A review by emmelinemontgomery
Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.5

The cover of this book should be a bloody knife or something equally brutal and disarming because this cover is much too unassuming for the insane amount of violence that’s in this book. It’s comparable to the first third of Manacled except a few times honestly even more brutal than that? (How is that possible? IT JUST IS) 

The writing is third person limited from Damen’s perspective and Damen is just too honorable and guileless for this world. There are very subtle nods to Laurent not being all he appears to be and by the end of the book (against all odds) I did not hate him anymore? Damen is continually shocked by things and Laurent is like “really? You didn’t put this together?” That’s because Laurent has grown up in a manipulative court and always scheming to survive, which by the end of the book I have a better understanding of him and his motivations and while he’s not likable he’s interesting and redeemable. 

I get why somebody would dnf this book. I almost did? But I’m glad I kept reading because I genuinely have no idea what to expect and am v excited to start the next.
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