A review by malignantcactus
The Wicked King by Holly Black

1.0

Even worse than Cruel Prince. Somehow that's possible. Holy Christ, anyone that thinks this series is good (let alone the masterpiece that so many claim it to be) is fucking brain dead.

How can anyone see Jude as anything other than an incompetent moron with a superiority complex? She was betrayed by 90+ percent of the rest of the cast, even multiple times by one character. But yeah, she's a fucking master spy and a badass girl boss that barely survives any form of physical confrontation she gets in.

Black's prose is just as bad and infantile as Cruel Prince. The climax here hinges on the same plot point as Cruel Prince. Write something fucking different.

Christ, I'm going to have a fucking aneurysm over this garbage.