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Kingdom of the Wicked by Derek Landy

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skittyrreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

THIS WAS FUCKING NUTS OH MY GOD???? The politics of the Sanctuaries being a real threat here was so good, Argeddion and the "Summer of Light" was fantastic as a plot, Kitana, Doran and Sean were really intense as villains. Loved how much its highlighted that Skulduggery and Valkyrie are too close to be able to kill each other. Carol getting some time makes the epilogue so painful. Also the dimension shifting??? The stuff with Darquesse???????????? STEPHANIE????? My God.

eleanorlow's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

netflix_and_lil's review against another edition

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4.0

After a pause, I made my return to the world I so desperately want to run a D&D campaign of - right in time for shit to go off the rails.

This was always a 'filler' book to lead into number eight, but despite its ridiculous length, I still had a great time as usual. It's not S tier by any means but it's got INTENSELY hate-able villains, cool new characters, expansion on the politics of the world and hey, just call this Doctor Strange because now we've got the MULTIVERSE BABY.

What I did find was that Skulduggery, despite being in the title, fell to the wayside a little in this one. It's fine, this is Valkyrie's story, but I was surprised by how little his presence impacted the plot. And of course I'm still missing the love of my life, Tanith, but we've got 7.5 next and her name's on the title. And with an ending of this calibre. I'm all hyped up like my preteen self to jump into number 8. LET THE WATERWORKS BEGIN.