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Kingdom of the Wicked - Die Göttin der Rache by Kerri Maniscalco
110 reviews
oruairc's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Sexual content, Stalking, Blood, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Murder, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Alcohol
This series is typically classified as young adult (YA) and while I think the first book of the series is, I would not say that this book is YA anymore. I would classify it as New Adult due to its detailed sexual content. It does not have the most graphic depictions I have ever read, but it is vastly different from where the series started._ladypearce_'s review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I think I would have given this 2.5 stars if it wasn’t miss kerri because I am a kerri maniscalco stan. It just wasn’t as fleshed out as sjtr. The characters were flat, plot was basically non existent, and I really did not care about the man relationship. I liked the characters but I certainly attached to any of them. One thing I can say is that the writing style and some of the quotes from this book were really good which is something consistent about kerri’s works. It wasn’t necessarily good, but it sure was entertaining.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
"Kingdom of the Feared" is the third and final book in the Kingdom of the Wicked series. In this thrilling conclusion, Emilia is still trying to process the earth-shattering news that her twin sister, Vittoria is still alive. While trying to understand who Vittoria really is, Emilia also desires to become closer to her king: Prince of Wrath. When there is a mysterious murder in the House of Greed, Emilia and Wrath work together with the other houses and play a dangerous game of deception to uncover what is really going on.
Since the very first book, I have been rooting for Emilia and Wrath, and I have been longing to see them together. This book definitely is worth the wait, but in true YA fantasy fashion, they cannot be together fully yet. They do get some very spicy scenes together, and I did ultimately really enjoy seeing their story play out.
Vittoria's character took a wild turn, and I was not expecting her villainous character arch. It did make me sad to see how her character progressed and the subsequent chaos she caused. I do think she was a good balance in connection to Emilia: although twins, they both have very different core beliefs and guiding lights.
Overall, I was pleased with this story, and I am excited to see what Kerri Maniscalco writes in the future.
Since the very first book, I have been rooting for Emilia and Wrath, and I have been longing to see them together. This book definitely is worth the wait, but in true YA fantasy fashion, they cannot be together fully yet. They do get some very spicy scenes together, and I did ultimately really enjoy seeing their story play out.
Vittoria's character took a wild turn, and I was not expecting her villainous character arch. It did make me sad to see how her character progressed and the subsequent chaos she caused. I do think she was a good balance in connection to Emilia: although twins, they both have very different core beliefs and guiding lights.
Overall, I was pleased with this story, and I am excited to see what Kerri Maniscalco writes in the future.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, and Grief
admunro20's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Death, Sexual content, and Gore
Moderate: Blood and Cursing
mreno5's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Sexual content
gingerpuff11's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Confinement, War, and Fire/Fire injury
lascoaxx's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Here's how I am going to summarize the book: smut - (some things happen) - more smut - (an SJM move happens) - smut, ditto - happily ever after.
I. Disliked. This book. I thought I disliked Book 2, but this was way worse that I thought it would be. The writing was poor, there was an unnecessary amount of smut to fill in the gaps in the story and I disliked all the characters. The plots were all over the place that I literally lost track of it not even halfway in. I had absolutely no clue what was going on and frankly, I didn't particularly care.
C/w? This shouldn't be shelved as YA AT ALL due to the amount of explicit sex portrayed in the story. It was honestly SO jarring how this book jumped a whole other level of explicit when comparing it to books 1 & 2.
Would not recommend.
I. Disliked. This book. I thought I disliked Book 2, but this was way worse that I thought it would be. The writing was poor, there was an unnecessary amount of smut to fill in the gaps in the story and I disliked all the characters. The plots were all over the place that I literally lost track of it not even halfway in. I had absolutely no clue what was going on and frankly, I didn't particularly care.
C/w? This shouldn't be shelved as YA AT ALL due to the amount of explicit sex portrayed in the story. It was honestly SO jarring how this book jumped a whole other level of explicit when comparing it to books 1 & 2.
Would not recommend.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
anastashamarie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
🪷 3.5/5 for quality, 4/5 for enjoyment, 4.5/5 for how wonderful these audiobooks continue to be.
💀 I think that the "memory loss" trope is a hard one to get right because, by nature, there has to be a lot of telling rather than showing for the MC and the reader to get caught up in the story. Especially in a mystery, which is what this book is at its core, I hate when the reader is just told the answers. That's my biggest gripe with this book without getting spoilery.
👑 That said, I thoroughly enjoyed the ride that this series has been. I liked seeing how all the pieces laid out in Book 1 fit in by the end of this book. I liked the relationship between Emilia and her love interest. I liked the interplay between the Princes of Hell, which we got to see more of in this book. I didn't always love the pacing or the storytelling style, but I did enjoy the writing style (I hope that differentiation makes sense?).
🖤 Overall this was a super fun series that I would have binged in a few days if I didn't have to wait for my Libby holds to come in. Cute banter. Steamy tension. Enough mystery and side plots left that there is room for the series to continue even though I feel like this wrapped up Emilia's arc pretty well.
💀 I think that the "memory loss" trope is a hard one to get right because, by nature, there has to be a lot of telling rather than showing for the MC and the reader to get caught up in the story. Especially in a mystery, which is what this book is at its core, I hate when the reader is just told the answers. That's my biggest gripe with this book without getting spoilery.
👑 That said, I thoroughly enjoyed the ride that this series has been. I liked seeing how all the pieces laid out in Book 1 fit in by the end of this book. I liked the relationship between Emilia and her love interest. I liked the interplay between the Princes of Hell, which we got to see more of in this book. I didn't always love the pacing or the storytelling style, but I did enjoy the writing style (I hope that differentiation makes sense?).
🖤 Overall this was a super fun series that I would have binged in a few days if I didn't have to wait for my Libby holds to come in. Cute banter. Steamy tension. Enough mystery and side plots left that there is room for the series to continue even though I feel like this wrapped up Emilia's arc pretty well.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Cursing, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Death
Moderate: Grief and Kidnapping
booktalkwithrae's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I didn’t love the first book, absolutely devoured book two, and this one just did not live up to my expectation. This book felt completely different tone from the other ones, I felt like the balance between romance and mystery was not quite there, and I lost interest about halfway through the book. Especially when the romance was pretty much resolved. The mystery as a whole we’re good, but I find this book is going to be very forgetful for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
lorepineiro's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content