3.79 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Kingdom of the Wicked was an interesting read with a dark, atmospheric setting that kept me curious enough to keep going. The concept of witches and demons in historical Italy felt fresh, and the world-building was immersive, even if it took a bit to fully take shape.

Emilia was a decent protagonist—her grief and determination felt believable, though some of her choices left me raising an eyebrow. Wrath had the usual mysterious love interest vibe, which worked well enough, though I didn’t find myself entirely swept up in the romance.

The pacing was a little uneven in parts, but the story picked up toward the end, and I’m intrigued enough to continue with the next book. It wasn’t perfect, but it delivered on what it promised: a moody, magical mystery with just enough heat and danger to keep things entertaining.


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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark medium-paced
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Would probably give this 4.5 stars.
I really, really enjoyed reading this book even though it was kind of confusing at some parts. Amazing story, good writing.

The only thing that really bothered me were the occasional Italian words in-between the English. It makes no sense to have a "Buongiorno" when everything else is written in English and it felt rather obnoxious. Like the writer had to remind everyone "Hey look! This book is set in Italy!!"
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I somehow managed to space out the entire book?
adventurous dark 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: Yes

Жалко за хубавата идея. Наистина жалко. Изпълнението беше меко казано дилетантско. Толкова профанско писане не бях срещала скоро. Положението беше толкова зле, че чак беше смешно. Пълна пародия...