A review by jenhawk
Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco

5.0

Witches, Demons, Devils, Witch hunters, Werewolves
Enemies to lovers!!
Let me go ahead and say this was an AMAZING book.
I give the writing style and content structure of the book 5/5.

What I liked most about the book was the family.
The twins sisters- Emilia and Vittoria
Emilia's character is more structured, naive in a way and rule follower. Emilia loves to cook and create new ideas for recipes, I could relate because I love to eat.
Vittoria was very adventurous and a risktakers. The two sisters got along so great and were very close......so I thought....
Vittoria had SECRETS!!! After reading the entire book I came to the conclusion that Vittoria was trying to keep her family safe by taking it upon herself to close the gates of hell. Vittoria was brave, fearless and clever.....

Vittoria died...
I obviously knew a brutal murder was going to happen but the sister!! I was shocked and so was Emilia because she was the one who found her !!
Grief took over, It changed Emilia but in a way I see it also evolved her.
Emilia didn't do the things she loved anymore instead she decided to focus on who murdered her sister. Which our first suspect was the one who she saw with Vittoria as she was dead. A Demon.
So what did she do ...She summoned a Demon !!
which now comes in the Demon Wrath and the one who was there.

This Demon wrath was written so perfect. Even though he was a Demon, He was very well mannered, Respectful, Thoughtful and sweet to Emilia. That made him my favorite character.
Now don't get it twisted, he was a shit to everyone else but I definitely let it slide.

come to find out Wrath wasn't the murderer.
I was blindsided when I found out who it actually was.

This was like fantasy/mystery/thriller type of story and I was all here for it.

Plot twist and surprises made this so interesting that I kept flipping those pages.

One plot twist that I found was my most favorite was the part where Wrath had to translate the true meaning of her "protection spell" towards him. Emilia made an error and instead of a protection spell she bounded him to her forever as in marriage. Blew my mind when I read it. In the end I was rooting for them.

Wrath and Emilia together was so beautiful.. there was a bit of smooch here and there but nothing beyond that.... yet .. maybe in book 2 or 3.. ill have to find out but i was rooting for both of them to just get together and fall in love ....
but then she HAD to be engaged to Wrath brother Pride (disclaimer we don't know their real name as of right now) sure enough I was heartbroken.

This book was an adventure. The ending gave me closure because the true killer is revealed and Emilia is going to get her justice and we will find out how i assume in book 2.
I definitely recommend this book! I plan on continuing this series.