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Captive Prince: Volume Two by C.S. Pacat

6 reviews

souvenirstigmata's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-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

4.0

The first thing I want to say is: this is the book you need to make it to. The first book has a lot of world building and teases the idea of romance. Really it's Laurent being an evil brat. This is the book that develops Laurent and Damen's dynamic and gives us tension. We see Laurent slowly become more human through Damen's POV. Not gonna lie, it had me giggling and kicking my feet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Rape, Blood, Colonisation, and Classism

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

Ooh!!! Things are happening!! This is one of those political fantasy books where you don’t see any of the political machinations until the very last second. And it’s fantastic!! I love the way Laurent’s mind works and all the little things that he’s doing in secret that have huge repercussions later. I also loved that Damen is slowly coming to realize that there is so much more going on under the surface, both with Laurent and the political landscape that he never knew was there. There is just so much going on and what you think is happening might actually be something else completely. It’s such a fun ride, and the ending??? Didn’t see that coming, but I probably should have. Anyway, Prince’s Gambit is getting five stars!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Drug use, Rape, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Outing, and Sexual harassment

obatan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Incest, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and War

cait's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lorriss's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Vomit, Grief, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, Acephobia/Arophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

elliotvanz's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Like the first book in the series this one ends on a cliffhanger. Unlike the first book this one has a decent stopping point and an actual arc. I actually liked this one better than the first. While the first book focused in on the slave element and abuse, this book focused on preparing for a military campaign. There's plenty of politics and scheming as well as high stakes covert missions and large scale battles. And yes, the slowest of slow burn enemies to lovers trope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide