The Banished Prince

He was once a Prince, then a healer, now Cassion is on the run from mercenaries and witch hunters. His companions are a trusted friend and a questionable thief. His plan? Take back his throne of course.

Prince Cassion is now living on the outskirts of a village helping his nursemaid heal the people of the village as an assistant mid-wife. His only companion is a crow which scares the village folk. One night the villagers bang on his door with a young girl they are accusing of witchcraft.

Suddenly nothing and no one is who they seem except for the young innocent girl they are accusing. Afterwards, Cassion's home is decimated and everyone is dead except for his Nursemaid, the innocent, the crow, his best friend, and miraculously him. Now they need to run.

From this moment on Zoe Perdita takes us on an adventure in The Banished Prince. Perdita writes a story mixed up in the past of truths and half-truths. A story half-seen of visions and what might be so not even the reader never mind Cassion knows what is the truth is what is not. Very exciting.

The story is full of magic and mythology from Romania to fairy-tale. It is fun to try and read in between the lines and figure out what might be, but the story does not even give you time to take a breath to do that and it moves along so fast.

The only thing that does not move fast is the slow-burn romances. Perdita gives us a solid foundation for these relationships through flashback and through their current adventures. I love both relationships. I do have to say that I thought a third relationship was in the offering, but I guess I will have to wait and see.

I cannot wait to see what is next! The Banished Prince is the first book in the “Their Dark Prince” series.

I received an ARC of this book and I am writing a review without prejudice and voluntarily.