A Princess in Theory

(4.5 stars, probably, rounding up.) Loved this one! Love Ledi and Likotsi so much - I know the next book in the series is about Portia, but I hope there's a way in the future to go back to Likotsi's story, because I need her to get a happy ending so much. This book had a whole lot going on, what with the secret-prince and the bizarre epidemic and the evil uncle poisoning everyone but it mostly came together really well. The villain's motives and how they played into why Ledi and her parents fled weren't all that satisfying to me, honestly, but I wasn't reading this for that stuff. I was reading for Ledi and her discovery of her family and heritage, and her learning how to let people in after being hurt so many times in foster care. And also because I pictured Thabiso in my head as M'Baku from Black Panther. This is a wonderful romance novel that was like a breath of fresh air - I've loved everything I've read by Alyssa Cole, and oops, I just bought the second book in this series. And preordered the third.