Author: C.S Pacat
Title: Captive Prince, Prince's Gambit, Kings Rising (Captive Prince#1-#3)
Language: English
Format: ebooks
No of pages: 241+332+385
Reading challenge: A book about a ruler (king, president, tsar, etc.)
Rating: 4 stars
Read: 06.06 - 09.06.2018
BLURB:
Damen is a warrior hero to his people, and the rightful heir to the throne of Akielos, but when his half brother seizes power, Damen is captured, stripped of his identity, and sent to serve the prince of an enemy nation as a pleasure slave.Beautiful, manipulative and deadly, his new master Prince Laurent epitomizes the worst of the court at Vere. But in the lethal political web of the Veretian court, nothing is as it seems, and when Damen finds himself caught up in a play for the throne, he must work together with Laurent to survive and save his country.For Damen, there is just one rule: never, ever reveal his true identity. Because the one man Damen needs is the one man who has more reason to hate him than anyone else . . .
For a long time I thought that this book series and I will not get along as the whole concept of slaves doesn't really appeal to me all that much, and the concept of pleasure slaves does even less. But then I simply had to give the series a shot when the first book came on sale since a lot of my Goodreads friends had read and loved the hell out of these books. And then I started... and colour me surprised as hell as I simply could not put these books down. They robbed me of my much needed sleep, but I didn't mind it one bit because Damen and Laurent were a pure joy to read about.
The first book was the most difficult one for me as Laurent was at his foulest in that one, but the more you read, the better you understood him as Laurent and Damen grew closer despite all of the odds. Laurent pretty much despises Damen for killing his older brother, and believe me, it shows in the beginning, but as Laurent grows to know and like Damen his behaviour changes and he actually becomes a really lovable guy. A bit misunderstood and a lot of vicious, unlikable behaviour, but 140% lovable.
The first one sets the stage for the second one, and the second one sets the stage for the third one. But if I had to choose my favourite of the three books, I think it would be the second one as the slow-burn lover in me felt the tension in that one the best. I just *love* that tension and even though I also loved reading about the relationship evolving and having its ups and downs, I still loved the part most where the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife.
I would've loved an epilogue in the third book. A glimpse into their lives some time after the conflict ended, but otherwise it was a great read.
The first one sets the stage for the second one, and the second one sets the stage for the third one. But if I had to choose my favourite of the three books, I think it would be the second one as the slow-burn lover in me felt the tension in that one the best. I just *love* that tension and even though I also loved reading about the relationship evolving and having its ups and downs, I still loved the part most where the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife.
I would've loved an epilogue in the third book. A glimpse into their lives some time after the conflict ended, but otherwise it was a great read.
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