One-Sentence Summary:
In the sequel to Captive Prince, Laurent and Damen travel to the border while trying to foil assassination attempts and frequent attacks.
My Review:
First of all, the improvement from CaPri to this is astonishing. My main takeaway from the book is that the first one sucks even more than I thought since it had potential and still ended up only as exposition! Anyways, BACK TO PRINCE’S GAMBIT:
Prince’s Gambit was much stronger than Captive Prince in romance and other plot, and there was much less to be angry about. I actually started to like Laurent a bit when reading book two; in Captive Prince he seemed callous and condoned a lot of slaves getting r*ped, but in Prince’s Gambit, he showed so much more emotion and depth. The first book was like “here’s a guy you’re going to HATE” and the second was “hey lol remember him? He has FEELINGS now.” I haven’t forgiven him, but I’m intrigued.
While reading Prince’s Gambit, I was constantly wondering why on earth Captive Prince even existed. I get that it was necessary to make Laurent more of a mystery and introduce the whole ✨situation✨, but it just made me angry. Prince’s Gambit had more of a focus on other characters, and my least favorite character got impaled. It still had the same problems as CaPri, but not nearly as bad.
Basically, avoid Captive Prince at all costs, but if you already read and hated it, KEEP GOING. I guarantee you that Prince’s Gambit isn’t as bad.
⭐️⭐️⭐️💫/5.
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