Captive Prince: Book One of the Captive Prince Trilogy | 
pickRecommendation from my son. I am definitely a C.S. Pacat fan. My son said the series becomes more and more well written as it progresses {author skill improvement} but I had no complaints. Engaging characters and political intrigue. It is clearly the beginning of a trilogy but could be read as a stand alone ending with a transition. My edition contains a short called The Training of Erasmus which is poignant due to cosmic irony.
Yesterday, I woke up and thought - got to stop letting friends disappoint me and just go to the things I want to go to - so I went to Oz Comic Con solo because I wanted my books signed by C. S. Pacat - it took me ages to find her table because it was hella crowded and I‘m bad at reading maps - but I did it!
«Come ti chiami, tesorino?» chiese Laurent, non senza una certa crudeltà nella voce.
Damen non era solito rispondere alle domande poste con quel tono fintamente mieloso. Sollevò gli occhi sul giovane principe. Fu un errore. Si scambiarono uno sguardo freddo. [...] Laurent ripeté lentamente la domanda in akielonese.
La risposta gli uscì dalle labbra d‘impulso. «Parlo la vostra lingua meglio di quanto voi parliate la mia, tesorino.»
pickWow. I was honestly scared I wouldn‘t like this. A lot of the Amazon reviews made me fear it was just a cringe fest. But I was surprised. And shocked. And disgusted. And laughing. And captivated. This is DEFINITELY for mature audiences; there are topics and mentions that left me about to toss the book in a River. But the imagery is amazing and the story is beguiling, can‘t wait to read the next two books! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What a way to start out the year!
This series gave me life! I haven't loved a couple like this since Simon and Baz (which were completely different from Damen & Laurent). But when I tell you I felt it 👏👏! Everything, I just FELT everything!
I don't want to move on yet, it was just sooo good!
pickI solid 3.5 stars from me. It was pretty good. Very political heavy. But go into it knowing that it‘s very rape heavy and very abuse heavy. But it is a good book. Right now Damon is my favorite. Laurent is a little shit. But he‘s growing on me.
Is it me? Buying comic strips about a book series I haven‘t read?
(And that‘s not all I bought 😂)
I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it. Some will be old, some will be new - don't judge me, I have a lot of books.
Day 153th
Join the fun if you want!
#tbrpile
so-soThis book requires trigger warnings. It is not a fluffy MLM book, it is dark and f*cked up a lot of the times.
I am fascinated by the world in the book, as well as the dynamic forming between the princes.
Damen is strong and honorable but a bit slow on the political aspects. Laurent is a scheming sadist that I want to learn more of.
I enjoyed this, but dis feel it could have stood to be longer to develop characters more.
Finished the All for the Game series and gonna start another series I‘ve been wanting to read for years!
15 of 20 #20Series20Days
I really really like the way Pacat writes. I definitely plan on re-reading this series some day.
bailed0/5⭐
CW: rape
The poor writing & weak worldbuilding are bad enough. But the constant, indulgent, painstakingly detailed fetishization of rape & slavery is sickening.
The narrative doesn't even give rape the weight it should. Damen obviously doesn't want to be raped, but then his pride equates public rape to kissing the top of his master's (excuse me, future lover's) boots once & he seriously wonders which is worse.
What. The. Fuck.
pickIf you‘re up for some slow burn m/m fantasy that‘s mostly character-driven, this might be up your alley. But also trigger warning for rape, abuse and slavery. I loved the chemistry between the main characters though, so I will continue on!
I picked this up for #Booked2019 #politicalintrigue and that completes my autumn season. Thanks to the hosts for this — looking forward to #Booked2020!
Also my pick for #LitsyAtoZ letter C.
Just want to give a shout-out to the Libby app and my library for letting me check out books 10 minutes before my bedtime and without my parents seeing ☺️
Ok, so I'm 35 (I can read what I want), but we make weekly trips to the library together. ?And trying to explain to them the premise behind these... ? "Yeah, so think Game of Thrones, but with, like, pleasure slaves..." ?♀️
#readingpastmybedtime #Litsyafterdark
pickReading slump ✅ Exercise slump ✅ So I decided to re-read this series which I love & finally unpack my bike from storage to get back outside and off the stationary bike. The wind almost killed me yesterday, but so happy to be biking again. Hoping to finish out these last 2 weeks of #bookfitnesschallenge on a high note! #bfc @wanderinglynn
pickI've been trying to read more LGBTQ+ (because I realized it's an area I'm lacking in and can't recommend to library users) and have heard this trilogy is hugely popular. I picked it up and I was hooked. I get why everybody loves it. #LGBTQ #fantasy #historical #slightromance
I‘m rereading this historical m/m fantasy romance. This trilogy, especially the first book, is crammed full of trigger warnings and may be problematic for some readers. But I‘m so infatuated with Prince Laurent 🖤. My weakness is bad boys.
pickYMMV, for what it is, it's good. This trilogy plus epilogue is fun, mindless, and restful. It requires no brain power, and that's what I needed after 9 days with my parents. It's an alternate history circa 200CE, where only Europe exists and everyone is gay. Most of the narrative is warring and intrigue, with some nice M/M sex interspersed and a lot of sexual tension. Very fanfictional. TW for threats of and offscreen rape and pedophilia.
bailedOk so someone recommended this to me WITHOUT mentioning this is pretty much erotica. I was expecting a romance. To each their own, erotica is just not my cup of tea.
Been reading a lot of m/m romance lately so why not continue with the trend?
“To abuse someone who cannot resist - isn‘t that monstrous?”
A book and a cuppa make a perfect day!🌻
I have yet to read those books 📚
I'm so excited for this! #horrificallyamazing
pickA great warrior and heir to the Akielos throne, Damen, is caught unawares by his half brother's power play for the throne. Damen is captured and sent to serve as a pleasure slave for the prince of an enemy nation.
Great slow burn between Prince Laurent and Damen. Really need book 2 now!
After hearing a lot about this book it's time to read it for myself!
pick"I think if I gave you my heart, you would treat it tenderly" - C.S. Pacat
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pickThe cold sass of Laurent and the just flat out Warrior Damen made this fun to read
"Don't be presumptuous", Said Laurent, coldly.
"Too late, sweetheart", said Damien.
The attitude that sums up their entire relationship.
So a while ago I got really really into the Captive Prince series and ever since I haven't been able to enjoy other books as much because NOTHING can ever be as good to me as those books were.
This book has taught me the depth of my impatience. I mean, there's slow burn and then there's slow burn! On to book 2!
#bookmail arriving right after a lovely breakfast 😊 Weekend here I come! I've been wanting to read these books since last September!
... the aloof, untouched Laurent was at this moment delivering a precise treatise on cocksucking.
The hype has had me curious for months, but 50 pages in I've got to say, the writing is disappointing.
pickI liked this, the writing was strong, the characterization was great. I admit I expected a bit more sexy stuff, hehe, but I still enjoyed the story. Some parts felt a little rushed. I feel like this story could easily be even longer, more on the scale of a good old fantasy epic with all the descriptions of travel and courtly life.
These books survived the cull. 😊 I think if my place we're on fire, I'd have to save my Melina Marchetta YA books. Which books would you save from burning? #captiveprince #keepers #shelfie #romantsy
Got my #bookmail today. Two of these are for the #LitsyAtoZ challenge - Quiet for Q and Captive Prince by Pacat for P. Crown of Midnight is just my next fix in the series. Girl Code is part of my quest to read lots of lady boss books now that I'm getting my Pampered Chef biz running again. So yay, lots of books! #bookhaul 🤓🤓🤓👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻📖📖📖
so-soThis was difficult to read at times but I still enjoyed it. And the series got better after that, which was good.
pickIf you are looking for a book in the LGBTlove category for LRC17, here is my favorite fantasy m/m romance. The writing and plot are superb! Check it out!
#WantToReadInDec Homer, Odyssey; C.S.Pacat, Captive Prince trilogy; M.Meyer, Lunar Chronicles. I'll definitely make it through the Odyssey, since I have to read it for #coursera, the Captive Prince will be waiting under the x-mas tree and the Lunar Chronicles have to wait for my next payday! #seasonsreadings2016 Photo: Zelda C. Wang, https://www.facebook.com/zeldacw/
pickHow awesome is it that an original slash fic can end up a Penguin-published trilogy in our day and age? C. S. Pacat has a great ear for language and her first novel is so exquisitely plotted, I tore through it in a single sitting. It reminds me a great deal of the YA Winners trilogy (fantasy world of warring nations, main cast of royalty/courtiers, legal slavery as source of conflict/sexual tension) but M/M and VERY adult. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #romantsy
Honestly this is pretty great?
Leopard with a headache.
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"Laurent could inspire homicidal tendencies simply by breathing"
I'm now the proud owner of the Captive Prince trilogy! I checked these out on Overdrive originally, but once I finished the series I knew I had to add it to my library! 😍
The Training of Erasmus is a short story at the end of the Captive Prince paperback (I have the US copy so I'm unsure if it's included in the UK copy as well or not).
This was my first time reading it and I enjoyed the sneak peak into Erasmus's life before we meet him in CP. It's a sweet story with its own heartbreaking moments. I just wanna give Erasmus a hug, poor thing.
