Other than a couple small twists, the story plays out predictably. Certainly, his viable choices to prevent war are few, but there must be one more realistic than this. For example, his entire plan to save the country depends on his singlehanded overthrowing of an entire pirate army. Jaron constantly makes poorly-planned and foolish decisions and is saved by wild luck every time. However, in other ways, it is worse than the first book. The action ramps up and the stakes increase. The unreliable narrator of the first book is dropped for the sequel, so I felt more connected with the point-of-view character than I had before. In a way, I liked The Runaway King better than The False Prince. Time is short and friends are scarce and it seems that death is inevitable. He stakes out alone with a desperate plan-find and destroy the pirates. With both the pirates and Avenia ready to declare war, and with a court largely in opposition to Jaron’s decisions, no simple options remain.Īlternatives in short supply, the new king must abandon his people to save them. Mere weeks after Jaron is crowned, an assassination attempt brings a dooming but not unexpected message-Carthya has ten days to surrender, or the pirates will attack.
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