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sami_leigh's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
🌶️/5
‘Of course. There is nothing more dangerous than a woman who owns who she is and apologises to none.’
💀 First person POV (Emilia)
💀 Fantasy
💀 Second book in trilogy
💀 New Adult
💀 World Building easy to follow
💀 MC plot to avenge sister
💀 Nothing is what it seems
💀 Family secrets
💀 Curse
💀 In the Seven Circles of hell
💀 Well established secondary characters
💀 Enemies to lovers
💀 Slow burn — tension! 🔥
⚠️ Violence, blood, death, gore, grief, witchcraft.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Blood
Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Grief
xtinashad's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Wow, I didn't think the second book could be any better than the first but it was! She is adamant and driven to find out who killed her sister, she' had to become more conniving in her search which is a dangerous game in hell.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
darbyl's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, and Sexual content
anoveldestination's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
5.0
I don't know what editor or publisher told Kerri Maniscalco that ending was okay because it was everything but okay.
Kerri Maniscalco knows how to write a plot. I was intrigued throughout the whole book, and while I predicted some of the plot twists, I didn't predict all of them. The story is constantly moving forward. I love how some things come together at the end and the new questions presented. The relationship between Wrath and Emilia also stood out in this book. It's definitely more new adult than young adult than the last book. There's more romance in this book, but I thought there was a perfect balance between relationship development and plot development in this book. This is definitely turning out to be one of my all-time favorite fantasy series, and I can't wait for the next book!
Kerri Maniscalco knows how to write a plot. I was intrigued throughout the whole book, and while I predicted some of the plot twists, I didn't predict all of them. The story is constantly moving forward. I love how some things come together at the end and the new questions presented. The relationship between Wrath and Emilia also stood out in this book. It's definitely more new adult than young adult than the last book. There's more romance in this book, but I thought there was a perfect balance between relationship development and plot development in this book. This is definitely turning out to be one of my all-time favorite fantasy series, and I can't wait for the next book!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Grief
Minor: Death and Murder
foreverinastory's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This was definitely better than the first. Loved how much darker this one was!
Kingdom of the Cursed brings Emilia to Hell. She has agreed to marry the Devil in order to find out what happened to her sister and protect her family. But the more Emilia learns about her heritage, the more she doubts the deal she made with Wrath.
This was a slower moving book, but I really enjoyed it. We see Emilia develop more agency for herself. She's beginning to trust her body and disregard the sexist and misogynistic human teachings of the church. I loved seeing Emilia embrace her inner darkness, her sensuality and her power. It was intoxicating to watch. And then there's the whole Wrath vs. Emilia dynamic. Oh god, I loved it so much in this book. I don't know what was different, but I was SO invested.
For a lot of the book, we're left wondering where things are going. And I'm still wondering after I finished. There's a lot of exploration of the witches history and their part in the bargain between the first witch and the Devil. While we do get an idea of what happened, I still want to know more. There were quite a few plot twists, some I did call (and was happy about) and a couple that surprised me.
Bottom line is this sequel surprised me and I'm excited for book 3!
Rep: white Sicilian-Italian female MC, white Sicilian-Italian side characters, BIPOC male side character (Indian coded), BIPOC female side character.
CWs: Alcohol consumption, blood, death, gore, grief, murder, sexual content, violence. Moderate: injury/injury detail, cursing, drug use, alcoholism, sexual harassment, torture, confinement, religious bigotry, sexism, misogyny.
Kingdom of the Cursed brings Emilia to Hell. She has agreed to marry the Devil in order to find out what happened to her sister and protect her family. But the more Emilia learns about her heritage, the more she doubts the deal she made with Wrath.
This was a slower moving book, but I really enjoyed it. We see Emilia develop more agency for herself. She's beginning to trust her body and disregard the sexist and misogynistic human teachings of the church. I loved seeing Emilia embrace her inner darkness, her sensuality and her power. It was intoxicating to watch. And then there's the whole Wrath vs. Emilia dynamic. Oh god, I loved it so much in this book. I don't know what was different, but I was SO invested.
For a lot of the book, we're left wondering where things are going. And I'm still wondering after I finished. There's a lot of exploration of the witches history and their part in the bargain between the first witch and the Devil. While we do get an idea of what happened, I still want to know more. There were quite a few plot twists, some I did call (and was happy about) and a couple that surprised me.
Bottom line is this sequel surprised me and I'm excited for book 3!
Rep: white Sicilian-Italian female MC, white Sicilian-Italian side characters, BIPOC male side character (Indian coded), BIPOC female side character.
CWs: Alcohol consumption, blood, death, gore, grief, murder, sexual content, violence. Moderate: injury/injury detail, cursing, drug use, alcoholism, sexual harassment, torture, confinement, religious bigotry, sexism, misogyny.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
abigailbooksaddiction's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
After finishing the first book of the series, I had to read the second book. And I was so glad that I had the second book in my hands. I needed to know what Emilia was going to do now. The suspense is killing me that I devour the Kingdom of the Cursed in one night.
Emilia, the balls you have. You have strong determination in finding out who killed your sister no matter what. It may cost you, but you have loyalty. I condemn you for that. That's devotion and time spent finding out the truth. It's going to be a while because hell has a whole lot of secrets there. Not everything is what it seems. It may sound confusing, but it's the truth. Expect a lot of the unexpected and surprising as you read this book. So many secrets come out, but yet there are more secrets to be hidden as well.
Emilia, the balls you have. You have strong determination in finding out who killed your sister no matter what. It may cost you, but you have loyalty. I condemn you for that. That's devotion and time spent finding out the truth. It's going to be a while because hell has a whole lot of secrets there. Not everything is what it seems. It may sound confusing, but it's the truth. Expect a lot of the unexpected and surprising as you read this book. So many secrets come out, but yet there are more secrets to be hidden as well.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
genevievecollum's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Sexual harassment
malomegh's review against another edition
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, and Blood
Moderate: Gore and Alcohol
bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing
readwithrheane's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Update: Book one's definitely better than this book after a second reading. Lol. I had to downgrade my rating from 3.5 to 2.5 (and this is me being generous already). I'm sorry. 🙁 I might read the book 3 though just to see what's gonna happen.
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This book picked up quickly to where book one left off.
The first few chapters were a bit slow though and I find the training session dragging when Emilia didn't even encountered any of what she was trained for in the party. And the other Princes of Hell were bland as hell. Pride didn't come off as frightening, spooky, and every scary descriptions you could think of like he's supposed to be being the known powerful King of Hell.
And half of the book is either Emilia thirsting for Wrath or just them all over each other and I'm like, I don't know what's happening anymore. Where's the plot? I love spice but I also love good plot!
But I did enjoy some parts. There's just one chapter that I would like to think it didn't happen as I was so uncomfortable reading it (Chapter 17 😬). Was it really necessary to add this scene? I don't think so.
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This book picked up quickly to where book one left off.
The first few chapters were a bit slow though and I find the training session dragging when Emilia didn't even encountered any of what she was trained for in the party. And the other Princes of Hell were bland as hell. Pride didn't come off as frightening, spooky, and every scary descriptions you could think of like he's supposed to be being the known powerful King of Hell.
And half of the book is either Emilia thirsting for Wrath or just them all over each other and I'm like, I don't know what's happening anymore. Where's the plot? I love spice but I also love good plot!
But I did enjoy some parts. There's just one chapter that I would like to think it didn't happen as I was so uncomfortable reading it (Chapter 17 😬). Was it really necessary to add this scene? I don't think so.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Sexual harassment