What do you think?
Rate this book
The Storm Prince
Beriani Quintinar, the youngest son of Faerie’s High king, is brilliant, beautiful, and spoiled as only a prince of the Sidhe can be. He has committed an unforgivable sin—he has fallen in love with the half-human daughter of a traitor. When ogres conquer Avalon and execute his father, he must convince the treacherous Queen of Summer to give him troops enough to win back his homeland. But if he makes it home, what kind of king can he be when he has already committed treason?
155 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 30, 2014
3 people want to read
About the author
M.L. John
2 books21 followersThe first novel M. L. John ever read was Frank L. Baum’s The Wizard of Oz, and she has had a love of fantasy ever since. As soon as her handwriting was good enough to write full sentences, she started writing stories about beautiful princesses who spent their time rescuing princes and slaying dragons. Very little has changed about her writing style since that time, with the possible exception of her handwriting. She lives in Colorado with her true love, their three children, an obnoxious baby brother who still won’t let her change the television channel, and a small menagerie of yippy little dogs. These days, she spends most of her time explaining different mythologies to her kids until their little eyes glaze and roll back in their heads.
Her first novel, Lady of the Veils, was published in ebook format by Gypsy Shadow Publishing in Dec 2010. She has contributed to the anthology Powers, which was voted top 10 best of 2010 by P&E, as well as winning Elfwood's coveted Mod's Choice award for her short story Heaven. Her short story The Holes in Her Shoes will be included in the magazine Aoife's Kiss in March 2012.
Her first novel, Lady of the Veils, was published in ebook format by Gypsy Shadow Publishing in Dec 2010. She has contributed to the anthology Powers, which was voted top 10 best of 2010 by P&E, as well as winning Elfwood's coveted Mod's Choice award for her short story Heaven. Her short story The Holes in Her Shoes will be included in the magazine Aoife's Kiss in March 2012.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
July 5, 2014
My first thought when getting to the words, "The End," was what? It can't be over. 155 pages knocked out in an instant because this is a story that will carry you straight on until the end. Okay, I confess, I did eat lunch but I read as I ate.
To the particulars.
This book is a companion to Lady of the Veils. In the other book, the main character is Karen. She and Beri are separated when Karen is wounded in the woods and for the rest of Lady of the Veils, you go on a journey with the lovely MC. You see Beri return from his captivity at the hands of the Summer Queen from Karen's perspective. What you don't see is what happened to Beri.
In this book, you experience the stifling nature of court, the elegant finery that doubles as chains, and the back-stabbing, double-dealing of royalty. You also experience a fantastic story that allows you deeper into the mind of Beri as he navigates the shark-infested waters of the Summer Queen's court.
Imagine, if you will, a place where humans are considered pets at best, or filthy abominations at worse and any fae who dare to enjoy a human's company beyond using them is a traitor and deserves to be exiled. This is Beri's reality. He fell in love with Karen and now he's the queen's captive--a queen who disliked Beri's father for his sympathies toward humans. In order to survive, Beri has to pretend Karen meant nothing to him--when of course, she meant the world.
I will quibble about the last few chapters. I don't know if I got the truest sense of how Beri had been manipulated and deluded by the queen into thinking the things he did. (I will not get into specifics so I don't spoil anything.) I think it almost ended too soon (see above) or there wasn't quite enough in depth story about that.
It did not diminish my love for this story or lesson my understanding or enjoyment of it, which is why I'm giving it a full five stars. It's a story of loss and despair. It's a story about family loyalties and personal honor and how those two things sometimes are at odds with one another. It's about choices and, in the end, about love and how, when we find it, it is the most precious thing and when we lose it, how hard it can be.
Thank you M. L. John for such a fantastic story.
To everyone else. Read this. You'll be entranced and enraptured. I promise.
To the particulars.
This book is a companion to Lady of the Veils. In the other book, the main character is Karen. She and Beri are separated when Karen is wounded in the woods and for the rest of Lady of the Veils, you go on a journey with the lovely MC. You see Beri return from his captivity at the hands of the Summer Queen from Karen's perspective. What you don't see is what happened to Beri.
In this book, you experience the stifling nature of court, the elegant finery that doubles as chains, and the back-stabbing, double-dealing of royalty. You also experience a fantastic story that allows you deeper into the mind of Beri as he navigates the shark-infested waters of the Summer Queen's court.
Imagine, if you will, a place where humans are considered pets at best, or filthy abominations at worse and any fae who dare to enjoy a human's company beyond using them is a traitor and deserves to be exiled. This is Beri's reality. He fell in love with Karen and now he's the queen's captive--a queen who disliked Beri's father for his sympathies toward humans. In order to survive, Beri has to pretend Karen meant nothing to him--when of course, she meant the world.
I will quibble about the last few chapters. I don't know if I got the truest sense of how Beri had been manipulated and deluded by the queen into thinking the things he did. (I will not get into specifics so I don't spoil anything.) I think it almost ended too soon (see above) or there wasn't quite enough in depth story about that.
It did not diminish my love for this story or lesson my understanding or enjoyment of it, which is why I'm giving it a full five stars. It's a story of loss and despair. It's a story about family loyalties and personal honor and how those two things sometimes are at odds with one another. It's about choices and, in the end, about love and how, when we find it, it is the most precious thing and when we lose it, how hard it can be.
Thank you M. L. John for such a fantastic story.
To everyone else. Read this. You'll be entranced and enraptured. I promise.
July 13, 2014
This is Beri's story of wat happened while him and Karen were separated. It's quite interesting and answers a lot of questions.
September 16, 2014
This story is the missing link from the first book, when he's lost from the heroine Karen. I cannot do justice to this story in a review.
Anguish! Passion! Spells of death and silence! Beautiful description, convincing dialogue, and an elaborate and complicated world that formed its own spell, sucking me in until I'd consumed this lavish delight. All this and a plot.
If you've read the first book, you know that he, the prince, Beri, is a bit dense, and if you haven't, do yourself a favor and pick it up at once because it's simply lovely.
Our hero gets captured and taken to the Summer Court where the Summer Queen uses all her powers to bend him to her will. He steps deeper and deeper into the tangled web when he defends the helpless against a tyrannical noble and becomes part of a subversive group who strives to foil the Queen.
Which side will win, and does he care with his neverending broken heart?
The writing was even smoother than the first book. I expect great things from this author and can't wait for the next in the series.
Anguish! Passion! Spells of death and silence! Beautiful description, convincing dialogue, and an elaborate and complicated world that formed its own spell, sucking me in until I'd consumed this lavish delight. All this and a plot.
If you've read the first book, you know that he, the prince, Beri, is a bit dense, and if you haven't, do yourself a favor and pick it up at once because it's simply lovely.
Our hero gets captured and taken to the Summer Court where the Summer Queen uses all her powers to bend him to her will. He steps deeper and deeper into the tangled web when he defends the helpless against a tyrannical noble and becomes part of a subversive group who strives to foil the Queen.
Which side will win, and does he care with his neverending broken heart?
The writing was even smoother than the first book. I expect great things from this author and can't wait for the next in the series.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews