Kingdom of the Feared: The Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling steamy finale to the Kingdom of the Wicked series

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but ultimately, the story wasn’t very climatic. despite the twisty revelations, there was no big crescendo, no build up to the pinnacle of the story— the whole book had a very... underwhelming pace. there was no action. very little intensity. i wasn’t on the edge of my seat at all. i was expecting some clash of powers or slaying of enemies, just something. Pride and Lucia >>>>>> Pride and Vittoria. ily girl, but Lucia and Pride are serving all the best tropes. i have a vision of Vittoria being sapphic, tell me y’all don’t see it too?! Romance Billionaire Romance Erotic Young Adult Crime Fantasy Vampires Science Fiction Thriller Horror Classics Suspense I'll start by saying sex ≠ romance. I wish people nowadays understood that. I have nothing against sex in romance books or in real life. I love reading smutty books. What I have something against though is when the whole relationship development is based on that alone, with no further romantic elements. This is not an erotica book. If so, I wouldn't say a damn thing. This is romantic fantasy/fantasy romance. Add to that that it's also marketed as YA novel, something this book is clearly not when you explicitly tell your readers she gave a blowjob in a gondola and swallowed too. Tell me every dark desire, Emilia. Every fantasy you wish to come true. And I vow to make every one of them happen.”

while this didnt quite excite me as much as ‘kingdom of the cursed’ (its honestly a perfect sequel with literally no flaws), i still really enjoyed being in the world of the seven circles and exploring all of the different kingdoms of the demon brothers, as well as some new places and characters. the plot is also wrapped up very nicely and everything that began in book #1 gets resolved in a very satisfying way. This might not be the end all readers would have envisioned for this series but it wraps up the trilogy perfectly, offering up a hopeful – and oh so steamy – conclusion befitting the sinful world it revolves around. With this favourite fantasy series drawn to a close, all we can do now is patiently wait to see what fictional magic Kerri Maniscalco writes next.Wrath was great but honestly I was even underwhelmed by him. The romance that we’ve all been waiting for for 2 books was steamy, yes, but I felt like his actual character got completely watered down. i kid you not her head was empty other than thoughts of sex. it just got progressively worse and worse, like i am not exaggerating when i tell you she thought of little else but sex for the majority of the book. or if it wasn’t necessarily sex, everything just had sexual undertone to it or was motivated by sex. it was actually so exhausting. When a high-ranking member of House Greed is assassinated, damning evidence somehow points to Vittoria as the murderer. Now, Emilia will do anything to get to the bottom of these accusations against the sister she thought she knew. Emilia yearns to claim her king, the seductive Prince of Wrath, in the flesh. She wants him, heart and soul – but that’s something the enigmatic demon can’t promise her.

granted, she didn’t have the best start for me because yeahhhh, that introduction was a bit cliche— all she needed to do was twiddle her lil moustache and voila! caricature villain. her interaction with Emilia felt kinda surface-level and cheap, i just wasn’t feeling it. but the more Vittoria is explored, her complexities and nuances were explored too.

At the end of Cursed, Emilia had just found out that her twin sister Vittoria, who she’d long thought murdered, was still alive. And not only was she alive, but she was set on a path of destruction that threatened all Emilia held dear. When Feared begins, Emilia is reeling from the discovery but she’s on the cusp of completing her marriage to the seductive Prince of Wrath (cue the sizzles) and Vittoria seems hell bent on ruining the union. When a high-ranking member of House Greed is assassinated, damning evidence points to Emilia’s twin as the murderer. But the circumstances are suspicious and Emilia, whilst hurt and betrayed by her sister, will do anything to get to the bottom of the accusations, for good or bad. I have to agree with those reviewers who said this book felt different and that the plot was a tad all over the place while also getting lost amidst too much smut, at the same time. I also felt really overwhelmed by how things concerning the stratospheric build-up the author's been crafting around Emilia's identity eventually ended.