**Sidekick Showcase #26 ~ Party Time**

Sidekick Showcase (previously known as Sidekick Saturday) is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Jaclyn at JC's Book Haven. There are many secondary characters that are as great as the primaries. In some cases, the sidekicks actually steal the show and you like them better than the heroine or hero. Maybe they didn't have enough page time for how great they were. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Choose a sidekick *or someone other than the hero or heroine* that you would like to put in the spotlight that fits in this week's type
• Share a picture (if possible) and information about the character
• Give the title and author of a book the character can be found in
• Please don't include too many spoilers when describing why the character is such a great sidekick
• Put your link in the Linky thing and comment

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For this first week of 2014, Jaclyn has chosen Party Animal as the theme to ring in the new year!

My pick is
Dorian, King of the Oak Land
from Richelle Mead's Dark Swan Series

Ah, it's good to be King! And life is a party! That seems to be King Dorian's approach to everything in life. I so love this series. The banter between Eugenie and Dorian is sexy and snarky, and seems to be a trademark of Ms. Mead's, in my opinion. I was always Team Dorian...who doesn't love a sexy king with a penchant for kink, who is gorgeous, witty and loves a good dinner party?!?

"Why all these people?" I murmured to Volusian. "Is he having a party?"
"Dorian is a social king. He likes keeping people around, most likely so he can mock them. He keeps a full court and regularly invites his nobles to dine here."
-Eugenie & Volusian, Storm Born

"If I offered my hand again, I don't suppose you'd take it?"
"Not a chance. I don't want to give them any ideas."
"oh. Well, I'm afraid it's too late for that, once they see where we're going."
I cut him a warning look. "Where are we going?"
"Why, to the most private of places. My bedroom, of course."
- Dorian & Eugenie, Storm Born

"My dear Odile, I assure you I am always serious --well, no, actually that's a lie. Most of the time I'm not. But this time I happen to be. So make yourself comfortable."
-Dorian to Eugenie, Storm Born

"Now get some clothes on before the women around here are driven into a frenzy."
He gave me a mournful look. "I'm afraid that will happen with or without clothes, my dear."
-Eugenie & Dorian, Iron Crowned

“Wine's terrible for babies." Dorian swept into the sitting room to join me, elegantly arranging himself on a love seat that displayed his purple velvet robes to best effect. 
"Well of course it is. I'd never dream of giving wine to an infant! What do you take me for, a barbarian? But for you... well, it might go a long way to make you a little less jumpy. You've been positively unbearable to live around. 
"I can't have it either. It affects the babies in utero.” 
“Nonsense,” he said, tossing his long auburn hair over one shoulder. Life would be easier if he wasn’t so damned good-looking. “Why, my mother drank wine every day, and I turned out just fine.”
“I think you’re proving my point for me,” I said dryly”
-Eugenie & Dorian, Shadow Heir