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A review by kaixaron
Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
this floats somewhere between 2 or 3 only because i feel somewhat neutral about it. It’s a pretty slow moving book. It takes up until about Chapter 4 for the plot to even start dropping hints, and even then it takes until Chapter 10 for it to actually move forward. (There are only 13 chapters by the way.)
Really what takes it down is how heavily baked in the slavery is to the world building. I understand that its the whole premise so I’m not surprised by it, but it’s not something I ever particularly enjoy. I did find it extremely excessive at times. C. S. Pacat, girl, you definitely have a fetish. And I respect your hustle, it’s just not mine. I definitely understand why people would not rock with this. The beginning especially is really heavy handed on it. I found it difficult at times to look past it just for the sake of continuing the story, but I did regardless.
The plot that is there isn’t anything to write home about by any means but I did find myself interested in reading more. Laurent was pretty funny at times and I did find myself enjoying him. Some of his lines made me actually chuckle, and when he wasn’t having Damen whipped (for some reason????), their interactions were pretty nice too. The ending gave me some hope for the salvation of this series.
All in all I will definitely be finishing the series because well! I’m already here. It had it’s moments of being a little more tolerable than I thought it would be, and maybe part of it is because I do want to find some enjoyment in this series. Mostly, I just feel neutral towards this book. I think the criticisms of the series are deserved, and I wouldn’t blame anyone for DNF-ing or hating it.
Really what takes it down is how heavily baked in the slavery is to the world building. I understand that its the whole premise so I’m not surprised by it, but it’s not something I ever particularly enjoy. I did find it extremely excessive at times. C. S. Pacat, girl, you definitely have a fetish. And I respect your hustle, it’s just not mine. I definitely understand why people would not rock with this. The beginning especially is really heavy handed on it. I found it difficult at times to look past it just for the sake of continuing the story, but I did regardless.
The plot that is there isn’t anything to write home about by any means but I did find myself interested in reading more. Laurent was pretty funny at times and I did find myself enjoying him. Some of his lines made me actually chuckle, and when he wasn’t having Damen whipped (for some reason????), their interactions were pretty nice too. The ending gave me some hope for the salvation of this series.
All in all I will definitely be finishing the series because well! I’m already here. It had it’s moments of being a little more tolerable than I thought it would be, and maybe part of it is because I do want to find some enjoyment in this series. Mostly, I just feel neutral towards this book. I think the criticisms of the series are deserved, and I wouldn’t blame anyone for DNF-ing or hating it.