Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat

33 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

green_amaryllis's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Alcohol, Suicide, Sexual content, and Violence

argentum_princeps'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Child death and Pedophilia

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

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

violetlunablossom's review

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

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

brdiaz1123's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Violence, War, Blood, Sexual assault, and Suicide

mailuss's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, Blood, Sexual content, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Suicide

Minor: Pedophilia