A Confusion of Princes by Garth Nix

Title: A Confusion of Princes
Author: Garth Nix
Type: Young Adult Novel
Genre: Fantasy
Series: No
Copyright: 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins
Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Summary: from Good Reads

You'd think being a Prince in a vast intergalactic empire would be about as good as it gets. Particularly when Princes are faster, smarter, and stronger than normal humans. Not to mention being mostly immortal.

But it isn't as great as it sounds. Princes need to be hard to kill--as Khemri learns the minute he becomes one--for they are always in danger. Their greatest threat? Other Princes. Every Prince wants to become Emperor, and the surest way to do so is to kill, dishonor, or sideline any potential competitor. There are rules, but as Khemri discovers, rules can be bent and even broken.

Soon Khemri is drawn into the hidden workings of the Empire and dispatched on a secret mission. In the ruins of space battle he meets a young woman called Raine, who challenges his view of the Empire, of Princes, and of himself.

But Khemri is a Prince, and even if he wanted to leave the Empire behind, there are forces that have very definite plans for his future. . . .

Feelings: 
I enjoyed reading this book it was very different from many of the other Grath Nix books I have read. My favorite by him are the Abhorsen series. I think those are by far the best books by him. I have not read his other well know series The Keys to the Kingdom.

This book takes place in a very different world than what we would know. There is space travel and a higher intelligence that dictates what princes must do as well as others. The world which this is set in is very unique and described in a way that makes it easy to understand and enter.

Khemri is a Prince and he has died three times. When he is connected to the Mind he can be reborn, yes, as an adult the same age as he was when he died. a little odd I know but I enjoyed it. The deaths are even a confusion to Khemri at first.

This is in many ways a love story but it is well written and worth reading. I would recommend this to those that have read Garth Nix's other books and like them.