The Dread Prince

The Dread Series, Book 2

By: Lauren Cate Leake

Narrated by: Sasha Higgins, Will M. Watt

Magic is different in the Dread Lands. Magic is deceptive in the Dread Lands.

At last, the Dread Prince takes the throne and begins to develop his own army while battling the darkness that still lurks in the ancient and deadly Dread Lands. Maeve is grieving a great loss as Mal slips into darker and darker Magic, driving a wedge between them. War looms with the other realms, and Maeve and Mal question the dragon-shifting High Lord of Aterna's loyalty to their cause.

©2025 Lauren Cate Leake (P)2025 Podium Audio

I just want a redemption

I loved the performance of these wonderful narrators. I enjoyed the story, but I am so over random mating bonds between 326 year old kings and 20 something’s. Ughhhh. I want Mal to have a good life not have to make the greatest sacrifice in the next book.

whoa get this book!

I ate this up. It was dark, fast paced, and impossible to stop. The stakes and tension were high throughout. I feel like Maeve eventually came into her own, and I loved to see it! My mind was blown by some of the truth bombs that were dropped in this book, and that ending was everything. It is hard not to feel for Mal, but I fear I'm team Reeve. I appreciated that there wasn't much spice, and that there was a disclaimer at the beginning stating which chapter was spicy and that it could be skipped without missing any of the plot! I flew through this and immediately wanted more. So glad I purchased all 3 books together so I could immediately start the next book! Easy five stars, no hesitation

Read this series YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT

I love this book sooo much it had me texting my boyfriend mid way through just random letters because man this book will destroy everything you thought you knew in the first one you MUST read it!!!!

Let’s go book 3!

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Plot: 📖📖📖📖
Side Characters: 👯‍♂️👯‍♂️👯‍♂️👯‍♀️
Pacing: 🏎️🏎️🏎️
Ending: 🎬🎬🎬🎬
MC’s: 👩🏽‍🤝‍👨🏼👫👫👫
Main Characters:
Malachite "Mal" Peur
Maeve Sinclair
If you like Harry Potter but make it DARK and slap a mature audiences label on it. The pacing was a bit off at times and I just wanted to get there faster. Overall, very good and unexpected. Is there a love triangle? Idk. It’s really hard to tell. We do get another POV for a short time but I can’t decide how that’s going to play out.