A review by mushroombeep
Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

realistically this is probably closer to a 3, but it’s the most interesting concept for a NA book that i’ve read recently and i enjoyed that a lot. i would honestly have rated this higher if not for the fact that i honestly can’t stand emilia. her personality is pretty flat and it seems like a case of well-intentioned girlboss protag whose girlbossness manifests as doing whatever she wants under any circumstance. she repeatedly made the same mistakes and didn’t seem to learn from any of her choices, which was annoying to read. a smaller qualm is that i honestly can’t see the relationship between her and the love interest actually working because it seems like the only positive quality she can find about him is that he’s sexy. like lowkey it seems like she can’t stand him. anyway it felt like this had a lot of potential plot wise and its main detriment was how the main character was kind of stupid and annoying. i still really enjoyed it and will be hoping that the second book contains some character development for emilia 
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