, I think that it really develops the main character well; the science fiction and erotica giving an interesting direction for the story to take.

On the other hand, I certainly did not glean from the story description *Spoiler Alert* that there may be necrophilia in the story. The book also needed more editing; there were some obvious flubs in the writing that were missed prior to publication. For example, at the beginning of one chapter it was noted that her husband left, but used the name of their friend instead of his. There were also what I felt to be an overabundance of exclamation points that seemed unnecessary. Also seemed like people were either screaming or shouting a lot.

Overall, an interesting read and the little science fiction that does come into play makes you wonder if what is hypothesized could really happen.

[Brittany · Rating 1 out of 5]

I won this book in a giveaway. This was a really awkward read, both for the subject matter and the writing. There were a few distracting typos, and I felt like the narrator switched subjects pretty abruptly, which made it feel like there were holes in the story. I do give the writer credit for taking a seldom trodden path in subject matter, and creating an interesting device to drive the plot forward with its scientific/medical twist, but I'll admit that even reading this with no one around, embarrassment set in more than once while sharing the main character's journey, and it was not an "I can relate to this situation" shade of embarrassment.

[Ella · Rating 1 out of 5]

I received this book for free via a Goodreads giveaway and it was pretty bad. The subject matter was a bit on the creepy side. The worse part - as far as I'm concerned - was the continuity issue. First the author said that Sven had died of heart issues, then it was something else. There were typos and the ending of the novel was just plain old impossible. I wanted to set this novel on fire and watch it burn.

[Allana Kellett · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finished this book the same day I started reading it, but it took me this long to figure out what to say. This is not my kind of book. Having said that, the writing is decent. I did note that the author originally said the corpse died of a heart attack (page 4)... the next two times she writes that he died of renal failure (page 18). All in all it is a decent book, if this is your thing.