Kingdom of the Wicked review, Kerri Manascalco

 Stalking Jack the Ripper is one of my absolute favourite series, and Thomas Cresswell is one of my absolute favourite book boyfriends. So my expectations for KotW were super high. Perhaps a bit unfairly high. KotW is a great book, just not as good as SJTR.

I so wanted to love this book, just as I loved Kerri’s previous books. And KotW is a solid book, but it didn’t take my heart like Audrey rose and Thomas did.

To start, I found this book very slow. There’s a lot of world building, which is so incredibly rich, but moves the plot along at a snails pace.

Also, because it’s Emilia by herself, it lacks a little something. Wrath is good but he lacks the sass I wanted and needed.

I also found that not enough information is given, which is ironic given the amount of world building. But I found it didn’t loosen up until about 60%.

I also found things happened too easily. I felt like, especially given the tasks, it should’ve been more difficult.

I liked this world, I liked Wrath, but I felt it was lacking a little bit and almost felt rushed. Still, this is a solid book and I look forward to the second one!