Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat

3 reviews

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

diana_raquel's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

“To get what you want, you have to know exactly how much you are willing to give up.”

As serialized books go, there's something called "second-book syndrome", wherein a writer fails to write a second book that will live up to the first one.  Well, this book doesn't suffer from this syndrome. It was better than the first, even. This book is the one that shows that the arguments used for criticizing in a negative way the first fell apart (I addressed these arguments in my review of Captive Prince). The relationship between the main characters starts to be a more equal one and the plot continues to be interesting as the first one, with a well-structured structure and plot twists that fall into place at the right moment. 

This is truly one of my favorite series! I completely recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Slavery, Torture, War, Physical abuse, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Suicide, Child abuse, and Rape

Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy

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