The captive prince series6/2/2023 ![]() ![]() There’s also quite a deal of abuse – some sexual, some not, some directed towards children. Oh and the court watches this, considering it a form of perfectly socially acceptable entertainment. The first half of Captive Prince has some pretty unpleasant content including what is essentially a game of rape which starts as wrestling but then isn’t. I had my reservations about reading this series, having heard that it was, in a word, “rapey”. ![]() Ok well, it was, for about the first half of the second book, but from there it devolves into a medieval political drama with so many twists and turns, at times it was a little hard to keep up. Let’s face it, this review would be a lot shorter if the ye olde “What I Watched/What I Expected/ What I Got” meme was still a thing, because the Captive Prince series was nothing like what I expected. Damen must keep his identity a secret, not only in order to have a chance at getting his throne back, but also in keeping alive, because he has been given to the one person with the most reason to hate him. ![]() Betrayed by his brother, Prince Damen is sold into slavery to the Prince of their rival country, Laurent. ![]()
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