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Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

12 reviews

thebruce's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Drug use, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Blood, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

nicetomitchya's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Cursing and Drug abuse

woza's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.5

It’s a good book in the sense I found it enjoyable to read and not that I would recommend it to anyone else

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, and Blood

giulia_rossi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Sexual harassment

mikeymara's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I am definitely reading the next books and buying them to own. This book is not for everyone as it does involve a lot of topics related to sex slavery and rape. It is also not the best for people who want a quick romance, this is more of a slow burn in some ways. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Classism

A lot of sex based content aswell as rape and abuse. One of the main characters is a 10-14 year old in a relationship with an adult man. At some point in the story the main character is punish via wipping, it is vaguely graphic. There is some minor death of an animal, it is minor and can be skipped over. The main plot involves a description of the main characters kidnapping and transportation to Vere.

nat_kiverse's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

jody_08's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

oshild's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

nolimalumsedheroa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense

• 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? It's complicated

4.25

Who doesn't like a slowburn enemies to lovers?

Side note: I'm currently lacking in sleep, so this review might be a hot mess

I'm not really a fan of some of the sexual interactions, but I really loved the characters. This book was great, because it got me out of one of my biggest reading slumps yet.

DEFINITELY NOT FOR EVERYONE
In contrast to the overall smuty/eroticay vibe, the book almost doesn't feature sexual content, HOWEVER when it does, it might be a little triggering to people.

Here are my personal TWs/tags: Master/slave kink, CNC, Rape, Pedophilia?(I'm not entirely sure if this is the correct tag here. On the one hand, one of the people involved in the relationship is a minor, however they're very much consenting to everything and if the story said they were 20 instead of 13, it wouldn't really change a thing since they don't act infantile at all... I guess a main question is if they're able to consent), also I found allusions to familial SA; Voyeurism could be also argued, Public play

As I said, I loved the characters. Himbo and 🐍 are so complimentary of each other when you truly observe them, it's fascinating.

If you're in the mood for a smuty and horny book low on sex displays which would make a Christian woman clutch her pearls and start crossing, I feel like this book fits the bill.

Also, it did better than FSoG with explaining the contract relationships, so there's that.

There were some... choices made here, which made me quote one of the most iconic lines Jenkins (from The Librarians) has ever said:
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Overall, I liked the book 4.25/5

Now off to the next one since the insomnia isn't going away 🙂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual content, Trafficking, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Drug use, Incest, Fire/Fire injury, and War

jmross10's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book (and this series) get a bad wrap a lot of the time. The main reason for that is people don't read the synopsis or they do read it and completely disregard what it says. Then they act shocked when they find out there is sexual slavery at the center of the story. It is an understandably surprising premise but if you give the book a chance you will see there's more to it than what the surface suggests. A big part of the main character's journey is being forced to re-evaluate his view of the world now that he is seeing it from the other side.

There is a slow burn romance that develops over the duration of the series but don't go into this book expecting to see much of it. There are the tiniest hits of what could be. There is no actual suggestion as to what it is.

For that matter, don't go into this book expecting to know what's going to happen next either. While the world is interesting and the characters are messy, the most captivating part is easily the chaotic political maneuvering in Vere. Everyone seems to be twenty steps ahead of the reader. Some of them - Laurent - are thirty. 

Captive Prince is not necessarily an easy read but there are real emotional stakes, consequences for character's actions, and an unraveling of political plots that makes it well worth the effort. Pacat is an excellent writer and worth giving a try!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Classism