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A Prince of a Man
Prince Caleb just wants to enjoy prep school, football, and his new best mates Russell and Lucky, but Jason Sparrows has other plans for him. He has Caleb firmly in his sights and is a relentless bully, but things may not be as they appear.
Harry is disowned by his family and sets off on a nomadic journey that will lead him to Australia and into the path of Malachi Frost, whose family owns the ranch where Harry works. Giving in to their mutual attraction could, and will, jeopardize everything.
Caleb’s story will take him to the anonymity of America as Harry goes on the run through Southeast Asia but they’re destined to collide in an act of sudden, and personal, violence that will alter both of their lives.
A story of sexual awakening, first love and, ultimately, family and forgiveness. Caleb and his fellow London boys begin their journeys to adulthood. Their paths may diverge over time, but they’ll always find their way back to each other proving that true friendship never ends.
Harry is disowned by his family and sets off on a nomadic journey that will lead him to Australia and into the path of Malachi Frost, whose family owns the ranch where Harry works. Giving in to their mutual attraction could, and will, jeopardize everything.
Caleb’s story will take him to the anonymity of America as Harry goes on the run through Southeast Asia but they’re destined to collide in an act of sudden, and personal, violence that will alter both of their lives.
A story of sexual awakening, first love and, ultimately, family and forgiveness. Caleb and his fellow London boys begin their journeys to adulthood. Their paths may diverge over time, but they’ll always find their way back to each other proving that true friendship never ends.
232 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 1, 2024
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January 5, 2025
This "spicy" MM romance fails to convey a compelling overall plot and barely delivers a satisfying romantic main plot. I would not recommend this book and do not plan on continuing this series.
As soon as I saw the AI generated art on the cover, I knew this book was not going to be "good." And boy was I proven right. The novel failed to establish a proper "plot" until the 60% mark, the characters lacked... character, the clunky writing style heavily depended on exposition dumps, and the entire work was filled with typos and grammatical errors.
It was incredibly unclear how this book was going to mesh together until well over the halfway point. We start off following Caleb, a prince, and his struggles with being a young queer “royal” teenager. Then we hop over to Harry, an adult gay man who finds work (and love) on a ranch. Then the book takes a dive, forces Harry and Caleb together AND ATTEMPTS TO BECOME A THRILLER. "A Prince of a Man" fails to deliver a compelling reading experience because it doesn't have a story until you reach the thriller part; it lacks cohesion in a truly upsetting way. A developmental edit was desperately needed.
I don't know why the author is writing a series about "London Boys" when he clearly wasn't interested in doing any research about living in the UK. Caleb doesn't need to be prince. Full stop. It literally has no real bearing on the character. Caleb's mother is a "princess who stepped out of the limelight" who is still very much an active, public royal figure. It’s unclear how reclusive and "disgraced" the princess needs to be, and how royalty actually should affect Caleb. Harry is a "tragic" figure that kinda comes out of nowhere and is fully reliant on the "bully hiding queerness behind homophobia" trope to make him any kind of interesting. The way these two come together is contrived, comes out of nowhere, and leads to no kind of reasonable conclusion. Harry technically sexually assaults Caleb, a minor, near the beginning of the book, and Caleb forgives him because "it's what he really wanted."
Neither Caleb nor Harry ever make choices that make sense or meaningfully drive the plot in a logical way. Caleb starts out loving/hating football while at school (we will not revisit this), visits America (for his gay awakening), moves back to London, becomes a journalist (it is unclear why this happens), stumbles his way into a mystery, hides information from his best friend and roommate but tells literally everyone else, and then falls in love with Harry. Harry... just kinda happens? His story line is filler until a reveal that happens around 65% of the way through the book, and even that reveal doesn't forgive the fact THAT THIS MAN JUST DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AND DIDN'T NEED TO BE A CHARACTER WE FOLLOW. AT ALL.
"A Prince of a Man" doesn't contain the worst writing I've come across, but it's certainly not good. The author's writing style is amateurish and clunky, often relying on exposition to just tell you plot points and character traits instead of letting them play out on the page. And when we are shown things through actions and dialogue, the author immediately follows up the interactions with summary lines THAT CLUMSILY RECAP WHAT WE JUST READ AND EXPERIENCED.
I'm tired of MM romances that write women so poorly. To be fair, no one in this book is written *well*, but reducing women to sex pests that prey upon the helpless homosexual or incredibly invasive "straight best friend" tropes is not a good look. Especially when a gay man is writing women that way. Women in MM romances suffer the worst writing fates, I'm so sorry for them.
A few misplaced commas, a misspelled word, and a formatting error here and there I can forgive. But... my god. The amount of misused commas, missing commas, comma splices, typos, and general grammatical errors wore away at me until I was ready to snap. Again, where were the author's English professor parents to review his work, help with a developmental edit, or at least FIX THE BLATANT MISTAKES.
Very little about this book actually works. The spicy scenes were fine (minus the underaged sex that is written as erotic, highly inappropriate), I'll give Christensen that. But sex does not a good book make, and this book made me suffer.
As soon as I saw the AI generated art on the cover, I knew this book was not going to be "good." And boy was I proven right. The novel failed to establish a proper "plot" until the 60% mark, the characters lacked... character, the clunky writing style heavily depended on exposition dumps, and the entire work was filled with typos and grammatical errors.
It was incredibly unclear how this book was going to mesh together until well over the halfway point. We start off following Caleb, a prince, and his struggles with being a young queer “royal” teenager. Then we hop over to Harry, an adult gay man who finds work (and love) on a ranch. Then the book takes a dive, forces Harry and Caleb together AND ATTEMPTS TO BECOME A THRILLER. "A Prince of a Man" fails to deliver a compelling reading experience because it doesn't have a story until you reach the thriller part; it lacks cohesion in a truly upsetting way. A developmental edit was desperately needed.
I don't know why the author is writing a series about "London Boys" when he clearly wasn't interested in doing any research about living in the UK. Caleb doesn't need to be prince. Full stop. It literally has no real bearing on the character. Caleb's mother is a "princess who stepped out of the limelight" who is still very much an active, public royal figure. It’s unclear how reclusive and "disgraced" the princess needs to be, and how royalty actually should affect Caleb. Harry is a "tragic" figure that kinda comes out of nowhere and is fully reliant on the "bully hiding queerness behind homophobia" trope to make him any kind of interesting. The way these two come together is contrived, comes out of nowhere, and leads to no kind of reasonable conclusion. Harry technically sexually assaults Caleb, a minor, near the beginning of the book, and Caleb forgives him because "it's what he really wanted."
Neither Caleb nor Harry ever make choices that make sense or meaningfully drive the plot in a logical way. Caleb starts out loving/hating football while at school (we will not revisit this), visits America (for his gay awakening), moves back to London, becomes a journalist (it is unclear why this happens), stumbles his way into a mystery, hides information from his best friend and roommate but tells literally everyone else, and then falls in love with Harry. Harry... just kinda happens? His story line is filler until a reveal that happens around 65% of the way through the book, and even that reveal doesn't forgive the fact THAT THIS MAN JUST DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AND DIDN'T NEED TO BE A CHARACTER WE FOLLOW. AT ALL.
"A Prince of a Man" doesn't contain the worst writing I've come across, but it's certainly not good. The author's writing style is amateurish and clunky, often relying on exposition to just tell you plot points and character traits instead of letting them play out on the page. And when we are shown things through actions and dialogue, the author immediately follows up the interactions with summary lines THAT CLUMSILY RECAP WHAT WE JUST READ AND EXPERIENCED.
I'm tired of MM romances that write women so poorly. To be fair, no one in this book is written *well*, but reducing women to sex pests that prey upon the helpless homosexual or incredibly invasive "straight best friend" tropes is not a good look. Especially when a gay man is writing women that way. Women in MM romances suffer the worst writing fates, I'm so sorry for them.
A few misplaced commas, a misspelled word, and a formatting error here and there I can forgive. But... my god. The amount of misused commas, missing commas, comma splices, typos, and general grammatical errors wore away at me until I was ready to snap. Again, where were the author's English professor parents to review his work, help with a developmental edit, or at least FIX THE BLATANT MISTAKES.
Very little about this book actually works. The spicy scenes were fine (minus the underaged sex that is written as erotic, highly inappropriate), I'll give Christensen that. But sex does not a good book make, and this book made me suffer.
October 18, 2024
a wonderful and intriguing novel.
I recently discovered Carter Christensen as an author. I am really glad I found his writings. The story lines are not just straightforward romance with quick and predictable ending. This is a fully developed story with very believable characters that made the work an even more enjoyable read. I’m looking forward to moving on to more great stories.
I recently discovered Carter Christensen as an author. I am really glad I found his writings. The story lines are not just straightforward romance with quick and predictable ending. This is a fully developed story with very believable characters that made the work an even more enjoyable read. I’m looking forward to moving on to more great stories.
February 17, 2025
Ok communication! I liked the slow build and the backstory
October 12, 2024
I literally couldn’t walk away from it. The characters are really engaging,the story is broad in scope but still packs an emotional punch several times. There are surprises I didn’t see coming and some really, really hot sex scenes! I quickly picked up the next in the series and look forward to the third (and hopefully more) as well.
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