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Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

4 reviews

sarahflies's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Body horror, Trafficking, Violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Torture, and Toxic relationship

kekeli's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Murder, Drug use, Body horror, Alcohol, Death, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

bugcollector's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

I just finished reading dark rise beforehand, bestie how is this the same author 
It rubs me off the wrong way that some slaves are introduced as "meant to be submissive" and "born to serve". 
and how am i supposed to ship em😀 rape isn't swag and this book isn't romance, i suppose it will come in the 2nd one but still

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Grief, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Torture, Body horror, Classism, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, War, and Sexual harassment

jmross10's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book (and this series) get a bad wrap a lot of the time. The main reason for that is people don't read the synopsis or they do read it and completely disregard what it says. Then they act shocked when they find out there is sexual slavery at the center of the story. It is an understandably surprising premise but if you give the book a chance you will see there's more to it than what the surface suggests. A big part of the main character's journey is being forced to re-evaluate his view of the world now that he is seeing it from the other side.

There is a slow burn romance that develops over the duration of the series but don't go into this book expecting to see much of it. There are the tiniest hits of what could be. There is no actual suggestion as to what it is.

For that matter, don't go into this book expecting to know what's going to happen next either. While the world is interesting and the characters are messy, the most captivating part is easily the chaotic political maneuvering in Vere. Everyone seems to be twenty steps ahead of the reader. Some of them - Laurent - are thirty. 

Captive Prince is not necessarily an easy read but there are real emotional stakes, consequences for character's actions, and an unraveling of political plots that makes it well worth the effort. Pacat is an excellent writer and worth giving a try!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Bullying, Sexual content, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Fire/Fire injury