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Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco

nimrah1's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

msnofugl's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

thethirdtimekeeper's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

nivi_a's review

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4.0

I exceptionally enjoyed this book. I already knew wrath was Samael but him being the devil gave me mixed emotions. Emilia improved a bit from the first book. But wrath made me fall deeper. Wrath is a godly demon we all crave for. Overall the book was a lot better than the first one

jilc's review

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3.0

3 1/2 stars. What the fuck was that?

eulela's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful tense 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? No

5.0

areaderenchanted's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

e_knight's review

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

4.5

The lore of the world of the series was much more clear in this book, which I appreciated! The development of the characters took some twists and turns, and spun around in circles a bit more than I think was necessary, but was overall entertaining and kept me on my toes.

_laulee_'s review

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adventurous mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

Was still confused lots of the time, but was such a fascinating and fast nice read.

ceruleanheather's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

I am obsessed! I love this world, the characters, the magic, and the mystery. The author did a lot more world building in the second book, and I really loved the descriptions of everything. I missed that in book one. I could picture every territory and place very vividly this time. 

I love that each circle was themed for that particular sin, down to the small details. Gluttony's palace and circle was crazy! Getting to see more of Envy was a bonus, although it was definitely just a plot device to get Emilia where she needed to be for the story to continue. This was true for a lot of the side characters as well, like Celestia and Fauna. Their existence was nice as it was good for Emilia to have others to talk to and interact with, but they seemed to be spoon feeding Emilia info at just the right times. That was really my only complaint. Each time Emilia talked with another character, she got a little puzzle piece. She did do a good bit of her own sleuthing as well, but I would have liked for her to have a relationship that had nothing to do with the mysteries. Just a friend. Fauna was close.

I was glad to get some more information about the magic in this world this time as well. It is still a bit of a mystery, but it is slowly coming to light. I think it made sense that we discovered it slowly since Emilia is also discovering the magic. There are a lot of secrets and riddles, but they are also there to serve the plot. Everything kind of connects to the murders from book one, but we still don't have a definitive answer about those by the end of the book.

Now the characters. Emilia and Wrath both had a lot of character development this time around! There was still the enemies to (maybe) lovers thing going on some, mostly because Emilia is stubborn and has had it engrained in her brain that the Wicked are all evil and terrible. So naturally there was a lot of tension. I love how the magic of the realm played into this. It was so obvious to me even in book one that there was more going on with Wrath then met the eye, and I had a pretty good guess about his secrets, but seeing him in all of his demon prince glory was absolutely delicious. This book was also definitely not YA anymore. The spice was🔥! Emilia has some vivid imaginings, and then we get some super tense 🌶️ scenes that really drove the story. The relationship between Emilia and Wrath is definitely the focus of this one. There is some overall plot development, but the characters take precedence.

I am so glad I already have all three books so I can go ahead and start the next one, because that ending was pure torture!