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Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco

22 reviews

thissmoi's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

I can’t get over how much better this was than the first one

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nota_candycaine's review against another edition

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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? It's complicated

4.5

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sami_leigh's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

🌶️/5

‘Of course. There is nothing more dangerous than a woman who owns who she is and apologises to none.’

💀 First person POV (Emilia)

💀 Fantasy

💀 Second book in trilogy

💀 New Adult

💀 World Building easy to follow

💀 MC plot to avenge sister

💀 Nothing is what it seems

💀 Family secrets

💀 Curse

💀 In the Seven Circles of hell

💀 Well established secondary characters

💀 Enemies to lovers

💀 Slow burn — tension! 🔥

⚠️ Violence, blood, death, gore, grief, witchcraft.

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kat_3000's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

This is basically a spicy whatpad book. I was very disappointed as it is 99% Sex and like 10 pages of plot

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foreverinastory's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

This was definitely better than the first. Loved how much darker this one was!

Kingdom of the Cursed brings Emilia to Hell. She has agreed to marry the Devil in order to find out what happened to her sister and protect her family. But the more Emilia learns about her heritage, the more she doubts the deal she made with Wrath.

This was a slower moving book, but I really enjoyed it. We see Emilia develop more agency for herself. She's beginning to trust her body and disregard the sexist and misogynistic human teachings of the church. I loved seeing Emilia embrace her inner darkness, her sensuality and her power. It was intoxicating to watch. And then there's the whole Wrath vs. Emilia dynamic. Oh god, I loved it so much in this book. I don't know what was different, but I was SO invested.

For a lot of the book, we're left wondering where things are going. And I'm still wondering after I finished. There's a lot of exploration of the witches history and their part in the bargain between the first witch and the Devil. While we do get an idea of what happened, I still want to know more. There were quite a few plot twists, some I did call (and was happy about) and a couple that surprised me.

Bottom line is this sequel surprised me and I'm excited for book 3!

Rep: white Sicilian-Italian female MC, white Sicilian-Italian side characters, BIPOC male side character (Indian coded), BIPOC female side character.

CWs: Alcohol consumption, blood, death, gore, grief, murder, sexual content, violence. Moderate: injury/injury detail, cursing, drug use, alcoholism, sexual harassment, torture, confinement, religious bigotry, sexism, misogyny.

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malomegh's review against another edition

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5.0

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leedolee's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Thoroughly entertaining if not confusing at some points.

The book definitely kept you on your toes and made you wonder what could possibly come next. I'm definitely looking forward to the third and final book!

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