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Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat

4 reviews

obatan's review

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

cait's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Slavery, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Sexual assault

lorriss's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Slavery

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Vomit

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcohol, Animal death, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Classism, Drug use, Misogyny, Medical content, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

elliotvanz's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

Like the first book in the series this one ends on a cliffhanger. Unlike the first book this one has a decent stopping point and an actual arc. I actually liked this one better than the first. While the first book focused in on the slave element and abuse, this book focused on preparing for a military campaign. There's plenty of politics and scheming as well as high stakes covert missions and large scale battles. And yes, the slowest of slow burn enemies to lovers trope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Slavery, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicide