It’s such a fantastic piece of fantasy political epic, and I think I’d be really hard pressed to find a better one.
Everything about it is so well crafted, from steeping the reader in Damen’s frustration and anguish, to cultivating a gradual and burning curiosity for the world and what is truly going on behind the scenes. The way the political arena slowly reveals itself, the way the wars are set up like chess pieces on a board. I adore everything about the plot, the way it’s woven together, the way Lauren’ts POV is kept secret and hidden form the reader so we see everything through Damen’s eyes. This book is some absolutely stellar, fantastic writing. It’s not, perhaps, as explicit as the marketing makes it out to be and people are not exaggerating when they say that it’s a slow burn filled with sexual tension and frustration, but it’s a very compelling and satisfying story in large part because it draws it’s character arcs out so well. It’s titular character Damen is given as a slave to his sworn enemy by his treasonous brother, and he and Laurent are thrown together throughout the course of the narrative in ways that bring them both together and challenge their prejudices. Warnings: Noncon, Sex Slavery, Mentions of Past CSAĬaptive Prince is a rather famous slavefic trilogy that took a sizable reader market by storm for being a compelling slow burn epic political romance. 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.
Beautiful, manipulative and deadly, his new master Prince Laurent epitomizes the worst of the court at Vere. 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.
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