Prince (House of Misfits #2)

Here's Cambria Hebert's "Prince." It's the second novel in the House of Misfits series. Reading this because these two were mentioned in "The Ghost and The Geek" (and I still need a mental health break from the other series I was binging). Annd, who doesn't love a little fairy tale romance/retelling--even if I'm skipping around the series for the MM books. 

["Life has always been about one thing for me: Survival.

I wear scuffed-up, hand-me-down shoes and too-big jeans and share a one-bedroom apartment with my three brothers. I’m not great at holding down a job, so I busk in the subway and pick other people’s pockets to fill mine.

Oh, and my mother wishes I’d never been born, a fact she makes sure to hurl in my face every time I see her. It’s just one more thing to prove the odds of life have never been in my favor.

But still, I’m lucky. I have the misfits and my violin. Most days, I’m really good at ignoring the echo of loneliness deep in my bones. Until Ethan finds me in the park and the melody that’s always playing in my heart finally makes sense.

He’s everything I’m not. Tall, commanding, and so handsome it hurts my eyes. He lives in the most elite part of the city and has probably never once had to steal to eat. He’s not like you’d expect, though—stuck-up, snobby, or mean. He’s protective and warm… He makes me feel safe. He doesn’t care that I don’t have a coat or a penny to my name. He just wants me.

I’ve never had a relationship. I’ve never even been kissed. No one has ever chosen me before.

But how can we be together?

He’s Upper East Side royalty, and I’m a misfit…

Or so I thought."]

That was SO good! Sure, it was a little dramatic and over the top at moments, and yet, I cried quite a lot anyway.

Fletcher's brothers were...a hoard of fucking neanderthals...who just wanted their baby bro to be safe and happy. Even if they were gruff about it--and total men (showed their love with actions to a boy who needed words).

Ethan was fabulous--scratch that a hot mess who could have talked more up front about his past and his present, but then we wouldn't have a story. Then again, Fletch was good at running (until he learned he could run to E). But Ethan was always there, time and time again. 

Fletcher lived his best life, doing what he could to everyone else in his life (even strangers). He loved hard. He didn't trust well, but he let Ethan try (and try again to get passed those walls). 

Gwennie <3

I wish I had more patience (and time) to read the rest of this series. I looove a good fairy tale romance/retelling. Here's to Red though, coming up next.

Trigger Warnings: child abuse and neglect, kidnapping, homophobia, and more.

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