Like a slow-burn romance, slow-burn pacing strings me along with delicious little morsels and makes me beg for more and more. In a slow-burn pace, plot details come together like a puzzle, with intrigue building steadily and keeping me on my toes throughout the whole book. He also lies like a pro, so that combined with his stealth and sneakiness make him the type of character that makes a great thief or conman.īasically, think Han Solo plus Sherlock Holmes' brains plus extra hotness and a smidgen of vulnerability and you've pretty much got Sage.Īs much as I love fast-paced books, my favorite kinds of books actually have a slow-burn pace (NOT to be confused with a sloooow pace, which is chock full of a lot of boring filler). Sage never seems to be able to resist needling those who lord over him, even if it means he'll get a bruise for his quip. Plus, he's an underdog with attitude and I have a massive weakness for hot underdogs with swaggering attitude. Which is to say, he's always about ten steps ahead of everyone, can deduce master plans from a discarded gum wrapper, and pulls it all off with the type of suave demeanor that never fails to make my knees wobble. Sage is one of those characters who has Sherlock Holmes Superpowers of Observation and Fantasticness. Luckily I was saved from being a total creeper lusting after a fifteen year old, because Sage's voice makes it very easy to imagine him as a completely adult 20 something. Sage embodies the personality of my number one most coveted male character type ever (yes, even over alpha men). Really, the story could have been downright awful (it isn't) and I still would have Special Shelved The False Prince on the strength of his voice alone. I knew this was going to be a Special Shelf book as soon as I "heard" Sage's voice narrating.
(seriously ladies-don't underestimate me 'cause I'm small. The False Prince is *THAT* book! I stayed up way too late in order to finish it.and I'm seriously considering throwing all notion of a sleep schedule out the window and rereading the whole book right now.
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