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Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

189 reviews

ravenmicheleee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.0

After reading this a second time, I'm obviously biased now. I liked this book WAY better on the second read. Knowing the characters better and how everything turns out, I approached this read differently. I took my time and paid way more attention to every little detail. Made me really appreciate the character development both Damen and Laurent have throughout the series.


**3.0 - first read**

This was hard for me because Damen is not my favorite, I'm not even sure if I like him, and this is told mainly from his POV. Laurent is equally unlikeable at the start, though the more you learn about him, the more curious I am to see how his character develops.

Erasmus was the best character in this book, even though you see so little of him. His chapter at the end of the book was my favorite.

I'm interested enough to see what happens and have been told the story gets better in the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery and Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Pedophilia

milfmarner's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

i definitely realized a little way through the book, this is definitely not for me. to an extent, i understand why people enjoy the series, but many of the developments towards the end felt very... sudden? i will not be finishing the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: War and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death, Pedophilia, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Death of parent

samnotwise's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Confinement, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Racism, Death of parent, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Murder, and War

ollie32149's review against another edition

The writing was just inherently bad and just confusing as well as they story line was bad and not cohesive. Also don't like the pedophilia and slavery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence

m4ximus_pr1m3's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Confinement, Slavery, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Kidnapping, War, Death, and Grief

toni_mahony's review against another edition

3.5

the world and its interhuman relationships are very brutal and perverse which can be quite gruesome if you are not ready for it.
otherwise, i got immersed in the story although it is noticeable that this book is primarily world building and is setting the mood for the other two books. therefore, i recommend reading at least the first two books to get a grasp of the plot of the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Rape, Physical abuse, and Slavery

issyharvey's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Violence, Murder, Blood, and Sexual content

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Animal death, Incest, Miscarriage, War, Abortion, Animal cruelty, and Torture

samara_surface's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Slavery, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Death of parent

astrozombies's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.25

this book has no message, gives nothing of substance, and lacks any meaningful commentary. the main character is flat and emotionless for 90% of the story, the other 10% being where he is horny beyond reason. the future love interest is wholly unforgivable, even with the very obvious tragic backstory that is soon to come. 
this book contains gratuitous displays of violence and assault accompanied by some of truly the worst depictions of victims to the point where you ask yourself “is the author enjoying this?” and, worryingly, it seems as though the answer is yes.
the entire plot hinges on the truly wild assumption that nobody in the entire novel would recognize the face of the prince of a sovereign nation. really? you’re saying there was not a single important military figure in the veretian court? do portraits not exist in this world? but honestly, this convenience is something i can get over.
what i can’t get over is the overarching fact that NOTHING MATTERS IN THIS BOOK! nobody learns any lesson.
the differences between slavery in the two nations are seemingly negligible however we are meant to believe that one country is better than the other, and that the slaves in both are happy, actually, unless they’re in the other nation. crazy.
i’ve read dark rise before reading this book but going into this with that (terrible) novel as reference really colors the questionable choices pacat made in hindsight. wild

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Incest and Violence

bea1745's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Violence, Slavery, Torture, and Pedophilia

Minor: Death of parent