Reviews

Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco

lemonrain's review against another edition

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

4.75

shelfrighteous_books's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Emilia and Wrath must work alongside the other princes of Hell in order to settle the unrest simmering in the seven circles. In a dangerous game of intrigue, they face werewolves, vampires, gods and the fabled Feared. Emilia’s world threatens to crash down around her once more as she learns the truth of who she is.

Hands down, this is my favorite series so far this year, and it will be difficult to top. The pacing of these books and the banter between Wrath and Emilia as well as the princes are impeccable. The romance is spicy and sweet, and I adored the final book as much as the first two.

I thought throwing in every manner of dark creature might be a bit much, but it is done so well that all of those worlds I often think of as separate felt seamless. I enjoyed some of the perspective switching between characters who set the original curse into motion, but most of all I appreciated the opportunity to hear more from the other princes because of the comedy that brings.

The only thing that irked me in this book was the use of a few anachronisms like “Own their shit,” that just felt out of place to me. Otherwise, chef’s kiss. I am in love.

shannonweiss's review

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

By far my favorite book of the trilogy. Love how the story turned out for Wrath and Emilia, their story in this book was by far the best of the three books. I loved how all of the pieces from the previous books tied together and everything that we learned in this book.

Learning that Emilia was the goddess of Fury and had been in love with Wrath before was not at all what I expected - I am so glad that they got their happy ending by both making sacrifices of their power for the other

. This book has me wanting to live in the seven circles of hell and have my own Wrath. 

honeysage's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

ali_b123's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

xxpaoolaxx's review

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

suajra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? N/A

4.5

vonderbash's review against another edition

2.0

When I finished Kingdom of the Cursed, I needed this book immediately, and wow it was such a let down.

How could so much have happened yet nothing happened? So many random side characters/plots that didn’t matter. Emilia and Wrath became like that annoying couple in high school that would have dramatic sappy PDA filled goodbyes before going off to separate math classes or whatever. The answers to all the big questions were just so off the wall. I felt like I had missed parts of the book while reading. All the drama and turmoil was fixed so easily. I felt like I was reading a first draft and not a published conclusion to a series.

adtalker's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

sindakhelekwen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book! I liked the ending despite being frustrated at times, especially when it came Emilia I really liked this book. I would have liked to see more when it comes to Sursea along with Pride and Lucia but maybe that will come in time or in the follow up series.