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Eu prefiro beber cândida do que reler esse livro em algum momento da minha vida. E tenho dito 3✨️
Excellent. Wow.Might bump up to 5 stars once my feelings have settled. But otherwise, I knew I would love this and relieved it didn't disappoint!
“Entré tranquila y salí emocionalmente vigilada.”
Este libro es básicamente tensión constante, humillación estratégica y yo leyendo con la mandíbula apretada. No pasa mucho… pero pasa todo. Cada escena tiene veneno, cada diálogo es una amenaza disfrazada y nadie, absolutamente nadie, es lo que parece.
No es romance todavía, es hostilidad con potencial. Miradas largas, silencios incómodos y una guerra psicológica tan bien hecha que te hace olvidar que estás leyendo y no sobreviviendo.
Me gustó tanto que acepté el sufrimiento, el ritmo lento y el estrés gratuito como parte de la experiencia.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ porque me hizo sentir inteligente por entenderlo y atacada por disfrutarlo. 👑🔥📖
4.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨Nunca había leído algo así y me sorprendió bastante. Este primer libro se puede sentir un poco como introducción al mundo en el cual se desarrolla esta historia, pero aún así tiene mucho drama y tensión entre los protagonistas.Lo que más me sorprendió fue la cultura que tiene los dos países, todo lo de las mascotas, esclavos, etc me voló la cabeza, también el hecho de cómo se les trata a estos mismo y como se entretienen y es descrito de manera muy explícita.
Leí este libro sin apenas saber nada de él y he de decir que me lleve una grata sorpresa.Es un texto ligero que se lee de tirón, ahora aunque siento que las intrigas y el ambiente caótico y problemático de la corte se lograron bien, lo que no puedo decir del worldbuilding.Eso sí hay que reconocer que toca temáticas fuertes y lo hace de manera banal, en cualquier otro contexto sería por lo menos desagradable pero mi impresión es que la autora logro integrarlos bien en la historia, da la sensación de que es algo normal y natural para los personajes.A mí parecer bueno pero dista de ser lo mejor del mundo.
[RILETTURA 2024]. Valutazione: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. Avevo letto questo libro due anni fa. In qualche strano modo che non riesco a spiegarmi, non l’avevo apprezzato. Quando ho deciso di concedergli una seconda chance, ho capito che quello non fosse il capitolo giusto. Ho adorato ogni cosa di questo libro. Penso sia un ottimo inizio per una trilogia. Non ricordavo molte cose, quindi rinfrescarmi la memoria mi ha fatto molto bene. Questa volta, sono rimasta affascinata da Vere, da tutti i suoi personaggi e anche dal suo principe prigioniero. E sono davvero molto curiosa di scoprire come questa storia procederà andando avanti. ***Valutazione: ⭐️⭐️.5/5.Chiunque sapeva la mia ossessione per le coppie gay, MM, puntualmente mi consigliava di cominciare a leggere la trilogia de Il principe prigioniero, sicura che mi fosse piaciuta.Finalmente, grazie alla lettura condivisa con una delle mie più chiare amiche, mi sono avventurata in questa lettura con le più alte aspettative.Per questo volume, la maggior parte di esse sono state deluse.Secondo me, ciò che è andato a rovinarmi la lettura, è stata in primis la traduzione del libro.La maggior parte delle frasi le ho trovate davvero poco scorrevoli, come se si inceppassero nella lettura. L'ho trovato fastidioso, perché mi faceva calare l'attenzione. Ora, non so se è un problema della traduzione in sé o dello stile vero e proprio dell'autrice, ma penso che la causa sia proprio la prima citata.In sostanza, sì, ho trovato la storia carina, più che altro molto introduttiva, ma in sostanza e in sè, escluso il wordbuilding sul regno di Vere che mi ha affascinato e intrigato molto, non mi tenuta incollata chissà tanto.È quasi certo però che continuerò la lettura della trilogia perché da una parte voglio capire se è stato proprio il primo volume il problema o lo è di tutta la trilogia in generale.Purtroppo, questo primo volume non mi ha entusiasmata così tanto come mi aspettato, che quasi ho fatto fatica a portare avanti la lettura.
3,5⭐Mmmm... Fue un libro bueno me tuvo enganchada al instante lo leí en 2 días prácticamente, pero sentí que le faltó algo no se muy bien que pero algo le falto, además no logre conectar al 100 con los personajes (con Laurent menos).Espero en el siguiente libro conectar mucho más con los 2 protagonistas; sentí que el Laurent tenía protagonismo a través del Damen, para el segundo querría que el Laurent tuviera protagonismo por sí solo para conectar más con el.
Franchement c'était une suuper lecture ! J'ai dévoré ce livre ! Il était tellement prenant ! Le personnages sont super intéressants et l'univers est super intense et franchement le plot final est top parce qu'il demande pas à enchaîner direct sur la suite mais il est quand même super intriguant ! Bref trop hâte de lire le tome 2 !
The Captive Prince series is a series that has been hyped a lot throughout the young adult section of the book lovers community, written by C. S. Pacat. After seeing it hyped for so many years since it was first published in 2015, I erred away from it for a while. It seemed to be just another too hyped book series that probably wasn’t going to be very good, as per most of the book series in YA now a days. After finding out after… way too long this was actually LGBT+, due to my soulmate babbling about it to me, I finally decided to buy the series because it was a series that obviously meant a lot to him. And then I shelved it for about four months and never bothered to pick it up; and then Jayce and I ended up buddy reading it. And here we are now.First of all… WHY IS THIS NOT A MOVIE OR A TELEVISION SERIES, NETFLIX WHERE YOU AT WITH THE NETFLIX ORIGINALS HERE THIS IS PRIME AND READY FOR A TV SHOWWithin the first few pages, and I mean, on page four (4), I messaged my buddy read partner screaming. Already I was hooked and taken aback, Pacat’s writing completely hooking me in. The way she writes is something that strikes beauty; although noticeably young adult, with someone with more interests in adult fiction, her writing flows in a way that I forgot this was young adult. I completely forgot this was a young adult book, I was utterly captured and quickly turned the pages. I had to force myself to stop after the first two chapters remembering this was supposed to be a buddy read, two chapters a day. Damen’s story is gripping within the first few pages; I had no clue what was going on but there was obviously something hidden deeper within the first few pages of the prologue. After getting to page seven, my mouth was hung open as I read, to the point my mom had to actually tell me to close my mouth because I was in shock. I couldn’t believe it. Although somewhat guessable, it was still a large shock, reading it, and reading the whole back story. Even knowing what was coming, I didn’t cease to be shocked, and I think that Pacat has some seriously amazing writing skills for it to come across like that; to shock people who already know what’s coming is something that takes a lot of skill, and she does it ever so easily. Something I found quite comical as well, and amazing is, around the time that The Captive Prince is set, in real life, Damen was a nick name and discreet way of saying Daemon / demon. Whether intentional by Pacat or not, I find it a very fitting nickname with the background of the name, hinting at his strength – wild and strong, just like a demon. Willing to fight to Hell and back to get to where he desires. If anyone knows whether this was intentional or not, please let me know because I love this so much. I absolutely adore Damen. He’s such a strong character, who has, from the start, had to fight for his own survival. We are shown this character who has to stand and fight, to make harsh decisions for his own life, and I love it. He’s a well developed character, and Damen is someone who is inspiring. However, this opens up the possibility of him become a much weaker character, someone who loses characterisation as the chapters go on, and that honestly worries me a little. I love Damen, I don’t want him to be this well written character who dissolves into nothing. And with two other books in the series, I can’t help but feel a little anxious.Larent is a real asshole of a character, but I love him. He’s viciously cruel, in a way that’s almost likeable. He knows he has power, and he likes using it. He likes playing with his prey like a cat with a mouse, but also, he’s loyal. That is shown in the first few chapters, when the unveiling of the battle occurs. He is a loyal man, who can and will fight for what he believes in, and what he wants to do. Although a total dick, he has his likeable charms that wormed their way into my heart; I want to hate him, but Pacat has made him such a strong character in ways, that really makes me love him.I don’t think there is anything I don’t like about this. Even the characters that are assholes I feel like I like them to a small degree. They have their reasons, some of them very selfish reasons, but they’re reasons as to just why they act like they do, why they act like they do. Pacat has shown nothing but skillful writing throughout the whole of this book, bringing almost every character to life in ways that some authors just can’t do. Some authors’ asshole characters are just weak, 2D characters that don’t feel real – but Pacat really makes them real. Every character feels like a character I could walk down the street and bump into, even the minor characters that Pacat has created almost as filler, and that takes real skill.I don’t think there’s been a fantasy series that has captured me just like this one has. Perhaps the only other book to really come close to this was the (adult) series of [b:The Immortal Circus: Act One|17398829|The Immortal Circus Act One (Cirque des Immortels, #1)|A.R. Kahler|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1361844831s/17398829.jpg|21947749], but Captive Prince is definitely the only YA fantasy story that has really gripped my attention. Although some would say this isn’t really fantasy, I personally class it as that, despite its lack of magic and such. There’s more to fantasy than that of magic and faeries. But, that aside, honestly, this book filled me with such wonder. I don’t read much YA now a days, just because, a lot of it feels… fake, I suppose is the best way I can explain it. A lot of YA authors – at least, when I was reading YA a few years ago – didn’t really care too much, only a few characters would get a lot of development and such, the writing was always quite poor, but Pacat really gets A* from me in every single field of this. This is the first YA series, or book, at all, that I have read for a long time that has really, really gripped me. This book deserves nothing less than 5 stars from me; maybe 4.5 / 5 when I reread it later on.The ending of this was wonderful; like the closing of a curtain in a theatre performance, but only for the break. Easily, this could be read and left as a simple stand alone book, but if you’re invested enough, this only makes it so much more exciting for the second book of the series.I really hope in the next few books to see more between Laurent and Damen. I feel like Pacat wants to go down that route, but was hesitant to in the first book, building their relationship up from the very bottom. And this is really well done. She leaves no doubts, and only reminders that Damen is a slave, and considered only that. A well written story across the board, this gets nothing less than five stars.Extra Exclusive Story - The Training of ErasmusRating: 5/5And just when I thought that this book ended and I had nothing more to look forward to, Pacat returns us to one of the first slaves in the book we met, Erasmus, who I came to love and I really wanted to follow his story more. I completely forgot this story was in my copy, and turning the pages after the acknowledgements to find that there was this story, nestled at the back of the book, delighted my heart and made me shiver with excitement. Erasmus is by far one of my favourite characters, and I hope he is a recurring character, so an exclusive dedicated only to him? My heart is on fire.I take it back, my soul is in utter pieces. This was the sweetest short story I have read in such a long time. Such sweet, heart breaking romance, honestly, find you a man like Kallias.Although quite jumpy throughout this, Pacat does a really good job of crossing through the time of Erasmus’ training, in a way that is so utterly beautifully written, I read this short story three times in a row. Pacat’s writing is so enrapturing, encapturing, that I just couldn’t put this down, and I pretty much devoured this short story.Erasmus is a character I stated before that I really love, and this story only made me love him even more. He’s so much of a son type character – he’s my baby boy and I will hug him and look after him and allow no harm to come to him, I am not crying as I type this.C. S. Pacat, thank you for such a wonderful story, both The Captive Prince and The Training of Erasmus. Over just about a week, both stories have bought me to tears, have made me fall in love, and have caused me to literally fall out of bed in excitement. I absolutely cannot wait to sit and read [b:Prince's Gambit|23398894|Prince's Gambit (Captive Prince, #2)|C.S. Pacat|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1470557026s/23398894.jpg|23581952] and I hope to see more from Erasmus! LEAVE MY BOY ALONE, PACAT LET HIM HAVE A HAPPY ENDING