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captainpaws 's review for:
Captive Prince
by C.S. Pacat
2.75 stars rounded up!
I wanted to wait writing my review for this book until I had finished the series but my number ranking reflects my initial feelings toward the book as a standalone. CS Pacat is a wonderful writer with an easy flowing and captivating writing style that was addicting to read. That being said, the heavy topics, particularly rape and assault, made the first two thirds of this book incredibly difficult to get through so please proceed with caution if you are considering picking up this book. Having this series be from Damens perspective means you’re only getting his level of understanding on what’s happening in this life changing scenario that he’s been thrown into. The venture into the more political aspects of Vere in the last third of the book were twisty and interesting and kept me reading into the next book. I am not usually one to pick up series where you need to read multiple for it to be good but I will say, I do not recommend picking up this series if you do not want to commit to reading it all. The developments, politics, relationships, and changes made as the series progresses is what makes this books so good. Captive Prince lays everything out for the reader to see at face value. Laurent is a corrupt person but his uncle is worse. This is a world where pleasure slaves are commonplace, the way they are treated and used is unjust and immoral to the reader and to Damen himself in many cases. These details are very much groundwork that the longer story is built upon. Especially as we learn more about who Laurent is in the following books. This book is difficult and I can 100% understand why people may hate it and not want to read further into the story, but I was interested enough in the world by the end of the first book to want to learn more.
I wanted to wait writing my review for this book until I had finished the series but my number ranking reflects my initial feelings toward the book as a standalone. CS Pacat is a wonderful writer with an easy flowing and captivating writing style that was addicting to read. That being said, the heavy topics, particularly rape and assault, made the first two thirds of this book incredibly difficult to get through so please proceed with caution if you are considering picking up this book. Having this series be from Damens perspective means you’re only getting his level of understanding on what’s happening in this life changing scenario that he’s been thrown into. The venture into the more political aspects of Vere in the last third of the book were twisty and interesting and kept me reading into the next book. I am not usually one to pick up series where you need to read multiple for it to be good but I will say, I do not recommend picking up this series if you do not want to commit to reading it all. The developments, politics, relationships, and changes made as the series progresses is what makes this books so good. Captive Prince lays everything out for the reader to see at face value. Laurent is a corrupt person but his uncle is worse. This is a world where pleasure slaves are commonplace, the way they are treated and used is unjust and immoral to the reader and to Damen himself in many cases. These details are very much groundwork that the longer story is built upon. Especially as we learn more about who Laurent is in the following books. This book is difficult and I can 100% understand why people may hate it and not want to read further into the story, but I was interested enough in the world by the end of the first book to want to learn more.