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Just some rambling thoughts about a book I love.

Prince's Gambit (Captive Prince, #2) by C.S. Pacat

December 30, 2019 by narfna 2 Comments

I re-read this whole trilogy in October, but I only ended up writing a review for #2. Oh, well. I’m not going to be able to write a real review of this. It would just come out garbled with enthusiasm. Instead, I’m going to do a real spoilery bullet point thing and see what comes out. Absolutely do not read any further unless you’ve already read all three books. *If Laurent didn’t already know that Damen was Damianos, he would know by the end of […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: #fantasy, c.s. pacat, captive prince, enemies to lovers, m/m, narfna, prince's gambit, re-read, Romance

narfna's CBR11 Review No:146 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: #fantasy, c.s. pacat, captive prince, enemies to lovers, m/m, narfna, prince's gambit, re-read, Romance ·
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This book has what you were looking for in the first one: equal parts fantasy adventure and romance.

April 18, 2016 by narfna Leave a Comment

Okay, first let’s have a talk: Anyone who calls this series erotica is fooling themselves, or trying to fool someone else. This is some straight up fantasy adventure war spy tactics shit right here. That just happens to involve a m/m romance. So is that the erotica part because I’m confused. Is featuring a m/m romance taboo, so that’s why it’s “erotica”? The sole purpose of erotica is to titillate. It does nothing else. This is not that. At all. The ratio of sex to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: c.s. pacat, captive prince, fantasy, m/m romance, narfna, prince's gambit

narfna's CBR8 Review No:54 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: c.s. pacat, captive prince, fantasy, m/m romance, narfna, prince's gambit ·
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