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Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco

31 reviews

absygal88's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Blood, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

3.0

I picked this up because of how much I enjoyed the Kingdom of the Wicked series.
"Throne of the Fallen" is the latest fantasy stand-a-lone from Kerri Maniscalco. Prince of Envy is trying to protect his court, so when he receives a cryptic note, he has no other choice but enter a deadly game. Camilla has gotten on the wrong side of a very influential enemy. She is now being blackmailed, and in an effort to not be involved in a scandal, she is forced to work with Envy. The pair go on a journey through the Underworld and are trying very hard to not fall in love.
I was really excited to pick up this book, but unfortunately, I did not enjoy it as much as I thought I would. The story ended up being way too long, and it took me a LONG time to really get into it. I loved seeing the passion and chemistry between Envy and Camilla, but the rest of the story really dragged for me.
This book does have some great world building, and I think Kerri Maniscalco has really found her place in what to write about. I was also shocked by some of the reveals at the end, which was a fun way to conclude the story.
Although slightly disappointed by this book, I will still read from Kerri Maniscalco in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Torture, Sexual content, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape and Slavery

graceev's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, War, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abandonment

Blackmail

midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Throne of the Fallen is the adult fantasy romance debut from Kerri Maniscalco. It’s Prince Envy’s story from the Kingdom of the Wicked world. Along with his romantic lead, Camilla Antonius. This was a fun steamy book that expanded on a fan favorite Prince of Hell’s story and I’m looking forward to the other two Prince’s stories (particularly Pride and Lucia!).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Torture, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual content, Murder, and Death

soniajoy98's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death, Sexual assault, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Cursing, Blood, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Child death, Kidnapping, Suicide, Grief, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Fire/Fire injury, and Physical abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Vomit

knlipke's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This is definitely waaaay better than the Kingdom of the Wicked series. I love Envy & Camilla!

The bonus Wrath/Emilia scene was 10/10, wish it was longer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Torture

bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Torture, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Sexual assault

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

The amount of tabs I have in this book is ridiculous!!! I just LOOOOVE Camilla & Envy!! And the sass!!! Camilla is so sassy, I love it!! She gives it right back to Envy, beating him at his own games! 💚
The twists & turns in this book were incredible too! Some I saw coming, some that took me completely by surprise! 
And all the references from Kingdom Of The Wicked! And the jealousy between Envy & Camilla is on point! I can’t get enough of it! I already want to reread it! 
In the words of Kerri herself..
"For those who can’t help falling for the villain and love a sinfully wicked fairy tale, this one is for you."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Torture, Abandonment, and Confinement

Minor: Kidnapping and Death of parent

laylareadsthings's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I adore the Kingdom of the Wicked series, and especially loved the (under)world-building that trilogy set up. The demon princes are a wild time, and diving into Envy’s book was such a ride. This book is definitely more adult than YA, but I think also keeps a lot of the whimsy and fun that only YA fantasy worlds can weave. 

This is a behemoth of a book, but the plot and pacing are great. Pauses to breathe where it needs to, and doesn’t waste time info dumping or describing something if it’s not necessary to keep the story going. I’m intrigued by literally every new side character who’s introduced and cameos from the KotW trilogy feel organic and serve to further the story and Envy’s character. 

I was hooked into the romance from the first barbs exchanged between these two. I laughed out loud more than once. I would fold so fast in a relationship like this, I can’t take the slightest HINT of a tease, but omg what FUN to read these two just ruthlessly go after each other haha. Games on games were played, and I loved it. Envy is nothing if not a mastermind and so it takes someone with just as cunning a brain and more than enough strength of character to match that. 

I’d give this book only a 1.5 - 2 on the spice scale, but look I read A LOT of spice so my scale might be skewed 😅. 

The reveal of Camilla’s true character was really the only hiccup here for me. In any book, I really do despise a conflict that could have been resolved or addressed at literally any point in time during the book with a conversation, and so for about 10 pages at the 90% mark I wanted to just scream non stop. You can guess fairly early on what Camilla is, but there was such richness to her back story, I think I would have been more impacted by it if there had been more breadcrumbs along the way. No time is wasted wrapping it up though, and the resolution is believable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Sexual content

Minor: Blood, Gore, Murder, Torture, and Violence

kayanoelle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

3.25

I really enjoyed the book, Camilla is a great protagonist and her and Envy‘s dynamic was amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Torture, Gore, Confinement, and Blood

Minor: Vomit