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The Royal Hostage Has Vanished: The Black Wolf Knight Yearns for the Persecuted Princess (Light Novel) #1
The Royal Hostage Has Vanished: The Black Wolf Knight Yearns for the Persecuted Princess Volume 1
Upon his nation’s victory against the Kingdom of Sylvario, Brigandian knight Ark McGuine is sent to collect Princess Sonia of Sylvario, whose hand in marriage had been offered in exchange for lesser financial reparations. But when she doesn’t arrive by the agreed date, he’s forced to spearhead an investigation into why. As a horrible tale of mistreatment and negligence comes to light, he grows more and more drawn to a woman he’s never met, but it all ends Princess Sonia perished on the way to her new home from her country’s own capital, and her own family members were at fault! Ark eventually returns to Brigandia, despairing over a love that could have been...until he runs into a girl named “Nia” in his own kingdom’s capital who looks exactly like the princess!
264 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 16, 2024
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August 27, 2024
DNF at 73%. I just CAN’T anymore. It’s so boring I rather watch paint dry!
If you want a cozy cottage-core, everything is perfect, no stress here light novel, then this is the book/series for you.
It tries to be funny with the two love interests being enamored and shy, but it gets old quick.
2, I didn’t hate it but I can’t finish this it’s painful, stars.
If you want a cozy cottage-core, everything is perfect, no stress here light novel, then this is the book/series for you.
It tries to be funny with the two love interests being enamored and shy, but it gets old quick.
2, I didn’t hate it but I can’t finish this it’s painful, stars.
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July 19, 2024
Ark McGuine is a knight of Brigandia who was supposed to escort Princess Sonia from Sylvario on her journey to become the wife of Ark's boss, the third prince. But when Ark arrives, there's one glaring problem: Princess Sonia's gone missing. As he digs deeper into the circumstances surrounding her, he gets more and more invested in her life. And then he meets Nia, a girl with suspicious similarities to Princess Sonia. . .
I'll give the story this much: they make it from introduction to wedding in a single book. The self-contained nature alone makes it a nice read if you want a quick read.
As for characters, Ark is a knight rather upset with his overly-dramatic reputation for violence, but he's also not unaware of some political realities that make his boss, Prince Alphonse, ready to stoke that reputation at every opportunity. Sonia, for her part, was a neglected princess who nonetheless focused on developing practical skills to aid her in her eventual escape, and in her own way she's just as capable as Ark.
Despite a lot of attention paid to various political matters, though, the overall trajectory is more of a light romance, as both Ark and Nia are deeply in love as well as clueless about relationships. The fact that Nia's actual status makes her marriage somewhat problematic is a wrinkle, but the whole revenge plot Alphonse cooks up is fun.
Overall this was fine. I found the characters a bit one-dimensional, but the story wasn't a bad read. I rate this book Recommended.
I'll give the story this much: they make it from introduction to wedding in a single book. The self-contained nature alone makes it a nice read if you want a quick read.
As for characters, Ark is a knight rather upset with his overly-dramatic reputation for violence, but he's also not unaware of some political realities that make his boss, Prince Alphonse, ready to stoke that reputation at every opportunity. Sonia, for her part, was a neglected princess who nonetheless focused on developing practical skills to aid her in her eventual escape, and in her own way she's just as capable as Ark.
Despite a lot of attention paid to various political matters, though, the overall trajectory is more of a light romance, as both Ark and Nia are deeply in love as well as clueless about relationships. The fact that Nia's actual status makes her marriage somewhat problematic is a wrinkle, but the whole revenge plot Alphonse cooks up is fun.
Overall this was fine. I found the characters a bit one-dimensional, but the story wasn't a bad read. I rate this book Recommended.
July 22, 2024
The story reads a bit like a sappy romance from the otome game genre except that the MC is a male, and there is only one (female) love interest as opposed to a group as we see in dating games. The characters and to some extent the world fit the tropes even if the plot it self is reasonably different to keep me somewhat interested. On the other hand, it is at times very sappy, and as a result at times very cringe for me. So I cannot say I really enjoyed the story overall even if it does have its moments. I am somewhat curious enough about where the story is going, but I am not yet sure it is enough for me to keep reading the series...
October 30, 2025
2.5
not the best I've read. Not the worst either.
I got bored about halfway through and contemplated not finishing this but I'm still behind on my reading challenge, so I powered through.
The characters were a bit lack luster, the plot pretty bland. I have no strong feelings about this story or the characters in it.
Recommended? eh. honestly this is one of those books you can take it or leave it
Buy/Borrow? Borrow
not the best I've read. Not the worst either.
I got bored about halfway through and contemplated not finishing this but I'm still behind on my reading challenge, so I powered through.
The characters were a bit lack luster, the plot pretty bland. I have no strong feelings about this story or the characters in it.
Recommended? eh. honestly this is one of those books you can take it or leave it
Buy/Borrow? Borrow
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