Here's Amy Padilla's "Prince of the Barbarian." It's the fifth official novel in her Not-So-Savage Barbarians series.
["There’s always a point in someone’s life where they regret the decisions of their past. Take me for instance. I skipped my lessons as often as I could get away with, figuring I’d always have someone with me to translate or watch my back. As a prince of Al Nuzem, I was very rarely alone. But when one of my own guards stabbed me in the back and had me handed off to the barbarians, my inability to speak even the common tongue meant I couldn’t tell them I wasn’t what they thought. And no amount of fighting was going to get them to bring me home. Not until they learned to communicate with me. It wasn’t going to be the other way around. They’d learn eventually."]
I thought I would be annoyed with Zakai. Granted, he was a brat, but he had a good heart and just wanted to be loved and cared for and paid attention to. He wanted to be important and special to someone (and who doesn't?).
Uttin didn't know what he wanted, but it certainly wasn't a tribute who couldn't (wouldn't) talk while he was supposed to be training (and not sure if he wanted to be training) to take over the clan. Deep down, he want something of his, something he could call his own, something that no one else had (something that didn't necessarily come with loads of responsibility).
Together, they were adorable as hell. Fitting together perfectly, matching each other in ways they didn't know they needed.
And this book was the PERFECT ending to an absolutely perfect series. Sweet and sassy, filled with all kinds of new loves and found family, new alliances and new homes on the horizon. Not to mention that last chapter (what's better revenge than living your best life (okay...torture/murder with a semi-villainous monologue is close)).
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