Review: The Pirate Prince
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2008
Princess Zhang "Mei" is upset by the news her ancestor tells her is in her future.  She believes fate has led her to marry Prince Song Lok, the Prince of the rival dynasty on her planet.  Mei feels honor bound to follow the path she believes fate has set for her.Prince Jarek, a Var Prince and Space Captain, flies where he wants and does as he pleases, without the royal title.  Currently, Jarek is making plans to rescue a crewmember that's been abducted by a drug ring.  The first rescue attempt is botched and instead of the missing crewmember, Jarek comes back to the ship with Mei.Mei and Jarek's initial encounter is based on a misunderstanding, but they both need the other for something.  Neither admits to their true identities at first.  Jarek needs Mei's assistance in finding his friend and Mei needs Jarek to take her home so she can alert her family with the important information she has come across.  Mei and Jarek also desire each other and though each tries to fight the attraction, eventually they have to give in.Jarek wants to make Mei his mate, and have her sail around with him forever.  Mei, however, she still plans to go through with her duties to marry Prince Lok.  When Jarek returns Mei home and meets her family, she learns the truth of what fate has in her future.The Pirate Prince rocked.  Mei and Jarek worked well together, as a couple and as rescuers.  They were steamy hot in one scene, and calm and collected in the next.  I was glad that Mei in the end realized that her fate was with Jarek.  Jarek's family was comical at the end of the book, the polar opposite of Mei's, which made for a sweet ending.The Pirate Prince was the first book in the Lords of the Var series that I have read, but I'll definitely be reading the previous stories.Cerisereviewed for Joyfully Reviewed