Book Details
Assigned to the Ruined Prince
by PinkPanda
Release date to be announced
A word before you begin
For those who prefer to know precisely which fictional circumstances they are about to become attached to.
Yi Yinxiang is confined to the Eastern Courtyard for behavior the court prefers not to describe. Gu Yanzhi, once a marquis’s son and now a eunuch, is sent to watch him. He expects drudgery. Yi Yinxiang expects to make him miserable. Neither expects anything more than misery.
The palace thinks it has quarantined a nuisance and buried a fallen noble. It has, instead, given a reckless prince the one person clever enough to help him take everything back.
The mind behind the mischief
- Danmei devotee
- Read Wattpad in the school library
- Builds a whole world. Every time.
- Enemies to lovers, forever
- Pen name only
Pink Panda has loved stories for as long as she can remember. Growing up, she would sneak into her school library to read on Wattpad instead of attending class, often losing entire afternoons to fictional worlds.
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Her love for BL grew over years of watching dramas, reading manga, manhwa and novels, and eventually discovering danmei. What began as curiosity about different kinds of relationships became a deep appreciation for the genre and the stories it could tell. Novels such as Heaven Official's Blessing, The Husky and His White Cat Shizun, Thrice Married to Salted Fish and Scum Villain's Self-Saving System shaped her love for the possibilities of queer romance and fantasy.
She is particularly fond of enemies to lovers, alpha and omega dynamics, powerful characters who refuse to be reduced to damsels in distress, and stories with worlds of their own. For her, a story rarely stays a story for long. Before she knows it, there's an entire world waiting to be built around it.
Moonbound was supposed to be one book. It is not one book.
Also by PinkPanda: Moonbound
Quick fire
Short answers from Pink Panda. Hover to pause.
Three words for the book
Fun. Silly. Romantic.
A little like saying, “You are the most ridiculous man I know, and I'd still fall for you.”
Colours and object
Pastel green, yellow and blue.
A crown. Naturally.
The archetype she can't resist
The general's son.
What a guy.
Warning label
Contains two men who desperately need to get a life, a royal court with entirely too much to say about it, and romantic decisions that may leave readers wondering who is actually in charge here.
The fictional red flag she'd fall for
Vegas from KinnPorsche.
If you know, you know.
Worst decisions, defended confidently
Both main characters.
They bring out the best and worst in each other. Somehow even their terrible decisions turn out less disastrously than expected.
“You are the most ridiculous man I know, and I'd still fall for you.”
Pink Panda, unfiltered
From Pink Panda's Desk
A romantic court comedy with a fondness for ridiculous men. Notes from the author while she's still writing it. Separate from the official blurb.
What inspired this story?
I was deep in danmei at the time, especially The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System, and I kept laughing at characters walking straight into trouble they could have easily avoided. I wanted to write that.
So: a prince everyone thinks is a scoundrel, someone with a far more serious background than he'd like, and the two of them driving each other up the wall. It's its own story though, not a retelling. I just wanted something fun, flirty and a bit silly. It is all three.
Which characters surprised you?
Both of them. I had a plan. They read it, laughed, and did whatever they wanted.
I'm still writing, so I'm finding out what they do next at roughly the same time you will.
What might readers misunderstand?
Please don't take them too seriously. They're ridiculous. Lovably ridiculous, but still.
Things do get more serious later. For now, if you're not having fun, you're reading it wrong.
A note from the author
This is the book I open when I want to laugh at my own characters. The fact that Bright Tide believed in it enough to give it a home still makes me a little giddy.
If it makes you laugh even once, I've done my job. If you end up yelling at these two idiots, even better. Thank you for being here.
Pink Panda
Music and mood
The Ruined Prince Playlist Work in progress
Songs Pink Panda says fit the book's playful, romantic mood. The book is still being written, so this list is too. Not an official soundtrack.
- 01GroovyKate
- 02Once Upon a TimeChanel Yates
- 03Hot MessZoe Clark
- 04BloodsuckerSil
- 05The Cuppycake SongAmy Castle
- 06Ladies and Gentlemen, Hold My Loveski
- 07Sweet Love SugarBob's Burgers
- 08Spend This Night with MeMaurice Jarre
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Also on rotation: Stevie Wonder, generally.