Genre: Fantasy M/M Romance
Age Group: Adult
Paperback: 404 pgs
Published: Berkley (2015)
Rating: 4/5
With their countries on the brink of war, Damen and his new master Prince Laurent must exchange the intrigues of the palace for the sweeping might of the battlefield as they travel to the border to avert a lethal plot.
Forced to hide his identity, Damen finds himself increasingly drawn to the dangerous, charismatic Laurent. But as the fledgling trust between the two men deepens, the truth of secrets from both their pasts is poised to deal them the crowning death blow . . .
I don't know where
to start.
After being
captivated but also a little taken aback by Captive Prince, I was very
interested to see where this book would go. However, the amount of violence in
book one shocked me and I wasn't sure this series would be for me. This book
resolved my hesitation.
Pacat shifts the
battle in book two. Instead of a battle of court politics, there are more
actual battles and political strategy in this book. Daemon and Laurent are
incredibly smart individually and when they work together it is awesome to
watch. While I know the sexual tension was the focus of this book, I was
confused by some of the action sequences. The different allies, countries and
other groups I was getting mixed up. I think we needed just a little more
context or explanation for these.
The tension
between Daemon and Laurent in this book is an impossible slow burn that had me
ready to tear my hair out. It is as delicious as it is frustrating to read. I
really enjoyed how slowly this story turned Laurent's character over and it
wouldn't have been believable any other way. Obviously there are still issues
with Laurent and he can still be a horrible person and did horrible things, but
watching him redeem parts of his character is interesting and I'm interested to
see where that part of the story goes.
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