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Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat

4 reviews

violetlunablossom's review

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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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kiseao's review

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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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20sidedbi's review against another edition

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

1.25

This is still a poorly written book that handles topics of sexual violence extremely badly. But the plot finally seems to matter and the characters are starting to feel like people instead of caricatures.
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nicamooch's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

Absolute rollercoaster I didn’t want to get off of, Creme dela creme of slow burns, EMOTIONAL
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2nd read:

Prince’s Gambit was an instant 5/5 stars for me (and still remains so on re-read). I don’t know how to describe other than it being like, the catching fire of this trilogy lmao. I love the lean in to the adventure genre, the journey, the slow burn between DL, I had never cared for battle scenes and political intrigue (in anything) before this book but it does it so well. I was so invested in everything! Damen and Laurent are such intelligent characters (also facing off a very intelligent and terrifying POS villain) that being along for the ride with all of the scheming and reveals is fun. I really love that Damen is this honourable hero archetype— I’m obsessed with the way his physical prowess gets depicted like yes, king throw that two-handed long sword like a javelin AND hit your mark 😫 but also how observant and emotionally intelligent he is?? Imagine being that put together 😭
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