Not to say that Captive Prince doesn’t have a happy ending, but it just barely shows up at the end of the third book. If that’s not your cup of tea, I would recommend Elise Marion’s Chained trilogy, which is a similar type of story, but heterosexual, less rape, and happier endings all around. Like, most of the relationships in this series is men with other men, to the point where one country thinks it’s taboo to be intimate with anyone of the opposite sex if you’re not married. The one thing you really have to know before reading this story is that it’s super gay, considering that it’s written by a women. Prince Damen is the would-be king betrayed by his half-brother and sent to be a slave in service to Prince Laurent, the untrusting younger brother of the golden heir that Damen had killed just six years before. It’s the story of two princes from warring countries somehow managing to find love in the midst of being usurped out of their birth rights by their closest family members. Pacat comprises of three books, Captive Prince, Prince’s Gambit, and Kings Rising, plus four in-universe short stories. I am the type of fangirl that ships men with men and women with canon, so me finding my way into this series surprises no one that has ever bothered to pay attention. I can’t remember when I first heard about Captive Prince, but I can tell you it had something to do with fandom.

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