A review by savaburry
Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

adventurous dark slow-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

3.0

This is...a strange book. It's not bad, the concept is solid actually, but the vibe is just very weird! This first book is a boring intro to the world and relationships, but you can feel that something is going to happen so it makes you wanna keep reading. And I get that the dynamic is slave/master or servant/master whatever, but there was a strange abundance of like sexual violence like even outside of that dynamic! I don't know why rape is all these villainous and sexually free people can come up with in the form of sexual pleasure/punishment! Apart from that, the pacing was also off....

but

you can't tell that this is setting up a hot romance until it nears the end (apart from just knowing that this is a fantasy romance) and I am absolutely buying what Damen and Laurent are selling and tbh I hate that for me!!!
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