Demon Consort
Yamila Abraham
Publisher: Yaoi Press
Pages: 80
Reviewed by : Sandra Scholes
Synopsis:
As a bad joke born from desperation, priestly Prince Harsen offers himself as the ‘bride’ his demonic conquerors have demanded. Unfortunately for Harsen the bizarre prince Romi is thrilled to accept him.
Crystalline Priest Prince Harsen’s world has turned upside-down. The people have switched their allegiance to the gods of Darkhelm, thus ending Harsen’s regime. Worse still, his sister has run away meaning they don’t have a bride to offer their new rulers. Harsen knows he can’t survive in a world ruled by Darkhelm. He decides to offer himself as ‘bride’ so they’ll kill him in outrage and prevent him from suffering.
Review:
As Leeta is escaping with Duke Skade, Prince Harsen has only a small number of options; he can kill himself, be killed as a result of Leeta leaving or offer himself to the demon ruler, Prince Romi as the rulers of Darkhelm had done before to them. This means they will have no royal heirs, and as a result, the prince could reject and kill Prince Harsen. The hope Harsen has is that if he does leave as consort to Prince Romi, Aunt Sedona won't be too old to have children and thus continue their royal line in his absence.
Prince Harsen fears the worst when the Darkhelm royal procession comes through to see the Crystalline clan only to discover that the princess has gone, but when he learns that the Darkhelm demons undergo a painful change once they are paired with one of the Crystalline clan, he might actually be able to have the upper hand over his new princely lover.
When you expect the story to be serious, Yamila injects some good humour into it that makes it all worthwhile reading it. Leeta is the perfect sister, more interested in eloping with her lover than marrying the demon prince she is supposed to, and who can blame her. It is bad that Prince Harsen has to be the offering in her place. Prince Harsen is also funny, but funnier still is the demon Prince Romi whose tattoos show every inch of him as a bad boy.
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