Captive Prince

I knew this would be bad before getting into it. It just felt like it was gratuitous violence and abuse for the sake of it (and shock value) at times. Like for the first half of the book, it just felt like it was getting worse in terms of the abuse and violence. And it didn't even have the thing of being well written. I've read books with similar themes before and happenings before, but the abuse in those books actually served a point. The scenes in this book didn't feel like this. At all. The horrifically violent scenes did simmer down post 45% of the book, but at this point, Laurent just felt too icky to support. And at this point, I don't see my feelings towards him changing. I've read and enjoyed characters who have been redeemed before, but that was with better writing.

I honestly have no idea how Laurent and Damen are supposed to be together. Like if I was Damen, I'd run the furthest I could from him. The second book is supposed to better and not the same levels of horrific violence and abuse, but I'm currently in no rush to read the second book.