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desirai'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Murder, Violence, Blood, and Grief
Minor: Drug abuse and Cursing
sonshinelibrarian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I honestly try to find something positive in most books. I rate on vibes and tend to rate high. But I can't do either for this book. First, I'm really tired of labeling something NA being an excuse to just cram in tons of smut for no real purpose. I can at least understand if the scene is an important part of the plot (though I would argue you don't need to be descriptive or graphic even in that case), however, there is basically no plot to this book. It's a string of these scenes (many of which are hallucinated, for lack of a better world) broken up by Emilia's determinations to avenge her sister while not actually doing much of anything. Even the loss of her magic is barely noticed or referenced though it should be a HUGE plot point because she's too busy thinking about seducing or being seduced by Wrath. The one "big reveal" I saw coming from the middle of the last book. The other big reveal does have me intrigued *just* enough to listen to the third book, but if I wasn't listening to the free audiobook from my Library I would not be continuing. Also, I used the skip forward 30 seconds A LOT in this book and don't feel like I missed anything actually important. I lost a lot of respect for Emilia in this book that I don't think can be redeemed, but we'll see.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Cursing
meat_muffin's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Dude I’m not gonna lie, I had no idea what was happening a solid 1/3 of the time in this book - I think the author THINKS things are clear, but until she explicitly says them it’s all confusing.
That being said… I ate this shit up 😂
That being said… I ate this shit up 😂
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Sexual content, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Minor: Torture and Violence
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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Blood
Minor: Rape, Kidnapping, Confinement, Violence, Torture, Death, Self harm, Infidelity, and Alcohol
aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence
moonchild_cos's review
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Blood, and Sexual content
Moderate: Death and Murder
Minor: Rape, Religious bigotry, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment
kayanoelle's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
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
4.5
Okay so I don't know where to begin. I liked this book a lot more than the first one!! Emilia and Wrath's chemistry is incredible, omg.
The main aspect that distinguished this from the first book for me was that some of the plot points finally made sense. There's still a lot of things I don't really understand so I hope that in book three, everything will be tied together.
Wrath... I love that man (demon? prince? All of them!). Girl, the way I was giggling and kicking my feet about some of the things he said... he's so protective, too, but not in an unsettling or suffocating way.
Emilia's character development throughout this book was crazy but it didn't feel far fetched. It actually made sense why she would react in certain ways and she's such a badass now, I love it. (I don't know if I wanna be her or be with her😔💃🏻) Her actions were still a little reckless but definitely less so than in book 1, which was a relief.
This book was also surprisingly funny, I laughed out loud several times.
Last aspect: I really love all of the Princes, they're so funny?? Yes, they're violent and prone to their respective sins but you know... I just love their vibes (especially Gluttony tbh).
See yall for book three xx
The main aspect that distinguished this from the first book for me was that some of the plot points finally made sense. There's still a lot of things I don't really understand so I hope that in book three, everything will be tied together.
Wrath... I love that man (demon? prince? All of them!). Girl, the way I was giggling and kicking my feet about some of the things he said... he's so protective, too, but not in an unsettling or suffocating way.
Emilia's character development throughout this book was crazy but it didn't feel far fetched. It actually made sense why she would react in certain ways and she's such a badass now, I love it. (I don't know if I wanna be her or be with her😔💃🏻) Her actions were still a little reckless but definitely less so than in book 1, which was a relief.
This book was also surprisingly funny, I laughed out loud several times.
Last aspect: I really love all of the Princes, they're so funny?? Yes, they're violent and prone to their respective sins but you know... I just love their vibes (especially Gluttony tbh).
See yall for book three xx
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Death, Alcohol, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Grief, and Murder
robynlynae's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
4 ⭐️, 3.5 in 🌶, ✅ escape test
in 2024, we support women's wrongs. we also support men who support women's wrongs.
This book was waaay sexier than the first and I was 100% here for it. Wanna know what else I was totally here for? Emilia fucking everyone up.
I really love the world that Kerri Maniscalco has created and the magic system is really fascinating to me. The way she describes food had me hungry for a good antipasto the entire time and the way she described Wrath had me thirsty the entire time.
I must give major kudos to the audiobook VAs as they did a phenomenal job and the production was eerie and definitely contributed to the reason I enjoyed this book so much.
in 2024, we support women's wrongs. we also support men who support women's wrongs.
This book was waaay sexier than the first and I was 100% here for it. Wanna know what else I was totally here for? Emilia fucking everyone up.
I really love the world that Kerri Maniscalco has created and the magic system is really fascinating to me. The way she describes food had me hungry for a good antipasto the entire time and the way she described Wrath had me thirsty the entire time.
I must give major kudos to the audiobook VAs as they did a phenomenal job and the production was eerie and definitely contributed to the reason I enjoyed this book so much.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol and Cursing
clairew97's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Sexual content
sunsetcity's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Confinement