![]() ![]() The problem is that the world of The Summer Prince is a teenager’s world. It’s not the pyramid, it’s not the technology, and it’s not the stubborn, driven, occasionally bratty June – not exactly. ![]() Still, there’s a flaw in the gorgeous world of Palmares Tres. Her friend and lover, the doomed Summer King Enki, can literally feel the heartbeat of their city in every cell of his nanotech-enhanced body. A soaring glass pyramid, divided into tiers that re-enforce class divisions, crawling with technologies that alternately soothe and spy on its citizens – Palmares Tres is life breathed into glass, and the reader sees and hears every inch of the city as the protagonist June passes through it. The Teenager’s Closed Pyramid: A Review of Alaya Dawn Johnson’s The Summer PrinceĪny review of The Summer Prince would be incomplete without dwelling, in detail, on the grand city of Palmares Tres. If you’re interested in sending us a review to run on the blog, please email us! Today, we welcome a review from Kayla Shifrin on Alaya Dawn Johnson’s The Summer Prince. ![]() The Sirens Review Squad is made up of Sirens volunteers, who submit short reviews of books (often fantasy literature by women authors) they’ve read and enjoyed. ![]()
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