Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco

34 reviews

alxisrae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

2.75

This book is the CW of YA. It wouldn’t surprise me if this became a CW series, and I don’t mean that as a compliment. Just…no. First 1/2 I was interested and it quickly became a muddled mess of a FMC that was reckless beyond belief and a messy as fuck timeline. Also there is no spice (not that a good book needs one) but for booktok to scream of the “spice” in this book….there is one make out scene. ONE. Just do yourself a favor and skip this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

bigfootsbiggestfan's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Grief, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Violence

ramakn22's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Murder

jen_sten's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Death

Minor: Religious bigotry

emmacartlidge's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Religious bigotry

courtnoodles's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The only things holding this book together were vibes, and honestly those were threadbare.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit and Religious bigotry

darquedreamer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

Since the SJTR series, I knew I would love anything Kerri wrote, and there's no surprise to find truth in that.

I loved the darkness of this one. It was tense and moody and sultry and I couldn't get enough of it all. I loved the story line and the characters and I loved how different it was from SJTR, but I also loved how Emilia possessed badass, and smart ass, qualities from Audrey Rose too. 

I wanted to fly through this one, but also wanted to take my time and let it sizzle and burn! I can't wait to continue the trilogy! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Body horror, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Violence, Sexual content, Death, and Sexual assault

pages_of_sav's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Gore and Religious bigotry

chrysanthxmum's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Mental illness, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

abcdefgerda's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

Would totally be a 5 star but I don't really give 5 stars to firsts in a series because I feel like the story's just starting and I'm getting to know the vibes and characters. There's growth you know.

Okay I was getting some serious Cruel Prince(Holly Black) and Gilded(Marissa Meyer) vibes, both of which are some of my top 10 books so suffice to say I was really liking this story.

Emilia is badass and hot femme fatale but also scared and vulnerable and makes dumb mistakes and we love her for it honestly.

Wrath is a Drama Queen and it just might be the best thing I've witnessed this year. Truly. If drama was a sin, he'd be named that instead.

Overall we have a ton of demons and dangerous beasts and betrayal and mystery and familial love and spells and betrayal and dark princes. And the gorgeous gowns and hairstyles and gowns(!!!!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Vomit, Xenophobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Sexism