3.79 AVERAGE


Ok Maniscalco knows what’s up-

- Exciting
- MAGIC
- D A R K MAGIC
- the sins incarnated in hot men!!!
- family dynamics and cool grandma
- the witchy vibes with the herbs and the spells, I ate it up nomnom
- different demons roaming around
- no one is to be trusted
- who do I like?? Idk yet cause they might be the badguy
- Enemies to lovers??
- murders with a good amount of gore
adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
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: No
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The banter, the tension, the drama! I was hooked from start to finish! Plus who doesn't love a raging FMC!
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cocopuff3438's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 42%

Flat, non-sensical and unrealized MC who just came off as infuriating. Poorly executed plot that doesn’t intrigue me with creative ideas nor pretty prose. 

⚠️ SPOILER WARNING.

So… I read Kingdom of the Wicked in like 4 days and honestly? I have no notes. EXCEPT:
Wrath. is. SO. FINE.
I don’t know why I liked him so much but I did. It just happened. Don’t ask me.

And Vitoria??? Girl, why are you hiding everything all the time?? She was keeping so many secrets it actually started pissing me off. BUT ANYWAY—
I went into this book with zero clue what it was about and somehow ended up obsessed.
Now the problem is: I DON’T HAVE BOOK 2. And I have to wait like a whole week and I’m NOT OKAY.
cue crying noises in the background

Alsoooo... I really liked the concept. The worldbuilding. The aesthetic.
BUT THAT KISS SCENE between Emilia and Wrath?
Yeah, I didn’t vibe.

Like. Why is every single kiss in fantasy books written the exact same way??
✨ “He wants to devour me, it’s savage yet soft, dark yet powerful. I know it’s wrong, but I want more.” ✨
LIKE??? ENOUGH. ENOUGH WITH THIS.
Why does every male character have to be this mysterious, emotionally repressed, dark, sexy, tortured, god-like creature with tragic trauma and killer instincts? And why is the kiss always written like an elegant fever dream????

Please. I beg. Write a different kind of kiss. I'm so tired.

2.8
I guess this just wasn't for me (tbh I don't even know why I finished this.. ). I suppose witches are not my thing, though it may just have been the writing style of the author, weird interruptions of the plot by cooking/recipe thoughts of the fmc and the too obvious storyline.

Baby girl is STOOPID.