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Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat

87 reviews

livelaughlesbian99's review against another edition

4.5

I wondered if I'd be rooting for them by this book because I wasn't in the first, but surprisingly I think Laurent made back a lot of what he did in the first book in this. I get why this series has so many fans

I officially can enjoy enemies to lovers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Pedophilia

stirlingluci's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death

cyancookie's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Suicide

obatan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, Murder, Xenophobia, Suicide, Self harm, Incest, Rape, Slavery, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, and War

rhi_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Minor: Suicide

cm02's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

teagstime'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The first book was absolutely perfect- and this one is, somehow, even moreso. The political intrigue was INCREDIBLE; there were plays here that caught me completely off guard and made my heart flutter at the sheer amount of thought & foreshadowing! So so good! And so so messed up!!

Impeccable dialogue and characters, as always- I just adore Damen and Laurent's relationship progression here so much. From hatred to tense allyship to hesitant friendship to the fragile care at the end here.... it's just impeccable ❤️ 
Truly such a joy, I'm literally buying book 3 this instant

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Blood, Slavery, War, and Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement and Suicide

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment

skypirateb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Slavery, Death, and Violence

lucyellis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: War, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Pedophilia

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