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| Original Title: | The Summer Palace ISBN13 9780987622303 |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Captive Prince Short Stories #2, Captive Prince #3.25 |
C.S. Pacat
ebook | Pages: 30 pages Rating: 4.43 | 8649 Users | 1224 Reviews
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Imagine giving this less than 5 stars, can't relate___
Reread before The Adventures Of Charls:
I honestly need a different rating system for the Captive Prince books because there's no way this is ONLY a five stars
Original review:
If this was still 2016, I would be writing something like "Yuri On Ice and The Summer Palace saved 2016".
As it happens, this is 2017, so allow me to say:
Whatever shit will happen this year, whatever nuclear war is waiting for us, The Summer Palace single-handedly, retroactively saved 2017.
I can't believe this is officially canon Lamen fluff. This is fluff that out-fluffs every single piece of fluff out there, but it's not cheesy, it's not gratuitous, it's not without meaning, because it's fucking Damen and Laurent we're talking about, okay?
Every soft moment has been earned through a path of loss and pain and regret and conflict and healing and slowly trusting each other. So let the fluff gates open, let my babies be together, let them walk naked through Akielon palaces, (view spoiler)[let Laurent put a fucking flower in Damen's hair and wash him and kneel to him, let him talk to the statue of Damen's mother and say,
"I'll take care of your son, I'll protect his kingdom as if it were my own. I'll give my life for his people."(hide spoiler)]
because they deserve the world.
Because I cannot form coherent thoughts, allow me to just bullet-point my favorite things (except like, you know, tHE WHOLE THING):
(view spoiler)[•Laurent arriving at the Palace early and waiting for Damen
•Damen arriving alone without his entourage and surprising Laurent
•Laurent's skin is so sensitive to the sun and he will burn within seconds and I feel this on a deep emotional level
•Laurent's chiton
•Laurent's hair
•The kisses
•No but for real, can we talk about Laurent plucking a flower to put in Damen's hair, Damen returning the gesture, and then Laurent keeping the flower behind his ear as long as he can and then only removing it once he needs to wash?
•Laurent pouring ice-cold water over Damen
•Lamen wrestling
•But most importantly:
•NIKANDROS IS TEACHING LAURENT TO WRESTLE ARE YOU FUKCING KIDDING ME I WASN'T READY FOR THIS, I FUCKING KNEW THEY'D BE FRIENDS
•The Auguste talk. My heart. My poor fragile heart.
•They're calling the Palace theirs. Theirs.
•They're so in love
•They know there are still open wounds between them, even though I believe Laurent has by now fully forgiven Damen for Auguste. But the flogging is still there between them, its scars will never fade. Laurent can't take back what he's done. But:
Flesh and self were linked. The cleansing was slow, attentive, drizzling water, then soaping his skin. It was healing something he hadn't known needed to be healed. Like breathing, it was necessary, even as the tenderness of it was too much, gentleness where he had never expected Laurent to be gentle. [...] Laurent was like the edge of a blade, but sometimes he was like this.
•This moment:
"I'm here to inform you that the King of Akielos has arrived."
"Thank you, I can be said to be faintly aware of that."
•And maybe this is the most important thing really:
The Veretian soldier used the Akielon word 'Exalted', a choice made weeks earlier. In small ways, the cultures were mixing.(hide spoiler)]
I'm so not done with this. I'm going to reread it every day of my life.
____
I've preordered this SO HARD.
Identify Regarding Books The Summer Palace (Captive Prince Short Stories #2)
| Title | : | The Summer Palace (Captive Prince Short Stories #2) |
| Author | : | C.S. Pacat |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 30 pages |
| Published | : | January 5th 2017 by Gatto |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Romance. LGBT. Short Stories. M M Romance |
Rating Regarding Books The Summer Palace (Captive Prince Short Stories #2)
Ratings: 4.43 From 8649 Users | 1224 ReviewsJudge Regarding Books The Summer Palace (Captive Prince Short Stories #2)
Having made the decision to let Damen in, Laurent had not gone back on it. When the walls went up, it was with Damen inside them. HOLY SHIT WHAT WAS THIS C.S. PACAT DID THATIM CRYING I CANT BREATH DAMEN AND LAURENT ARE SO IN LOVE AND SO HAPPY AND IM A WEEPING MESS HEREsorry but this is not a review its just a mess by me, a mess also it's literally story recap so there are only spoilers so please proceed with caution He loved the way that Laurent kissed, as if Damen was the only person thati mean you can't read the trilogy without reading this novella afterwards.i'd die for laurent of vere
It's going to take me a while to come up with words for how beautiful this story and Damen and Laurent's relationship is.This series. This couple. My heart is happy.
Favorite line: "You were watching the road."This short 30-page 'after-epilogue,' if you will, was very cute and extremely sweet. In short, we finally got to see Laurent remove the Veretian stick from his ass for more than 30 consecutive seconds. ;- )Behold, the cast iron bitch has melted. Slightly. Long live the King. I found the most touching part to be where Laurent was attending to Damen in the baths, and was washing Damen's previously-injured back. Past hurts that Laurent himself had
I thought, I have lost everything and gained you, and I would almost make the trade, if I didnt know it had happened that way for you, too.I dont know how I managed to avoid reading this for 3 freaking years! Like seriously, how did I even survive without this sweetness in my life? This was exactly the kind of ending I wanted to read when I finished Kings Rising or even more accurate it was the ending I would have NEEDED after finishing the final book!It had felt at times surreal: the wonder of
5 Stars. "Are you courting me?"said Damen 30 page epilogue that was just beautiful.What can I say,Laurent and Damen are perfect together. For now it was the simple pleasure of Laurent beside him,their hands linked,with only sunlight and fresh air about them. For fans of this series this is must read....
Imagine giving this less than 5 stars, can't relate___Reread before The Adventures Of Charls:I honestly need a different rating system for the Captive Prince books because there's no way this is ONLY a five starsOriginal review:If this was still 2016, I would be writing something like "Yuri On Ice and The Summer Palace saved 2016". As it happens, this is 2017, so allow me to say:Whatever shit will happen this year, whatever nuclear war is waiting for us, The Summer Palace single-handedly,
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