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coffeeandbookobsessed's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
📚⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
🎧⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🔥🌶️🌶️🌶️
Dual narration performed by Michelle Sparks & Grayson Owens
• Mafia Princess • MC • Then & Now • Hidden Identity • Trauma • Dark Romance •
It’s an interesting mix of mafia, motorcycle club, and secret society. The plot was good during the first like 75% but then the end and tying of all the plot lines together was confusing and lackluster. The big bad puppet master was taken down too easily. Parts felt very rushed, lots of hopping around without clear transition.
The spicy scenes are feral! Wicked is very aggressive and they’re both into breath play.
Michelle and Grayson did amazing with the audio!
CW: torture & gore
There’s a secret baby but the first meeting between him and his dad is nonexistent and Wicked and Ruby barely have a fight about her never telling him about his son. Then he falls so effortlessly into coparenting.
🎧⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🔥🌶️🌶️🌶️
Dual narration performed by Michelle Sparks & Grayson Owens
• Mafia Princess • MC • Then & Now • Hidden Identity • Trauma • Dark Romance •
It’s an interesting mix of mafia, motorcycle club, and secret society. The plot was good during the first like 75% but then the end and tying of all the plot lines together was confusing and lackluster. The big bad puppet master was taken down too easily. Parts felt very rushed, lots of hopping around without clear transition.
The spicy scenes are feral! Wicked is very aggressive and they’re both into breath play.
Michelle and Grayson did amazing with the audio!
CW: torture & gore
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Toxic relationship
deb_1970_uk_bookrecs's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
A Confusing Mess of Timelines!👎
A 2.5 Star Read & Listen For Me.📖 🎧
'Wicked' By:
Amo Jones
🎧 Audiobook Narrated by: Michelle Sparks, Grayson Owens
Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
I found all of the timelines jumping around, without any real explanation, to be not only annoying but also confusing and off-putting to read and listen to!
It actually completely ruined my enjoyment of Wicked and Ruby's story. There was no real explanation for Skully, Victor, or the Bratva.🤷🏻♀️ Then, there were all the fake deaths.🙄 What happened to Ruby near the end was just gratuitous violence for the sake of it, at that point!
All in all, compared to 'Sicko', this was a complete letdown in quality and content for me. I'm sure it hit differently for others, though.🤷🏻♀️
The narrators were ok. I might feel swayed by the content, sorry.😟
Debbie, 1970, UK
A 2.5 Star Read & Listen For Me.📖 🎧
'Wicked' By:
Amo Jones
🎧 Audiobook Narrated by: Michelle Sparks, Grayson Owens
Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
I found all of the timelines jumping around, without any real explanation, to be not only annoying but also confusing and off-putting to read and listen to!
It actually completely ruined my enjoyment of Wicked and Ruby's story. There was no real explanation for Skully, Victor, or the Bratva.🤷🏻♀️ Then, there were all the fake deaths.🙄 What happened to Ruby near the end was just gratuitous violence for the sake of it, at that point!
All in all, compared to 'Sicko', this was a complete letdown in quality and content for me. I'm sure it hit differently for others, though.🤷🏻♀️
The narrators were ok. I might feel swayed by the content, sorry.😟
Debbie, 1970, UK
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
readbooksbehappy's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Very hard to follow the storyline. The scenes jumped around a lot and left me feeling that things were incomplete and unexplained. The summation in the last chapter just didn’t make up for the lack of continuity in the book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, and Torture
Moderate: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Self harm and Trafficking
shaykay's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I LOVED Sicko, and I've been dying to read more books by Amo Jones ever since I finished it. When I looked up the authors that were going to be at the Sweetgrass Event and saw that Jones would be there, I got so excited! I cannot wait to get Sicko signed, but I also knew I needed to read more of her backlist ASAP. I kept gravitating toward Wicked because it looked and sounded a lot like Sicko, so I picked it up in January. It was a heavy book. It deals with so many dark themes that it was a tough read at times, just like Sicko was. But we have a surprise baby in it, and I love that trope. I loved seeing Ruby figure out her life and learn to stand independently. She had a very rough life, and it was so interesting to see how she took it all and made it her own. By the end of the book, we had so many reveals that I never saw coming. I could not get enough of this book.
Although I liked reading this book, I do think it would be a good idea to read Sicko first. A lot of the characters are in this book, and it honestly gives away a lot of the ending to Sicko! But I liked seeing where Wicked came from and seeing his back story. I'm really curious if we are getting any more in this world because this book crossed the MC and Mafia worlds together. I'm curious about what else can come out of this universe. The thing that I really like about Amo Jones's writing is that she goes to the deep end, and then you think you've seen it all, but then boom, she has ANOTHER twisted reveal that comes out of the left field every time. I really want to read more of her backlist!
Although I liked reading this book, I do think it would be a good idea to read Sicko first. A lot of the characters are in this book, and it honestly gives away a lot of the ending to Sicko! But I liked seeing where Wicked came from and seeing his back story. I'm really curious if we are getting any more in this world because this book crossed the MC and Mafia worlds together. I'm curious about what else can come out of this universe. The thing that I really like about Amo Jones's writing is that she goes to the deep end, and then you think you've seen it all, but then boom, she has ANOTHER twisted reveal that comes out of the left field every time. I really want to read more of her backlist!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Murder
victoriahoperose's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder