Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat

98 reviews

violetlunablossom's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

4.75

Good God was this book spectacular, I couldn't put it down! From the high political stakes to the shocking plot twists, Prince's Gambit had me engaged with the story and its characters from beginning to end. I definitely enjoyed this more than Captive Prince and it seems that I'm not alone in this sentiment. Pacat was able to take the political intrigue and scheming and crank it up to an eleven—you can clearly see that this is where her strengths lie in and she executes everything so brilliantly. I'm so used to predicting plot twists but I was caught off guard multiple times. 

Also the slow burn? Brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping. When I say I like an enemies to lovers slow burn, I'm talking about Damen and Laurent. The sexual tension was so thick and I love how we can see the previous master-slave dynamics of the previous book melt into something akin to friends. Key word: akin, because Damen and Laurent aren't exactly friends by the end, and I just love that Pacat isn't rushing it. She's letting the secrets and guilt build up until it comes to a bubbling boil.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Blood, and Trafficking

knowh19's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

paholizz's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Colonisation, and Grief

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Incest, Alcohol, and Drug use

danay415's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

dontaadme's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Death, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide

nienora's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.25

 3,2 ⭐

I didn't really care about battle and political intrigue. And beginning was a bit.. meh. Last five chapters - Amazing. It's bit of a stretch how far Laurent's planing goes (and how accurate it turned out to be), but I'll let it slide. I love their dinamic and I'm willing to feel in any gaps, like how they jumped to trusting each other bc apparently they have the same goal (and it's not to fuck each other, according to them). Also, that scene when they finally did, beautiful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Slavery and Pedophilia

kal517's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

Minor: Rape

cyberhavok's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Slavery, Sexual content, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Suicide

sarahflies's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Toxic relationship, War, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Animal death, Classism, and War

mailuss's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, Blood, Sexual content, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Suicide

Minor: Pedophilia