~*Krissys Bookshelf Reviews*~

I received a print copy in exchange for an honest review from Berkley.

It took me longer to finish this book than I thought it would. How to rate and review Captive Prince? Um... It's hard to say whether I really liked it or really didn't because there was an even amount of yays and nays on my checklist of pros and cons. I have to give credit to the author for creating a story that reads close to Anne Rice's Sleeping Beauty series as far as the sex and brutality but on the other end I felt like I was watching random stuff happening just on the outskirts of a porno with the possibility of a romantic interlude but without the leading stars to fill the spot.
The writing itself was slightly poetic but on the other hand it felt as if it might have been missing something?
That might be just me not quite being pulled into the surroundings although I'm not sure there were surroundings half the time since half of the details that typically draw me into the books world didn't feel like they were present. It takes talent to create and bring life to such brutal characters but I wish we had gotten to explore more emotional depth. I was really drawn in but I also wanted more.
I get its the first installment of the trilogy but as the initial start up I thought there should have been more to bring me in. Because it is just the first book I do want to read the other two since I want to see where the author takes it but I was disappointed with so much disconnect between myself and the story I hope that issue is resolved in book two.