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Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

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reyofmoonlight's review against another edition

4.0

TW: SA

This one was tough. I’d seen it around and picked it up, it’s been on my shelf for ages. It’s relatively short so I thought it’d make a quick and easy jumping off point for starting 2022.

I will say for a bit I considered not continuing with the book or the series. It uses rape and sexual assault consistently and that is something I don’t like reading about. It’s probably on me for not checking the trigger warnings but it did really give me bad feelings.

After finishing it I will be trying the second one because the plot has shifted and I’m hoping the use of SA as a plot point is over at this point. I’ll have to see though. I’m interested in where the plot is going so I will try.

I give it 3.5 stars.

jessicalesliew's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

elsazetterljung's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

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

3.75

kalediobear's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

monicaholm's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I don’t think I was quite as ready for the slave aspect as I thought I was. I was kind of uncomfortable reading about the Veretian customs (the ring and such) and therefore am really on the fence about Laurent, but am looking forward to character development (hopefully).

It’s clear that this book was really about setting the story up, so I am looking forward to exploring the world more.

This wasn’t a totally action packed book or anything like that, but definitely interesting enough to make me want to read the rest of the trilogy.

3.5⭐️

sara11_reads's review against another edition

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4.0

1st read - Nothing - it was before I started writing reviews.
2nd read - I remembered more than I was expecting and it was interesting to read knowing more of Laurent's and Damen's back stories (what I remember anyway since it's been 6 years since I read this). On this 2nd read I noticed more how naïve Damen is about some things.

Spoiler

I remember being very annoyed with Damen in the third book because I didn't believe that he wouldn't have figured out what had happened between Laurent and his uncle. But on this second read, that naivety is more obvious to me and I think I won't find that quite so unbelievable when I get to that book.