A review by abetterpaige
King of Wrath by Ana Huang

emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

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Hey Google, play Partition by Beyonce🥵 

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Ana Huang is keeping us fed with a new 7 book series, each showcasing one of the seven deadly sins. She kicked it off with Dante Russo, a ruthless businessman who’s married to his work and his billions. The female MC is Vivian Lau, and heiress to a new-money, jewelry conglomerate and proud owner of her own luxury event planning business. In Vivian’s family, arranged marriages aren’t uncommon, especially when they have the family’s best interest at heart. Her rocky relationship with her parents survives because of her respect for them, and when they tell her that she’s to be married, there’s nothing she can do but bite her tongue and accept it. Her husband by force? Dante Russo. 

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The first 100 pages of this book were 100 of my favorite pages written by Ana yet - I thought they were fun, funny, and immediately drew me in. Vivian is so multidimensional and I really liked her friends. After that… I was kind of surprised by the book. It wasn’t nearly as spicy as I thought it would be, and Dante and Vivian went from “enemies” to “kind of lovers” WAY faster than I thought they would. We also lost some of the side characters as we got into the depths of the story, in a way that didn’t happen in the Twisted series. Dante is a LOT like Christian so reading their stories so close together felt repetitive… but obviously I love him. 

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I still ate this book up in like two sittings and loved it, but I’m hoping Ana reinvents the wheel a little on the next book in the series… and maybe spices it up even a bit more!