Prince's Gambit

I enjoyed the read but....the character of Laurent and several of the descriptive phrases are copied from another authors work. Laurent is almost a pure copy of Francis Lymond the blond, blue eyed hero written by Dorothy Dunnett. It's really very obvious ....the roof top chase scene that's in Dunnets book, the flogging also, Laurent's ability to flay someone with words is Lymond as is his appearance.

In my life, I have read many books. I have never been a bookworm though, partially because of my moderate aphantasia. I certainly have never read a book that had me fully invested from the first to last page, with each of them being equally unbelievably exciting. I always had to force myself to read through at least some pages, or skip things entirely. I have never laughed so much that my stomach hurt, or cried so much, and I have certainly never covered my mouth with my hand in shock that many times. Until the Captive Prince trilogy. After years of not reading at all, I thought it was impossible, with my shortened attention span from the social media, to spend over a week reading books 100% focused, rereading each paragraph multiple times to imagine it even better and to make sure I didn't miss anything. ----------------- The review taken from my post about the trilogy on Reddit. I think every book from the trilogy is perfect, but this one will always be the most special one for me. I thank the author from the bottom of my heart.

I just can't wait to read the next one. The schemes of characters and their true intentions are finally clear. Most importantly we get more L X D action