Naomi Novik's Spinning Silver meets V.E. Schwab's Shades of Magic (but short)

Noah Fiori can stop the war ? if he can rescue a prince trapped in a tower, and it's not just any tower: it's the Discontented Tower, a cursed fey site full of traps and dangerous magic. He assembles the Rebels to help, and together they retrieve the lost Prince Victoire.

But Prince Victoire doesn't want to leave. Desperate, Noah lies to win Victoire's cooperation, figuring it will be worth the fallout if it means ending the violent Solstice War once and for all. And it would be ? until Noah finds himself caring more for Prince Victoire than he intended.

Can Noah win both the war and Victoire's heart?

A Prince's Grief is part of the Cursed Princes, a series of quick yet thoughtful reads with twisted fairy tales, subverted gender roles and angsty happy endings. Each title is a standalone romance but the books are best read in order to understand the series arc.