Captive Prince (Captive Prince, #1) by C.S. Pacat

Oct 21, 2014 Navessa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommended to Navessa by: Heather K (dentist in my spare time)

Shelves: 2016-favorites, 2016, all-the-feels, believe-the-hype, brb-rethinking-life, divisive-characters, want-to-hate-fuck-villain, drove-me-to-drink, fantasy, favorites

WARNING: I'VE BEEN DRINKING.

*hiccup*

You know-

*gestures with wine glass*

*sloshes some over the side*

I mean, this book-

*licks wine off fingers*

*tries to refocus*

What was I saying? Oh, yeah. This fucking book, man.

*takes another sip*

There's Damen. A prince betrayed by his bastard of a brother. Sold into slavery to an enemy nation.

*stumbles up to standing*

And do you know what? You know who he's fucking sold to?

*raises voice*

To an even bigger bastard than his brother!

*sits back down*

A prince name ...more

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Jan 11, 2014 Lola Reviewer rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, m-m-romance, dark, abuse, adult

I am firmly of the belief that this series will one day become a classic in the M/M romance genre.

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Feb 06, 2016 Khanh, first of her name, mother of bunnies rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I don't read m/m fiction. It's not because I'm homophobic in any way (julio would beat my ass down if I were), it's just that it's not a genre to which I gravitate.

For example, I don't read new adult. I don't read chick lit. I don't read m/m. It's simple as that. I prefer the romance in my books to be something that I can relate to, and I feel that for me, a romance would be more realistic if it's m/f. A book has to be completely amazing to change my mind about an m/m romance, and this book, wh I don't read m/m fiction. It's not because I'm homophobic in any way (julio would beat my ass down if I were), it's just that it's not a genre to which I gravitate.

For example, I don't read new adult. I don't read chick lit. I don't read m/m. It's simple as that. I prefer the romance in my books to be something that I can relate to, and I feel that for me, a romance would be more realistic if it's m/f. A book has to be completely amazing to change my mind about an m/m romance, and this book, while not selling me on the genre, did a tremendous job of engaging my attention.

This is due to the fact that the character building is so amazing. Let's make it clear, this book contains torture, sadism, rampant displays of sex - generally things that I don't care for, because despite my rampant use of profanity, I am a prude at heart. *blushes* Despite those facts, I really liked this book. The characters are so well-written.

Damen is the Captive Prince. When his half-brother usurped the throne, he found himself a slave, shipped off to Vere. A prince, now a slave, he has to learn to completely change his personality, his will, his natural instincts, in order to be survive. He forces himself into submissiveness.

He knew what he had to do. Against every rebelling instinct, he forced himself forward, and dropped to his knees before Laurent.

‘I fight in your service, Your Highness.’ He searched his memory for Radel’s words, and found them. ‘I exist only to please my Prince. May my victory reflect on your glory.’

Laurent. Damn. What can I say about Laurent? Oh, how about the fact that he makes Jericho-fucking-Barrons look like Prince Charming?

‘You look like a whore.’ The soft words barely stirred the air by Damen’s ear, inaudible to anyone else. Laurent murmured: ‘Filthy painted slut. Did you spread for my uncle the way you did for Kastor?’

There are many words that can be used to describe Laurent. Words like raging asshole, ginormous douchebag, sadistic motherfucker, and other endearing phrases. The fact that I grew to like Laurent and sympathize with him is a testament to the author's skills.

No, I will not be reading m/m all my days. No, I still do not enjoy rampant amounts of sex and debauchery, but I enjoyed this book, and that's enough. ...more

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Feb 29, 2016 Maraia rated it did not like it

Shelves: read-in-2016, g-adult-fantasy, the-worst-of-the-worst

Slavery isn’t sexy. Corporal punishment isn’t sexy. Rape isn’t sexy, and it certainly isn’t entertainment. This book is utterly disgusting.

There are so many things wrong with Captive Prince, it’s hard to know where to start. I’m having trouble understanding how this book can be praised by so many people, especially by those who promote LGBT relationships in books, consider themselves feminists, and are outspoken against violence against women being used as a plot device.

I love seeing LGBT relat Slavery isn’t sexy. Corporal punishment isn’t sexy. Rape isn’t sexy, and it certainly isn’t entertainment. This book is utterly disgusting.

There are so many things wrong with Captive Prince, it’s hard to know where to start. I’m having trouble understanding how this book can be praised by so many people, especially by those who promote LGBT relationships in books, consider themselves feminists, and are outspoken against violence against women being used as a plot device.

I love seeing LGBT relationships in books, but the characters in Captive Prince are either sex slave owners or sex slaves themselves. Personally, I don’t think that’s the kind of “relationship” we should be promoting, regardless of whether it’s LGBT or not. I fail to see how a book with graphic same sex rape scenes is beneficial to the “We Need Diverse Books” campaign. We need positive portrayals of LGBT characters, yes, but we don't need degrading ones.

There has been a lot of criticism in recent years of gratuitous sexual violence against women in books, movies, and TV shows, as it is both offensive and harmful to the feminist movement. But apparently sexual violence is only a problem when directed against women, while it’s fine to have graphic scenes that serve no purpose other than to “entertain” the reader, as long as men are the ones getting raped? (Although how someone could find these scenes entertaining is beyond me.) When I define feminism, I think of women being valued as highly as men and being treated with as much respect — not more.

Since I’ve seen people argue that the book isn’t that bad because the main character doesn’t actually get raped himself, I’d like to point out that forced oral sex is still rape. I’m not sure why this is such a hard concept, but my guess is that it’s connected to the fallacy that men can’t be raped in the first place. In Captive Prince, Damen has oral sex forced on him, and although he does have an orgasm, that doesn’t change the fact that, as a sex SLAVE, the act is in no way consensual. It is rape, any way you look at it. Orgasming does not equal consent, and that’s a dangerous idea to perpetuate.

Rape isn’t the only thing trivialized by Captive Prince. I also find the portrayal of slavery quite offensive. As far as I can tell, all the kingdoms in C. S. Pacat’s world support slavery, and the slaves are used for sex. At one point, Damen compares slavery in his home country of Akielos to that in Vere, where he himself is a slave. According to him, slaves in Akielos know that they’re trading their personal freedom for “perfect treatment” by their masters, as if this somehow makes it okay. Not only that, but the life of a sex slave is glorified in the short story included in the paperback, which gives the background story of a minor character from the book. Claiming that slavery is “not that bad” because the slaves are “treated well,” they “enjoy their work,” and it’s “for their own good” is complete bullshit. That argument didn’t work when the U.S. had slaves, and it doesn’t work here. Just like rape is rape, slavery is slavery.

The first two thirds of the book essentially has no plot, but instead features explicit rape scenes, alludes to even more, and throws in a beating or two to mix things up. All of a sudden, C. S. Pacat seemingly changes her mind and decides she wants to write a real fantasy novel, rather than rape erotica. At this point, the book actually does become captivating — the good kind. The potential for a solid fantasy is definitely there, I found the book hard to put down despite my revulsion, and I can see why people are quick to let themselves “forget” how the story starts. Unfortunately, no amount of engaging plot or world building can make up for the rape and sexual slavery in the first two thirds of the book, nor can a slave owner suddenly become a believable love interest for the slave. I’m assuming that’s where the story is headed, at least: Laurent has a tragic back story; he’s not really a bad guy, he’s just misunderstood; he doesn’t actually rape his slaves himself but lets others do the raping for him; he secretly has feelings for Damen, etc. Let’s stop right there. Shipping Laurent and Damon is the equivalent of shipping a Nazi concentration camp guard with a Jewish prisoner. I know this is a current trend in the romance genre, but how much (justified) outrage has there been at these novels? I fail to see how the upcoming “romance” in the Captive Prince trilogy is any different, and to be honest, I’m horrified by all the praise it has received.

The fact that Captive Prince is being touted as a romance novel is the worst of a long list of faults and is incredibly insulting and insensitive to real victims of both rape and slavery.

I’m giving this book one star, but only because zero stars would make it look as if I just forgot to rate it. ...more

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Aug 07, 2015 Emily May rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, romance, 2015

For Romance month at my blog, I decided to take the opportunity to read something I wouldn't normally pick - this highly-praised M/M Fantasy Romance.

The first thing you should know: this is a character-driven story. I think you will enjoy it as long as you don't go into it expecting a lot of grand world-building. The focus of this book - indeed, the whole series, it would seem - is on the relationship between two men, and their relationships with other royals, guards and slaves around them.

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Jan 03, 2017 C.G. Drews added it · review of another edition

Shelves: adult, epic-fantasy, read-2017

Little flummoxed by this one. It's an epic fantasy but focuses more on sexual slavery than any sort of active plot. I don't feel the sexual slavery/rape culture was promoted as "good or acceptable" but just underlining the depraved society, buuuuuut. Mine eyes are too young for this. Plus if your master orders you orally raped and then later slave + master start having a thing...let us just say: no.

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Apr 30, 2015 Aly's Bookish Wonderland rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: dnf

DNF @ 30%

*slow claps*

My first DNF of the year and boy, is it a cracker.

I promised myself I wouldn't write anymore rage-ranting reviews about books because, although they might be enjoyable to write and read, ultimately, they left me feeling less than satisfied.

But I will make an exception. For this book, I am making an exception, because I am sick of seeing this shit in literature and people praising it.

Captive Prince is marketed as "slave erotica." I should've known, way before reading it, that ...more

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Feb 22, 2016 Catriona (LittleBookOwl) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: owned

TRIGGER WARNING: rape, physical abuse, pedophilia

I am so excited to continue with the next book, the way things ended I can tell that things are going to pick up and get REALLY intense!

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Apr 12, 2016 Whitney Atkinson rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, read-in-2016, lgbtqiap, need-to-reread

The two main reactions to this book are "OMG BEST BOOK IN THE WORLD" or "this was gross and despicable and i cannot believe how people enjoy it." I'm somewhere in between there.

I knew going into it that there would be a lot of rape/torture scenes, but even so, I was surprised. I think if you read this, you need to know several things in advance just to make sure that you don't automatically hate it: 1) it's graphic book centered around sex slavery 2) major trigger warning for rape, abuse, and pe ...more

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Jan 24, 2016 Victoria Schwab rated it it was amazing

LOVED.

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Jul 09, 2017 Candace rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: listened-to-audio-version, dangerous-hero-themed-books-read, dark-themes, dom-sub-bdsm, forbidden-romance, hate-that-i-love-them, kidnapped, favorites, rich-guys

'Captive Prince' has been on my radar for a long time now. I have seen a plethora of glowing reviews from friends that have loved this series. As curious as I was, I kept putting off reading this series because M/M reads aren't really my thing. However, my curiosity finally got the best of me and I downloaded the first audiobook in the series.

The rest is history! I blew through all three audiobooks in a couple of days, listening to them back to back until I had devoured the entire series. This ...more

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Jul 03, 2017 Virginia Ronan ♥ Herondale ♥ rated it really liked it

I’m aware that “Captive Prince” is a highly controversial book and I know that many people have a lot of mixed feelings about it. As it seems you either hate it or you love it. There is no in-between. I think most of that is due to the fact that it deals with subjects we feel very uncomfortable with. Our modern minds have a tendency to shy away from those kinds of things, but just because a book makes you feel disgusted and angry, this still doesn’t automatically mean that it’s a bad book. Sure, ...more

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Nov 07, 2012 Heather K (dentist in my spare time) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: free, best-of-the-best, fantasy, loved-it, m-m, police-or-military, check-for-new-updates, first-in-a-series-i-love, favorites-2012, online-book

*ONLY $1.99 TODAY AT AMAZON US! This is not a drill! 6/4/18 https://www.amazon.com/Captive-Prince...*

This book owned me today, completely owned me.

I just have to give S. U. Pacat a huge round of applause. I was 100% drawn into "Captive Prince". It is going to be hard to write a review of just Volume 1 because I read them back to back like a rabid fan-girl so I'll just review them together. It was like my eyes were glued to my phone today. I wouldn't and couldn't stop reading.

I won't rehash the ...more

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Oct 16, 2015 Clau R. rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016

More like a 3.5, I had some issues with it, but OMG. IT WAS GOOD! I'm gonna marathon the trilogy!

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Feb 04, 2016 Jessica ❁ ➳ Silverbow ➳ ❁ Rabid Reads-no-more rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: shiny, diabolical, i-have-rules, jerk-of-my-dreams, here-be-slaves, rabid-reads-reviews, that-bastard, half-fantasy, smut, riddikulus

Reviewed by: Rabid Reads

If you haven't been seeing/hearing the buzz surrounding THE CAPTIVE PRINCE by C.S. Pacat, you've probably been living under a rock. I'd seen it EVERYWHERE, even before one of my favorite authors recommended it in her newsletter (<------why I finally caved).

My impression before reading it was that it was some kind of pseudo-fantasy/MM/BDSM mashup . . . and that impression was fairly accurate.

Not my typical choice of reading material, but HYPE. And CURIOSITY. *shakes fis ...more

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Jan 24, 2018 ❄️Nani❄️ rated it it was ok

Shelves: adult-fantasy

This might get -a tad- salty.

Well... I don’t know what the fuck to make of this book but suffice it to say I finally understand why many find it polarising.

The characters were boring and one-dimensional as shit. The plot was profoundly lacking. Or more like, there was NONE. What the fuck is a story without a well rounded, well constructed plot anyway? And if you can’t deliver on a good plot at least have some interesting characters to keep the reader engaged.
This was just... please excuse my l ...more

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Mar 14, 2017 V. PARENTAL GUIDANCE ALERT: A Court of Wings and Ruin is NEW ADULT/EROTICA but Goodreads editors won't tell you rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: abusive, antifeminist, cliffhanger, disloyal-hero, dark, ew, excruciating, greatwriting, misogynism, misogynist

TRIGGER WARNINGS ALERT Stay away from this one if you prefer safe reads. Don't read my review if the word "rape" makes you unconfortable, because I use it a lot, because this book has a lot of that.

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I don't recommend this if you feel uncomfortable reading about:

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Aug 03, 2012 Monique rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

Compelling Reading...I was totally engrossed from start to finish....5 Fabulous Stars

Captive Prince, literally captivated me! this is amazing storytelling and I can honestly say I picked it up to read and did not put it down until both book 1 and book 2 were finished.....it was 5am, but I was hooked! These 2 books are FREE, yes, can you believe it, such a great story is free to read. The only down side is that there is no news on book 3 yet, however I have noticed that she will be publishing b Compelling Reading...I was totally engrossed from start to finish....5 Fabulous Stars

Captive Prince, literally captivated me! this is amazing storytelling and I can honestly say I picked it up to read and did not put it down until both book 1 and book 2 were finished.....it was 5am, but I was hooked! These 2 books are FREE, yes, can you believe it, such a great story is free to read. The only down side is that there is no news on book 3 yet, however I have noticed that she will be publishing books 1 and 2 shortly in ebook and paperback, with added scenes, so 3 should not be too far behind and I would gladly pay good money for it.

We see this wonderful story unfold from Damen's perspective and it is full of political struggles, atrocious acts of violence and sex (these scenes are not graphic in nature), decadent entertainment, battles, intrigues and mysteries, but it all revolves around Power and the mind games and tactics of the players and pawns. You are constantly riveted to the action and unsure of the direction to which it will next take you. It is unpredictable and not a minute is wasted in this book.

Our two main characters Crown Prince Damianos of Akielos and Crown Prince Laurent of Rabat are pitched right in the middle of the unfolding events and action, they overcome their hatred of each other to tolerate one another and eventually to become friends and confidants. The sexual tension between these two leaves you constantly on the edge, to the point of frustration.......but Ooooh so worth the wait.

The story flows seamlessly and the world building is full of warring Kingdoms, beautiful landscapes and an array of colours, decadent buildings filled with opulence on a grand scale and beautiful people with adorned pets/sex slaves bedecked in gold and jewels. Ohhhh and the characters, easily recognised with their personalities and individual voices, my favourite being Laurant, so cool and aloof, with graceful beauty and an air of contempt, arrogant and nefarious in his actions, with each nuance and idiosyncrasy so clear in my minds eye...he is definitely an enigma.

This is a fabulous read, I loved it and I happily recommend it to all of my friends, well...those that have not already had the pleasure of reading it and are also waiting with baited breath for the next book!

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Feb 15, 2013 Dd rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favourites

Readers,what do I say about this book??

Power. Brilliance. Excellence. All delivered in one perfect package.

 This is fiction at its finest!!!

Captive Prince.....

This is what they mean when they say that a book has the ability to transport you to worlds beyond!!

And was I ever???

This one gripped me in it's powerful clutches,and did not let go.This is what I look for in a book.

This book entranced,enchanted and devoured me.

And I loved every minute of it!!

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Readers,what do I say about this book??

Power. Brilliance. Excellence. All delivered in one perfect package.

  This is fiction at its finest!!!

Captive Prince.....

This is what they mean when they say that a book has the ability to transport you to worlds beyond!!

And was I ever???

This one gripped me in it's powerful clutches,and did not let go.This is what I look for in a book.

This book entranced,enchanted and devoured me.

And I loved every minute of it!!

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Damianos is Crown Prince of Akielos.Rightful heir to his father's throne.But then is caught in the plotting of his half brother.Overnight,he loses everything....

His kingdom,his freedom and his very identity.

He is then gifted to the Crown Prince of Rabat as a pleasure slave.Once an enemy nation,now a tremulous treaty exists between them.

And then it all starts.

The true tests of bravery,courage and honour.

And what captured me the most??

The beauty,which shone even brighter in the face of all the brutality!!

And what I did not like......

Ummm....,errrrr....,nothing!!Seriously,I loved everything about it!!

It captured my heart!!I wish I could have told you more,but frankly,I won't be able to do it justice.

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Note to Readers--

I know that for many of you this premise is a big no.Slavery,brutality,the darkness.I understand.But still,I will ask all of you to give this a chance.I absolutely loved it.

READ IT!!!

You may not fall in love with it like me,but then again,you may!

You'll never know unless you try.

That's all for now,Readers.

Ta-Ta!!

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Dec 23, 2012 Julio Genao rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: everyone with a pulse.

Recommended to Julio by: Susan

Shelves: loved

glorious.

review to come; the bonus story at the end of this edition has rendered me completely useless.

holy shit.

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previously:

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watch me twerk it to da left! twerk it to da left! twerk, twerk, tw-twerk it to da left!

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previously:

fucking awesome.

dafuksit with these ozzie writers kickin' ass? lisa henry, s.u. pacat... (also: supacat. niiiiice. [ETA: author has since chosen the pseudonym C.S. Pacat]).

can't even be troubled to write a full review. i've got volume two to read.

mo ...more

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Dec 22, 2015 Kai rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2016, glbt, finished-series

“A golden prince was easy to love if you did not have to watch him picking wings off flies.”

My body is ready.

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I really enjoyed this rather quick and easy read. The writing is uncomplicated but captivating. C. S. Pacat knows her way around words. The plot is compelling, part fantasy, part historical. It all seemed very authentic and well researched.

Above all I'm totally shipping Damon and Laurent. Madly. I can't wait for them to get close - emotionally and physically. A single kiss would probably ...more

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Sep 06, 2015 Samantha rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: lgbtq

I neither loved nor hated this book and I was surprised about that since it tends to bring out very strong emotions in people.

I'm going to be doing a full review on this book, but wanted to touch on a few things here since it is such a controversial read.

Firstly, I've always planned on reading this entire series regardless of if I hated the first book. Especially because this series should honestly just be one book. All of the books are short enough to combine.

Secondly, yes OBVIOUSLY trigger ...more

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Jul 09, 2015 Mary ~Ravager of Tomes~ rated it did not like it

Shelves: year-2015, 1-star

Holy. Shit. Folks.

I was so disappointed in this book.

I've been meaning to write a review for this for a while because there is an OVERWHELMING amount of positivity surrounding the series and I just...

WHY???

The plot was vapid beyond belief. The first 3/4 of the story goes practically nowhere and is made up of lots of weird sex and torture.

Contrived elements that were meant to make you feel desperation & sadness? They only succeeded in making me feel bitter and unconvinced.

The big reveal a ...more

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Jun 01, 2017 destiny ☠ howling libraries rated it it was amazing

Recommended to destiny by: Jue.

Shelves: on-my-shelf, diverse-reads, lgbtqiap, tough-topics

#1 Captive Prince ★★★★★
#2 Prince's Gambit ★★★★★
#3 King's Rising ★★★★★

Let me begin this review by saying that these are just my opinions and I am, in no way, about to glorify rape or abuse. I am a survivor myself, and I'm fully aware that this book bothered a lot of people. I would never question another reader's rating of this book, though, and I'm just going to ask you guys to extend the same courtesy. ❤

This book is NOT for everyone. It involves a lot of rape, sexual violence and slavery, abuse

#1 Captive Prince ★★★★★
#2 Prince's Gambit ★★★★★
#3 King's Rising ★★★★★

Let me begin this review by saying that these are just my opinions and I am, in no way, about to glorify rape or abuse. I am a survivor myself, and I'm fully aware that this book bothered a lot of people. I would never question another reader's rating of this book, though, and I'm just going to ask you guys to extend the same courtesy. ❤

This book is NOT for everyone. It involves a lot of rape, sexual violence and slavery, abuse, pedophilia, and various other incredibly uncomfortable topics. I can fully understand why someone would NOT enjoy this book, but I loved it.

A golden prince was easy to love if you did not have to watch him picking wings off flies.

I had no idea that it would be able to pack so much character- and world-building into such a short little story, or that it would be so political! Betrayal stories are some of my absolute favorites, so this was solid for me in that aspect, too.

Not only did I enjoy the story line, but Damen/Damianos is such an enjoyable narrator and I felt so sorry for him, constantly. He makes some really poor choices at times, but he's genuinely got a heart of gold. He comes from a country where "slaves" are treated less like property and more like what we would consider sugar babies in our society, so watching adjust to the terrible ways the Veretians view their slaves and "pets" is a tough journey. I loved how true to himself he stayed, regardless of how miserable his circumstances were.

This place sickened him. Anywhere else, you simply killed your enemy with a sword. Or poisoned him, if you had the honourless instincts of an assassin. Here, it was layer upon layer of constructed double-dealing, dark, polished, and unpleasant.

Of course, Damen is the only genuinely likable main character in this story, and all other prominent figures are raging douchebags, but there are a few lovable side characters (like sweet little Erasmus), or minor characters that are terrible but pitiable (looking at you, Nicaise). Honestly, the complexity and terrible nature of most of the characters reminded me of GRRM's writing, where almost everyone is just totally despicable.

"I'm not surprised you've driven three men to kill you, I'm only surprised there weren't more," said Damen, bluntly.

All in all, please know what you're going into before picking this book up, and if you're triggered by rape descriptions and abuse scenarios in books, please, do not pick this up unless you know you're in the right head space for it. If you think you can handle it, though, and enjoy stories of political intrigue/royalty/betrayal etc., I highly recommend this series. ...more

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Jul 19, 2016 Judith rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Judith by: ravngirl ((prv. Jxsxph.k))

Shelves: historical, extremely-slow-build-up, violence-rape, not-what-i-was-expecting-at-all, m-m

4 Stars.

This has been on my radar for so long.The ridiculous price but me off,so I was so happy when a friend lent me this series.
I read a few reviews and a lot mentioned sex slave so I was expecting maybe a bit of bondage?....maybe a bit of sexual coercion?
Well,there's none of that,in fact there's ..

No romance
It's not erotic
But there is a very hedonistic feel to the book.

I'll keep this brief because there are already some fantastic reviews out there.

Damen is the heir to the throne of Akielos an ...more

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Apr 13, 2016 Riley rated it did not like it

Shelves: disappointing, lgbtq, fantasy, poc-characters, diverse-recs, buddy-read

If you saw any of my updates on this book then you will know I absolutely hated it. I was excited to read this because of the number of rave reviews I have seen and I am honestly shocked. Did I read the same book as everyone else???

There was no plot. No world building. Just 270 pages of abuse, torture and lots of rape. I did not enjoy a single second of this book but I kept reading to see why people could possibly love it so much. I still don’t know.

Within the first two chapters there is one r ...more

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Sep 03, 2017 Shin Mon Thway rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-world, fantasy-world-romance, mm-romance, cs-pacat, favorites, favorites-mm, all-time-favorites, alternative-universe-mm, definitely-reread, deliciously-dirty

Reread: 7th June 2018

Oh, what I wouldn’t give to relive this story for the very first time again. 😌 Laurent and Damen are the perfect epitome of my book boyfriends’ standards. 😍 The plotting, scheming, treachery, spying, danger, love, romance, suspense and a mystery, this trilogy has it all. No wonder it was considered one of the greatest MM fantasy romance trilogy of all times. 👏 D&L still certainly is my all time favorite couple. If I could only wish one thing and it would come true, I’d c ...more

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Jul 17, 2013 Val ⚓️ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Val ⚓️ by: Lola Reviewer

Shelves: mm, 4-stars, historical, royals

Re-read 2/6/15...because book 3 finally came out and - not gonna lie - I can't remember SHIT about books 1 and 2...My bad!

Original Review:

This will be short because my laptop is dying and, quite frankly, I'm feeling lazy as shit.

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Tah-Fucking-Dah.

I went into this knowing it was more political intrigue and less m/m romance... I just didn't think it would be ALL political intrigue and NO m/m romance.

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Obviously, the seeds have been planted for future shenanigans, but anyway, that's my only grip ...more

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Sep 26, 2014 Alienor ✘ French Frowner ✘ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Alienor ✘ French Frowner ✘ by: Lola Reviewer

Shelves: romance, 2016-reads, dark, knots-in-my-stomach, trigger-warning, m-m-romance, lgbtqia

TRIGGER WARNING : graphic violence, rape, slavery

4.5 stars. Oh, the dilemma. Review it? Jump on book 2? Review it? Jump on book 2? Review it? Jump on book 2?

Eenie meenie miney mo
Catch a tiger by the toe
If he hollars let him go
Eenie meenie miney mo

Oh, screw it. I swear that I'll write a real review of Captive Prince: Volume One because Helloooo, it deserves ones, but for now my excitation and eagerness to freaking KNOW what will happen leads me to shorten my ramble and only give you reduced info ...more

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Jan 19, 2018 Sabrina The Trash Queen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

“For a prince, learning the words of an enemy was as important as learning the words of a friend.”

Why didn’t I read this FANTASTIC book before??
OMG, I’m in love. ❤
IS SO FUCKING GOOD!!!

The story, the writing, the characters, the romance, the friendships, the politics, the development, how everything was dealt with and literally everything else was PERFECT.
Oh man, I’m in love. This is definitely on the list of my FAVORITE trilogy of all bloody freaking time.

“Trying to imagine Kastor plotting

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