Barbara Douglas answers “Hey! I really want to read this book but I...”

Sara Inês asked this question about Captive Prince (Captive Prince, #1):

Hey! I really want to read this book but I have to ask first: Is this one of those books that "romanticize" rape and violence?

Barbara Douglas This is a book that depicts a society where rape, pedophilia, voyeurism, sexual slavery and homosexual prostitution are all condoned, but the main cha…moreThis is a book that depicts a society where rape, pedophilia, voyeurism, sexual slavery and homosexual prostitution are all condoned, but the main character and the writing all reject those things (with the possible exception of the prostitution) as ultimately unacceptable. Ditto war in the later volumes. There is no rape or sexual violence in the main relationship, though there is a pretty horrible flogging, which is a straightforward expression of one character's hatred of another.(less)

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