Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco

75 reviews

desirai's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Cursing and Drug abuse

lunahale's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

i read this so fast and i had such a great time 😭 i really think this was miles above book one, and i was so much more interested in the story this time around. the only reason it doesn’t get five stars is because the writing felt just a little inconsistent. it’s like this book was trying to jump out of the young adult category with the sex scenes and the plot lines, but the inner monologues and the prose just couldn’t quite get it there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

mj_86's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood

meat_muffin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-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

4.0

Dude I’m not gonna lie, I had no idea what was happening a solid 1/3 of the time in this book - I think the author THINKS things are clear, but until she explicitly says them it’s all confusing.

That being said… I ate this shit up 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture and Violence

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

valreadssometimes's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

The main couple has, like, basically no chemistry and I was not rooting for them. 

Also, chapter 17 —I think— has like a full on like non-con scene between the two main characters and like I just cannot overlook that and then root for the main guy. 

Like they’ve cursed, hurt, stabbed, harassed, and even DRUGGED each other.

Not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

knlipke's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This is NOT a YA book. This is very much older YA/adult fantasy. Quite sexual for a YA book, not that I’m complaining! I just don’t want parents thinking this is a good series for their 14/15 year old to read.

There are so many plot holes and hardly any answers. I’m hoping they will be uncovered in the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Blood

Moderate: Death

silversparkles50's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Rape, Grief, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail