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Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco

26 reviews

politewriter's review

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A rather thrilling fantasy novel. The world building had some rather fantastic depths and color to it. It was really easy to see how the author incorporated their personal experience. I really liked how that meshed. Some elements of their story seemed to get muddled at times, and I found myself needing to go back to reread something in order to understand what was happening. Lots of characters, but the author does a good job of keeping them all straight— as well as their alliances and organizations. However, FL seemed to have very little development throughout the story. She made a lot of odd choices, and that really took away from the tension of the story. I liked the chemistry between the FL and the ML tremendously. I hope to see that further developed in the second volume. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Torture

rosalie5's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, and Deadnaming

mypatronusisajedi's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Murder, Grief, Death, Blood, and Alcohol

escapinginpaper's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol

mia_s_book_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I actually enjoyed this book! Wasn’t so sure since thriller isn’t my go to genre but color me surprised, this was good! Loved Wrath and everything about him. However Emilia annoyed me a lot at times, being very obnoxious and making very poor choices, but I do respect her need for vengeance, wit and quick thinking. Also loved the Italian components incorporated into the whole plot, made the book so much more intriguing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual assault

hungryhornyinsomniac's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I have not felt such joy since reading folk of the air…this book fills that need.

I am obsessed with the plot, characters and especially Wrath.

He gives me consent King vibes without saying anything. I loved him

I want everyone to read this book. I want to experience this book again, it was amazing.

It feels a need for witches and demon boyfriends. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Blood

Minor: Alcohol and Body horror