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Kingdom of the Feared (Kingdom of the Wicked, #3)

Kerri Maniscalco

Start date: December 4, 2022

Finish date: December 31, 2022

Discussion: Series

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Aug 05, 2023 Vanessa Gayle ⚔️ Fangirl Faction rated it liked it

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While I still love this world that Kerri Maniscalco has created, I didn't love this finale as much as the rest of the series. The readers do get a lot of the answers that we have been craving but the execution felt so messy to me. The first half of the book flowed nicely but the plot goes a little off the rails and becomes a little convoluted. There were times when I was a little confused and times when I wasn't sure why I should care about what was happening. That said, there were also some rea While I still love this world that Kerri Maniscalco has created, I didn't love this finale as much as the rest of the series. The readers do get a lot of the answers that we have been craving but the execution felt so messy to me. The first half of the book flowed nicely but the plot goes a little off the rails and becomes a little convoluted. There were times when I was a little confused and times when I wasn't sure why I should care about what was happening. That said, there were also some really great and compelling scenes.

This book should definitely not have been marketed as young adult. There is quite a bit of fairly explicit smut in this book to be classified as young adult. And honestly, it was pretty lackluster and didn't do much for me. From all the hype I was hoping for more. And since we're on the topic, I felt like much of the plot was overcrowded with all the sex. Don't get me wrong, I love smut. But I also like a good plot. Emilia was just sex-crazed throughout the entire book and it became a little tiresome. On top of that, Wrath's character felt very diminished or washed out. It's like from the last book to this one Wrath's character just falls flat. I think that is the most disappointing this about this book for me.

I really liked Vittoria's character development. I still hated her at the beginning of the book but once the plot twists started popping up and opening my eyes I was floored at my change of heart about her.

I felt that the ending was anticlimactic. I felt a little underwhelmed. Everything wrapped up nicely but there was no wow factor and the conclusion didn't really pack a punch. I kept expecting something else to happen that never did.

Overall, this book isn't a total lost cause and I liked some things about it well enough but I was a little disappointed with some things. My expectations may have been too high going into this one. I felt like the characters lost their vibrancy and ultimately fell short. The plot was a little too over the top at times and wasn't the easiest to follow either. Despite being a little let down by this book I still plan on reading the spin-off book. This one is luckily being marketed as adult fantasy and follows Envy's characters so I am reasonably excited.

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