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Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat

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reguri's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense

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

4.75

The character development was done so well for this series. I read book 2 & 3 in a few days time, I couldn't put them down. Such a huge improvement in writing compared to book 1. This is an enemies to lovers story done well. The character development by the end of book 3 has addressed most of the negatives of book 1 and reached a satisfying conclusion. Great series!

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frantic_vampire's review against another edition

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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!

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littlewishling's review against another edition

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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!

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divine529's review against another edition

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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.

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