Overall, Captive of the Stolen Empire is a unique fantasy story with some interesting twists and turns. There is just the right amount of world building spread out over the course of the book to fully set the world up without bogging down the story at any given point. There is a solid amount of character development, however I found some of the internal dialogue to be circular and repetitive. 

One of my least favorite tropes is the miscommunication trope. And so much of the central storyline of this book is based around that with some variations for character relationships. For the most part, it's done well enough that it doesn't bother me and in such as way as to make sense with the over arching plot, but it's just never my favorite so it brings my overall rating down a bit. 

The spice is light but written well and fairly classy. I was definitely rooting for the love story and would love to see this continued in a sequel novel.