Skye Warren is a masterful storyteller in bringing the seedy, tawdry and darkly erotic to life. She can spin a tale of avarice and power in the underworld like none other. Her ability to craft characters that are so flawed and yet so real constantly leaves me amazed, and when I read her stories, and I'm left afterwards in a haze. It always takes me a moment to realize that I wasn't truly a part of her town of sin and greed, just a witness to her tale. 
 The Prince was a fantastic prequel to the soon to be released "The King", giving us the history between Penny and Damon. From how they first met years before to the circumstances that brought them to current day, Skye Warren lays out a backstory between these two and shows how their lives and destiny were intertwined from the start. 
 If it's anything like the rest of the "Endgame" series, "The King", focused on Penny and Damon, is going to be an amazing book and start to a spin-off series. I've been waiting for this story for what feels like forever, and The Prince is a welcome tease. It's a taste of what is to come, whetting my appetite for the main course, but it is also a lot more. The King could have picked up where the story left off in its predecessor, The Castle, and nothing would have been lost. But The Prince adds so much more to the story. It adds humanity to Damon, it adds intelligence and resourcefulness to Penny, and it makes these characters more three dimensional than they were before to understand their backgrounds and what has shaped them into the people they became. 
 Even if you haven't read the Endgame series, this is a perfect time to jump in before The King is released. The Prince sets the stage for what is surely to become another amazing series that is murky and seedy, yet wonderfully Skye Warren. 
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