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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...

Suffer a Sea Change by Seanan McGuire (October Daye, #12.5)

SUFFER A SEA CHANGE is a novella included with most editions of NIGHT AND SILENCE.

TITLE: Suffer a Sea Change
AUTHOR: Seanan McGuire
PUBLISHER: Daw Books
YEAR: 2018
LENGTH: 62 pages
AGE: Adult
GENRE: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy
RECOMMENDED: Yes

Queer Rep Summary: No canon queer rep.

I liked getting Gillian's perspective, but most of this felt like telling a new person stuff that we've learned elsewhere about Faerie. It's fine, and I'm glad I read it, but it's probably not one that's essential if you have trouble finding it. It does answer what happened when Toby wasn't around in the main story, so that was nice. 

CW for violence, blood.

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