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sanktadee's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Violence
littlecosmos's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
King's Gambit explores the growth of both characters and the relationship between them, highlighting moments of tense dislike and budding, tender romance. This book has several memorable scenes, making it an impactful ending to a three-part series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and War
Minor: Slavery and Injury/Injury detail
vic_to_ria's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The drama, the potting, the planning, the action *chefs kiss* this was great. Kept me on my toes and even though it was the longest one of the trilogy it went by quickly. It was all set up very well and it was great to see how they worked together so well (also love Damen having a group supporters who knew him like damn man was gonna be a good king before his brother sold him like smh).
I felt that it ended a little too quickly but I guess everything was already set up.
I felt that it ended a little too quickly but I guess everything was already set up.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence
frantic_vampire's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Why did I wait so long to read this series?? It’s so fucking good!! This last book has been an absolutely amazing reading experience. All the puzzle pieces are finally falling into place, everything is on fire and Damen and Laurent are the ones who’re burning it all down. I love that everyone in the book is absolutely gobsmacked at how quickly things are turned on their heads. It had me giggling, because everyone completely underestimates Laurent in every possible way. And I loved that Damen was down for all of it. Kings Rising was such a fantastic read and it’s getting a solid five stars!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Grief, Gaslighting, and War
Minor: Pedophilia and Rape
kmarie341's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
at the core of this story is a boy who had his brother withdraw from him because of his childhood and a boy who had his childhood taken from him with the death of his brother. the long-building intensity of the regent and laurent’s political maneuvering and the way this represents laurent’s fight for personhood and escape from his abuser as he reclaims his sexuality, his sense of self worth, his vulnerability, and the respect of the people of his court that the regent isolated him from built so satisfyingly to its conclusion. love getting to see my babygirl laurent get everything he deserves. this book fixed something in me and kept me hooked and for that i can give it no less than 5 stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and War
littlewishling's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I was on the edge of my seat for most of this book. I was so stressed and I loved every second of it. I’m sad that this is the end of the series cause I just want more!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Violence
Moderate: Death and Slavery
divine529's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
This is the third and final book in the Captive Prince trilogy and once again it picked up right where the previous one left off with Damen's reveal to the people around him and war brewing.
This was the best of the three by a lot. I still consider it all to be "book candy" and like with the previous books, so much telling, not a ton of showing, but it was a stronger book than the previous two by a lot. The reveal of Damen to everyone really helped a lot of things, and getting to unpack all the trauma both he and Laurent went through was good. It definitely needed to be unpacked further, but I'm glad we got what we did. Some of the side characters ended up being a good voice of reason and conscience for all of that (Nikandros is the best). There were some absolutely fantastic scenes - sparring scene and whatever they hell they were doing with the disguises was hysterical to read. It was great getting to see everything come together and wind up, but I didn't love how rushed and abrupt the ending was.
All in all, this was my favorite of the three. I still had problems with the book and series as a whole, but it was entertaining overall.
This was the best of the three by a lot. I still consider it all to be "book candy" and like with the previous books, so much telling, not a ton of showing, but it was a stronger book than the previous two by a lot. The reveal of Damen to everyone really helped a lot of things, and getting to unpack all the trauma both he and Laurent went through was good. It definitely needed to be unpacked further, but I'm glad we got what we did. Some of the side characters ended up being a good voice of reason and conscience for all of that (Nikandros is the best). There were some absolutely fantastic scenes - sparring scene and whatever they hell they were doing with the disguises was hysterical to read. It was great getting to see everything come together and wind up, but I didn't love how rushed and abrupt the ending was.
All in all, this was my favorite of the three. I still had problems with the book and series as a whole, but it was entertaining overall.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Alcohol
Minor: Biphobia, Incest, Rape, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Pregnancy
foxclouds's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War
meganemarshall's review against another edition
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Tense to the very end. I kept having to check how many pages I had left. No matter how nervous it made me, I did really like how the whole story played out. I didn't expect the twist. It wrapped everything up nicely. I wish the ending wasn't so abrupt, I wanted a little more. I definitely will be picking up the short stories and hoping to get a little more happily ever.
I finally started to like Laurent in this book, Damen is my sweet cinnamon roll and anyone who does him harm I hate. So, it was really hard to like Laurent for a lot of the series, but finally, we started to see a lot of his background and his thought process. The side characters in this book also had some interesting storylines, Jocasta, in particular.
I finally started to like Laurent in this book, Damen is my sweet cinnamon roll and anyone who does him harm I hate. So, it was really hard to like Laurent for a lot of the series, but finally, we started to see a lot of his background and his thought process. The side characters in this book also had some interesting storylines, Jocasta, in particular.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Pedophilia and Murder
eelka's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Blood and War
Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, and Slavery