Monday, November 16, 2020

The Last Life of Prince Alastor by Alexandra Bracken - ADVISABLE

 

The Last Life of Prince Alastor (Prosper Redding, #2) by Alexandra Bracken, 437 pages. Disney Hyperion, 2019. $17.  Content: Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: PG-13.  

BUYING ADVISORY: MS – ADVISABLE  

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE  

Prince Alastor has been away from his fiendish kingdom for 300 years, yet he is still surprised to find that it is nothing like he remembered.  Alastor and his human host, Prosper, are roaming among the demon kingdom in an attempt to recover Prosper’s sister, who has been kidnapped by Alastor’s sister, Pyra.  Alastor and Prosper, as different as a fiend and human can be, have to work together and along the way find that they actually make a pretty good team.  

What a creative series.  I enjoy Alastor’s sour, fiendish grumpy-ness and Prosper’s kind heart. The first book in the series was easier to understand because it took place in the human world but meeting all the disgusting creatures in the demon world was highly entertaining.  There are funny little moments throughout that made me laugh out loud.  The violence includes a stab wound, blood, a shrunken head and threats of violence.  

Reviewer, C. Peterson

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