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Series: The Orc Prince Trilogy by Lionel Hart

Greetings and welcome to Reviews That Burn: Series Reviews, part of Books That Burn. Series Reviews discuss at least three books in a series and cover the overarching themes and development of the story across several books. I'd like to thank longtime Patron Case Aiken, who receives a monthly shoutout. Full Audio Here   An elven prince. The son of an orc warlord. In two warring nations, their arranged marriage brings peace. They never expected to fall in love. Prince Taegan Glynzeiros has prepared since childhood to fight and lead armies against invading orc forces, the enemies of elves for hundreds of years. But after a successful peace treaty, the elven prince will not be fighting orcs, but marrying one. The first words he speaks to Zorvut are their wedding vows. Despite being considered the runt amongst the orc warlord’s children, Taegan finds him to be intelligent and thoughtful—everything the stereotypes about orcs say he shouldn’t be. He doesn’t want to fall in love, but Zorv...

Animorphs Book 48: The Return by K. A. Applegate

Rachel suffers through an ordeal of psychological torment and has to re-make a decision she thought was settled. Through it she has a realization about her place within the Animorphs.

I appreciate Rachel's journey in this one. I think it's something that needed to be addressed before the end of the series. While the plot resolution is ambiguous, the realization she has and the character growth it belies is really important.

A girl (Rachel) crouches and bares her teeth, gaining abs and metal claws

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