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Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat

23 reviews

chaptermaggot's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Torture, Violence, War, Animal cruelty, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Blood and Incest

lauwbinx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

Minor: Sexual violence, Death of parent, Slavery, Incest, and Emotional abuse

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

paholizz's review

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

viivacious's review

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

5.0

Loved this the first time and loved it even more in reread, as I understand more now. I spent most of my time reading this with a smile on my face. The characters ended this book very differently from how they started it and I enjoyed watching them go from being reluctant allies that can't stand each other to friends and a little more. The extra half chapter is sweet and a little heartbreaking. Some parts of the book were a little hard because of all the child abuse that is mentioned or implied.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Child death

Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship

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

djinnandtea's review

adventurous emotional reflective 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

You know that TikTok meme about doing a "wrap around" and how there's a video of someone BookTok used that sound to describe rereading favorite books? Prince's Gambit is a wrap-around book for me, one I can easily and delightfully read without much recovery time from the last go-round.

I've put off reviewing, I think, because I don't know how to put into words how much I love this book. It's such a good follow-up to Captive Prince, and the best book in the trilogy, in my opinion. Damen and Laurent develop so beautifully in this novel, and now that they aren't quite so at each others' throats, their humor and friendship can really blossom. This is obviously not a book defined by its romance, as it is deeply plot-driven, too, but as someone also venturing out into the romance genre, the one thing I adore about this book (and the series generally) is how slowly and gently the romance between Damen and Laurent grows. Nothing is rushed. Every single moment of affection is earned in the best possible way.

As I said in my review for Captive Prince, Pacat is a very good writer, and there's no decrease in deftness in this book. It's engaging, it's funny, it's tender, it hurts. Alternative historical romance, or whatever this genre would be considered, is not one I'm drawn to normally, but this series is irresistible to me, and Prince's Gambit in particular is just such a good showing of why. The story is just that good. And the book ends with me itching to immediately pick up the next and final one in the series, King's Rising. That feels like a good sign of a great book to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Incest, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Violence

kiseao's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, War, Death, Rape, and Sexual harassment

jjnich's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Alcohol, Death, Blood, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and War

zeppelinnyx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious relaxing sad 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: Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Pedophilia, and War

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, and Incest