Dark Prince Volume 1

Dark Prince #1

by Yamila Abraham, M.A. Sambre (Artist)

Prince Davon murders boys whose name start with the letter -A.- The loyal retainer Lowry is summoned by the king to put a stop to it. Lowry assumes the prince is insane due to inbreeding. As he investigates he learns of Davon's dark religion, and of the god Davon claims is his lover. Is this dark god who commands Davon to kill even real? Lowry seeks answers from Davon's brother Lor, but he can scarcely rely on him when he's also claiming to be Davon's lover. A disturbing and macabre trilogy from the writer of Winter Demon. The new artistic discovery, M.A. Sambre, provides the stunningly beautiful artwork.

Genres: Manga, Yaoi, M M Romance, Comics, Fantasy, Romance

152 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 2007

About the author

Yamila Abraham founded the publishing company Yaoi Press in 2004 and published over 50 graphic novels, many she wrote herself.

Abraham is a prolific writer of male/male romance, yaoi, yaoi graphic novels, science fiction romance, and erotica. She's known for explicitly detailed love scenes and dynamic premises. She wrote two of Yaoi Press' best selling series: Winter Demon and Dark Prince. Her best known ebooks include Maelstrom, UnPrison, Alien's Bride, and the Vanquished series.

Abraham has been a speaker or guest of honor at 150 anime fan conventions.

Reviews

[Laurie (barksbooks) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dark Prince is a crazy-pants bit of yaoi filled with deviant desires, murder, dastardly deeds, dark magic and young beautiful men who are either dreaming about or engaging in man on man sex. There’s also some noblemen here who abuse their station and take far more than they’re offered (there’s rape, people). You have been warned.

If I get some nitpicky details wrong it’s because this yaoi, like most I have read, is confusing as hell. Prince Lor and Prince Davon are half-brothers (I think, they could be step brothers) who enjoy having sex . . . with each other. Well, Lor enjoys it. Apparently Davon can no longer become aroused by Lor’s touch because he’s under some sort of sexual curse that has made him impotent. He still allows Lor to play with him, however, even when his touch makes him vomit. Now that’s some true brotherly love there. Davon also has a little quirk that is troublesome to his father. He kills boys that are unlucky enough to have their name begin with the letter A. The King wants Davon to inherit the castle of perversion and rule the peasants but his murderous nature is hard to overlook. He hires a nobleman to spy on Davon and uncover all of his secrets.

And boy, does that man have some strange secrets! I’m not going to spoil this in case you might be dying to read it . I’ll just say that some things are revealed as the story goes along that were shocking, sexy and disturbing. Sometimes all three. There is also a side story about a young boy who sacrifices everything to save his sisters that broke my cold heart. The end leaves many questions unanswered so, of course, suckers like me will have to gleefully buy into the entire series and hope for closure.

I could find lots of stuff to complain about here (the Epilogue that is actually a flashback, for starters) but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy gazing at every page featuring the impossibly beautifully characters. Even the demons are stunning. It’s hard to look away, even when you know you probably should!

[Tara Dobbs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Actually compelling tale of a haunted and controlled prince who can only find salvation through a teenage boy. The haunts he finds are more real than he realizes. The artwork is simple, with some goof ups as this was the artist's first yaoi production. I know the artist on a professional level as I've had her do some commissions for me in the past few years for my first novel. It's a really good read, but too bad it's not in full novel form. I'd love to read the characters full on thoughts and the back story a bit more. Maybe someday this series of mangas will become a full novel. One can dream and hope, can't she?

[Augusta Li · Rating 4 out of 5]

I almost always love anything Yamila writes, and I loved this as well. The plot is intricate and the passion between the brothers (yeah there's incest) is very touching. As always, Ms. Abraham knows how to write a sex scene! I enjoyed the dark undertones, and the dual natures of some of the characters. Also, the art is beautiful! I am partial to white or silver haired bishounen and Davon is just lovely--and dangerous.
I'll be eager to read the next installment.

[Juanita Tejeda · Rating 1 out of 5]

Over all I didn't like this one much I think for me it was the art and the extra story at the end. It confsued me and just put me off. I never read the second volume becuase of this.
^_^,

[Kleio Stronghold · Rating 3 out of 5]

Krásný mix yaoi a napínavého příběhu, jako bonus dlouhé blond vlasy.

[Madeleine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well... no. This was just odd.