A review by lisaandthebooks
The Wicked King, by Holly Black
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This ending!!!! I hate it so much and I love it! It makes me so so mad but also it is brilliant.
This book truly makes me a hypocrite. I never thought I could love something so much that I also absolutely hate. I guess that's quite fitting for the book though.
Cardan is so horrible and I honestly don't know why I like this book. It has so many things I usually would hate in a book but somehow I am just hooked. I guess I just really like the writing. The world building is really great and the characters have a way of getting to you.
The ending was exactly what I expected and also the biggest plot twist.
I assumed that Cardan and Jude would get married but I never thought that he would betray her like that!! I thought that after he saved her and she saved his life they would bond and finally be the power couple I know they are destined to be. I don't know what to expect from the next book truly but I am so excited and ready.
This book truly makes me a hypocrite. I never thought I could love something so much that I also absolutely hate. I guess that's quite fitting for the book though.
Cardan is so horrible and I honestly don't know why I like this book. It has so many things I usually would hate in a book but somehow I am just hooked. I guess I just really like the writing. The world building is really great and the characters have a way of getting to you.
The ending was exactly what I expected and also the biggest plot twist.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, War, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Murder, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Death, Blood, Classism, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, and Abandonment