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Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco

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spatterson7's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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thebookaddict's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny inspiring medium-paced

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

3.5

Nou dit boek was al 10x beter dan deel 2. De limited editions zijn echt prachtig en de art ook. Ik vond deel 1 van alle drie het beste. Hier kwam de italiaanse sfeer naar voren en de spice stond niet centraal. In deel 2 kwam weer te veel spice voor. In deel 3 was hier meer een balans in, wel vond ik de momenten soms wat raar gekozen. De spanning en het plot in dit deel was veel beter dan de vorige delen. Er is voldoende spanning en er gebeurd genoeg. Wel vond ik het weer net iets te snel gaan. Ineens gebeurde er dingen die niet logisch waren op dat moment. Het had beter verdeeld en ingeleid kunnen worden. Deze serie voelt in mijn mening ook niet aan als serie, meer als drie losse boeken die wat overeenkomsten hebben. Ze hebben alle drie totaal anderen vibes. Wel vind ik de prinsen echt top, hier wil ik dan ook meer over lezen. Emilia is soms gwn niet logisch en Vittoria ook niet. Ze zijn apart in hun keuzes.

Ik ga wel de aansluitende serie hierop lezen, want ik ben nog lang niet klaar met de prinsen!

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ladybug12793's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

Unfortunately underwhelming

2 🌶️

Lots of plot holes and things left unresolved. There was way more spice in this book. I enjoy spice but this just felt like a bunch of fillers. I cringed through most of it. 100 pages of this book could’ve been omitted.

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whynotreadwithalex's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Kingdom of the Feared has officially made it onto my "favorites" list. I literally could not devour this book fast enough, and yet every page turn and big reveal had me reaching for the two previous books and flipping back to piece everything together for myself!
Absolute perfection. Everything you could hope for in a final installment of a much-beloved series.
Wrath and Emilia are everything. Easily one of my favorite book couples ever. They are each other's equal in every way!
All the feelings and stress were totally worth it. I can't praise this book enough. And I'm so looking forward to diving back into this addicting world with Maniscalco's new series! Ah, so stoked.

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theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

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aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The steamy scenes use naive language in my opinion, and made it cringey. Great concept for a book though.

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knlipke's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

Okay, I am not a fan of this one. I will always love a happy ending. I will always love love, especially when it’s forbidden. HOWEVER — what the hell was that?

Were the characters the same as they were from the first or even second book? No. What happened to the original plot of the book? Cause it’s not visible whatsoever.

I don’t understand. Her sister, who was against her practically the whole book, all of a sudden switched up her stance and said, “You deserve to be happy.” HUH? I thought you didn’t want them to be together??? Not to mention all the other plot holes I can’t think of now

The only good thing was the spice was good! But this shouldn’t be classified as a Young Adult novel. This shouldn’t be given to 11-14 year olds to read.

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selestre's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

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leahfoko's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

I was so pumped for the plot in this book and then I felt like it was basically just lots of smut every chapter. Like every other scene there was more sexy times. And while that’s not necessarily a bad thing, and sometimes that’s exactly what you want out of a book, the fact that I was SO excited for the plot reveals meant that I was disappointed by how long it took for things to reveal themselves. I wanted more political court intrigue than I ended up getting. I really wanted to love this book, but I just kept finding myself being disappointed hoping for more plot. But once the plot reveals started happening they were quite exciting, and the characters were fun, I just wanted more of that drama™️. I felt like the romance kept interrupting the plot and didn’t really fit in seamlessly. I don’t know, I think the fact that I was expecting more to happen and then not feeling like it really did was sort of disappointing to me. I think the book could’ve been edited down a bit or something. But, that said, the plot reveals that did take place were quite exciting. And one of them I totally didn’t see coming. But there were also some plot lines that just kind of didn’t end up going anywhere which was a little odd to me. Like the vampires and the witches plot lines just sort of disappeared at the end. Anyway, if you’re expecting the book to be 50% smut and 50% plot going into it then you might enjoy it more than me, I just felt I had different expectations for it and therefore was kind of disappointed when they weren’t met. But that’s on me!

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kaelynbyers's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Nothing is what Emilia thought it was. So when a member of Greed's court is murdered, Emilia has to deal with the fact that all signs point to her sister as the one behind it. Wrath and Emilia have to work with the Wicked to solve the murder, and the more answers they find, the more Emilia realizes that nothing has ever been as it seems. But within all of the lies she once believed, she learns a truth that will change everything about her past and her future.

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I was recommended this book by a friend after finishing ACOTAR and this series DID NOT DISSAPOINT.
If you are looking for a finished series that feels like ACOTAR, this one checks a lot of those boxes and I cannot recommend it enough!!

This book is the perfect ending to an amazing series that does not get the hype it deserves! I saw reviews for this book before reading it that said the plot twists went too far, but I disagree. This book has the perfect balance of twists and depth. Maniscalco doesn't sacrifice character development for the shock factor of the twists that she throws in this book! It is the perfect ending to this series and I CANNOT WAIT for Maniscalco to write more books within the Kingdom of the Wicked world!

I could go on and on about all the parts of this book that I love. But I will shorten my list for the sake of the review!
1. The politics of the Seven Circles.
In the midst of trying to find out who committed the murder of Greed's second in command, we get to see into the very messy politics that take place in Hell. Not only do you realize how much the seven princes hide from each other, but you also begin to see certain princes take sides. Envy plays a huge part in Vittoria's return to hell, and there are plenty of times that his side in the situation seems very clear, but as the story continues on, you begin to see moments where Envy is very clearly working for the better of both Emilia and Wrath.
But in the same way that you see the good slowly creep out in Envy, you also see the lengths to which Greed will go to try and get back his second in command as soon as her death is in question. Greed doesn't take sides, but until the end of the book, he still seems to be protecting his own court over the good of the Seven Circles. In the end he does seem to realize that he is simply a prince of Hell and not the Devil himself, so we do get to see him calm down, but it takes a long time to see that.
2. All of the secrets.
Book two started to leave Emilia with the idea that something was off about her life. And in this book we really start to see the things Emilia once believe unravel before her eyes. The life that she thought she lived on the beautiful island she called home quickly turned out to be a hell that was created just to keep her and Vittoria away from the very place she has decided she wants to be. While she may be the goddess Fury, and her and her sister make up the eighth circle of Hell, Vengeance, the process of grief that Emilia goes through is real and vulnerable, but at the same time, the empowerment that comes from Emilia trusting in herself adds a depth to her that we wouldn't have found without that twist.
ALSO CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WRATH LOVED HER AND SHE WAS HIDDEN FROM HIM TO PUNISH HIM AND HE COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECUASE OF THE CURSE?? AND THEN THEY FELL IN LOVE ANYWAY!! I CANNOT.
3. The frickin Devil.
Of all the plot twists in this book, the one that I didn't see coming was Wrath being the Devil. And the fact that Emilia knew who he was, even though she had been in denial of it for so long. AND THE FACT THAT WHEN SHE GOES TO BREAK THE MAGIC LEAF FROM THE TREE WRATH GRABS HER LIKE HE COULD SAVE HER IF SHE HAPPEND TO WRITE DOWN THE WRONG NAME. OH MY GOSH. For the Devil, he sure is a softy when it comes to Emilia.
I do think the fact that the 7 princes were written so well that she was able to hide the Devil from us through three whole books was a genius move. I didn't ever question Pride being the Devil for 2.5 books, so when Emilia finally realizes who Wrath is, my jaw hit the floor.
Looking back on it, it makes sense. One of the princes describes him as "pure justice" and the balance of the 7 circles, so him being the Devil makes the most sense. Also Wrath ending up with Fury is SUCH AN AMAZING PAIRING.
AND THE WINGS. THE FACT THAT HE ALMOST GAVE UP HIS WINGS FOR HER RIGHT AFTER HE GOT THEM BACK. I cried too soon on that one and when I realized that he didn't really give them up I felt really dumb, but I loved it either way!!

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