Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Kingdom of the Wicked, by Kerri Maniscalco

12 reviews

clairew97's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/injury detail, Death, Murder, Torture, Grief, Stalking, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, and Sexual content

amandalorianxo's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

 I'm probably too old for this novel and I recognize that (excuse my annoyance/nit picky woes.) This is my first novel by the author and I primarily did the audiobook take instead of the physical copy. Why the audio narrator was British is beyond me since this is supposed to be Italian based. Was it hard to find someone from Italy that is also an audiobook narrator to read this? Or did they just pick anyone available for the job? Eh, it's not a big deal but it bothered me when the narrator did a pitiful Italian accent. Anyways, there is no enemies-to-lovers trope to this. It's just mild annoyances between two seemingly painfully teenage acting characters who haven't had sex and really want to bone. Also, for someone named Wrath.... he didn't seem like an angry person. More broody and sarcastic. Emilia, I couldn't stand. This definitely reads like it's being set up as part of a series because the bulk of this novel is us learning about this supposed witch/demon world through q&a sessions. I always find that tedious to the audience because I would rather be shown the world compared to just learning about it via conversation. Also, I wish there was more magic. If Emilia's family was supposedly witches.... shouldn't they be doing magic, even in the privacy of their own home?  There seems to be chosen one tropey vibes and bleh. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Blood

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Gore, and Religious bigotry

kshertz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book had me hooked pretty early on. Despite the seemingly silly wrath name. Despite the lack of smut. The plot is super fascinating and it took some twists and turns I didn’t see coming. Enough that I definitely am going to need the rest of the series. I have to hope and wish there would be more smut in the next book. Or way more with the other demon brothers please. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Death of parent, Body horror, Violence, Blood, Child death, and Death

kinskinn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Child death, and Murder

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Injury/injury detail, Grief, Child death, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit and Sexual content

tjhusdan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic friendship, Grief, Confinement, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, and Child death

a_libra_library's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The longer I sit with this, the more I realize I don't remember anything about this book. I did have a good time trying to figure out the mystery.  I will be reading book two and three and I hope Wrath and Emilia's relationship get more developed because it was not giving the tension at all. I think Wrath was modeled after Ryhs from ACTOAR 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Grief, Gore, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, Blood, Cursing, and Death

roosveld's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Gore, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Confinement, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gaslighting

hapalyn's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Grief, Blood, Child death, and Murder