The False Prince

I guess this is fantasy, in that it's set in a land that's not on actual Earth, but there's no magic (as far as I could tell anyway)? It's not the kind of thing I normally read but I'd heard some good things, and I needed some audiobooks for travels. The beginning kind of dragged–I'm not super into ~palace intrigue~ or ~plucky orphans~, but I did like Sage's voice.

But then like halfway through the twist totally took me by surprise, and from then I was hooked! It did seem a little cheap since Sage had been narrating the whole time, so why would he keep that a secret? But, like, for the drama, I guess? Who cares, it worked.

Also I kept wondering who Imogen was and I was fully expecting some kind of late reveal, but nothing?? Is that going to be later in the trilogy? She can't just be some random servant, right?

I liked the audiobook narrator as well–perfectly snarky.