From global phenomenon C. S. Pacat comes the first novel in her critically acclaimed Captive Prince trilogy—includes an exclusive bonus story!
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...
So one of my friends REALLY hyped this series up, and bugged me about reading it for at least a year. Which made me put it off because it gave me massive anxiety. But I picked it up finally today, and tore through it in a matter of hours. It grabs you quickly and holds on tight from the first page on.
I am fascinated by Damen's reactions to the world he's now a part of and baffled by Laurent, a little worried about some of the things his Uncle says during the course of the book, too. I'm interested to see how this enemies to frenemies is going to go, but I sort of ship it too. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
It IS interesting that no one's sussed out Damen as the Prince yet. I wonder if they will? And how that will go down if it ends up happening.
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