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Kingdom of the Wicked
by Derek Landy
4,5/5 stars
this book made me sad, but in a good way, which i've been warned is gonna change for the worst in the next installations.
first of all, this whole mess with argeddion could have been avoided if they went to see china. but then again, without her library.... it does make sense that they'd have a harder time finding answers. however you could feel that the book wasn't complete without her in it (the other version doesn't count. rip.) and i missed her. i hope she is okay and is gonna fuck over eliza very soon.
also!! we got tanith back. well, "tanith." i'm still so fucking sad about what happened. i want her back. properly. not the remnant, not it pretending to be a part of /tanith/. because we see valkyrie friendless, if not for skulduggery, and she mentions it and that passage deadass made me cry. she has her reflection, but how much does that count exactly? i do think before the alternative dimension it was genuine and the sharp turn in personality kind of made me sad, but then again, was it? it showed some signs starting from at least book 4, if not 3. the thing with valkyrie being uncertain about her memories, also it having worry and love for the family, etc etc. was the want to become the only stephanie always there, dormant, and the torture just brought it up to the surface, or was the reflection planning this for a while? i guess we'll see. i can't say i blame it for wanting steph's life that it has been living for years now, but then again i'm def not there for anyone hurting valkyrie. except maybe darquesse. but i don't want her to be too badly hurt, yeah?? it's lowkey scaring me to see the line between the two being so blurred, but i also want valkyrie to reach her full potential.
and the alternative dimension. first, lord vile!! still being bad!! that was so interesting and the moment valkyrie recognized skulduggery's footsteps, i wept. their relationship is so powerful and deep and deadass is the best part of the books. their partnership is what makes this series my fave, i love them so so much. can you believe skulduggery is ready to give up on everything, including his work and life to watch over valkyrie so she doesn't fulfill the visions??? oh my God derek landy, my heart was ready to burst. i'm saying this now, they better not fully die in the massacre to come (aka what i've been told is gonna happen in lsodm and book 9) because i can't say i will be able to survive that either.
this book made me sad, but in a good way, which i've been warned is gonna change for the worst in the next installations.
first of all, this whole mess with argeddion could have been avoided if they went to see china. but then again, without her library.... it does make sense that they'd have a harder time finding answers. however you could feel that the book wasn't complete without her in it (the other version doesn't count. rip.) and i missed her. i hope she is okay and is gonna fuck over eliza very soon.
also!! we got tanith back. well, "tanith." i'm still so fucking sad about what happened. i want her back. properly. not the remnant, not it pretending to be a part of /tanith/. because we see valkyrie friendless, if not for skulduggery, and she mentions it and that passage deadass made me cry. she has her reflection, but how much does that count exactly?
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especially by the end of the book, as it kills carol and we learn that the torture it went through made it ready to overthrow the og steph™.......and the alternative dimension. first, lord vile!! still being bad!! that was so interesting and the moment valkyrie recognized skulduggery's footsteps, i wept. their relationship is so powerful and deep and deadass is the best part of the books. their partnership is what makes this series my fave, i love them so so much. can you believe skulduggery is ready to give up on everything, including his work and life to watch over valkyrie so she doesn't fulfill the visions??? oh my God derek landy, my heart was ready to burst. i'm saying this now, they better not fully die in the massacre to come (aka what i've been told is gonna happen in lsodm and book 9) because i can't say i will be able to survive that either.