Reviews tagging 'War'

Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco

16 reviews

mars_mas_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Demasiado sexual e faz com que tire pare do sentimento dos personagens, a resposta a tudo é sexo, mas o enredo é as voltas e vira voltam recompensam em contrapartida. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: War, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Vomit

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Gore, Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Confinement, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, War, Grief, and Torture

Minor: Stalking, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Vomit, Child death, and Alcohol

marys_books's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

I love this book, was it perfect, no. But i love the characters and the setting. I would absolutely recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Violence, War, and Infidelity

anjasfairylights's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Definitely enjoyed the end of this trilogy, though there were a lot plot twists… like a lot a lot. A few things didn‘t quite make sense in the long run, but honestly, I didn‘t mind. What I really liked were the descriptions of magic. This series is going to be one of my favourite ones, because the fantasy is immaculate. I would love to read more about Maniscalcos special version of hell.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood and War

stllyltc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

Finally finished the trilogy! Hats off to its detailed and creative plot input. It is one of those books that is easy to consume and that you can be fond of. Though the sensual parts were on the extreme wavelength, the twists and thrills around the book leave you satisfied. So many mysteries were unraveled, and there was more room if Vittoria had a story to tell of her own—I'd gladly read it. Overall, it's a satisfying read, though it's too bad Gluttony and Sloth didn't have much of an appearance. I'd love to take up more of them too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, War, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Violence, Blood, Infidelity, and Murder

leonormsousa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Blood, Gaslighting, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, War, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Torture, Violence, and Death

chaptersofamylea's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

‘I used to love wearing flowers in my hair, now I loved watching them turn into pretty weapons and destroy my enemies.’

4 ⭐️

Definitely my favourite of the trilogy, I found it addictive and really fast paced. Now I see why Emilia ‘changed’ so much over the books, but I will say the plot did feel overly complicated in some places. I do want to reread them again in the future just to see if I notice things now I know the things… You know? Plus maybe get to grips with the plot more too. Will continue reading books from this world in the future though. 

TWs: war themes, grief and loss, murder, kidnapping

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

discoverelysian's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.25

I didn’t remember most of what happened in the previous two books and decided to read the finale just because I have the physical copy.

This is a fun and quick end to a trilogy. Some scenes were a bit rushed, and I was surprised that there are quite many spicy scenes but I guess that’s now a trend. Still, this book should be labeled as an adult fantasy. I loved the moment Emilia came to her true self and gained access to her power, she was amazing! This book hinted at some plots that could be explored more in the future series, and personally, I want to know more about Envy and his past as well as Claudia and her decision on her memories.

Overall, if you’re a fan of the series, you will enjoy this one. But if you’re still contemplating whether to read it or not, I suggest diving into it with minimum expectations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Blood and War

victoriousbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Murder, War, and Death

Minor: Kidnapping

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoy the world building and characters in this series.

I think the pacing for this book was great up until the ending. The ending felt anti-climatic and unfinished. Instead it is all rushed and kind of resolved but not in a satisfying way for myself and what I was looking forward to. It is unfortunate that that is the ending we got as the rest of the book didn't feel that way, and the ending is what sticks with most readers.

This will not stop me from reading Kerri Maniscalo's future books, and I look forward to her new works.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence