Kingdom of the Feared by Kerri Maniscalco.

by - febrero 13, 2023


The way this was my most expected book of 2022... And it turned out to be such a circus.

I'm part of the circus.

Buckle up, bitches, because I have things to say.

I wish I could say I'm disappointed, but I rated with 3.5 stars the first two books. Somehow, I was expecting that this one turned to be actually good. Well, well, well, guess who's a clown? Yes, me.

I don't really know what was the purpose of this book? The boring sex? Emilia being horny like 75% of the book? Wrath and his lack of personality? I hope one day I'll find out, but it won't be today.

There's no plot, no really great character development, nor real romance. At least, I didn't feel like it was romance as such, just sex. Which it's okay. I have nothing against sex because I tend to read smut. I feel like that was solely the purpose of this book: show how horny Emilia is most part of the time.

I feel confused. This book is labeled as Young Adult, when most of the content is way too explicit. Like, many teens don't want to read about explicit sex, I for sure wouldn't want to read such things like this if I was young (and oh, I want to be that young again!). Isn't this supposed to be New Adult? This book is marketed for young adults, but Emilia and Wrath were there fucking like there's no tomorrow and it seems like any of them can't catch a break! Pick one goddamn label, but leave Young adult out of this. New Adult of Adult fantasy could work just perfectly.

Vittoria was actually the only character that I really liked. She was so fucking amazing. Period. She was spilling facts and the truth everytime she appeared. And somewhere in this mess of book I realized that Emilia was actually interesting and had personality whenever she was with Vittoria and not with Wrath.

Sorry not sorry, but Wrath became a second character and stopped being interesting and attractive a while ago. I guess it was his vagueness throughout the book, the way he avoided Emilia's questions (due his curse) or changed the subject really quick. He was just there and lacked of personality.

In comparison to the first book, he was way better there and not here. Everytime he appeared, I was rolling my eyes and thinking "Oh, no! Things are about to get boring." And in fact, things got boring. He lacked of personality and I ended up believing that his only purpose in this book was to being horny 24/7.

I skimmed like 4 chapters because they were really boring and the only thing I missed was the repetitive sex and the way Kerri used one trope that it seems really stupid... No. My rating just dropped to 1 star because Vittoria was actually the one character that kept me reading this book until the end.

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5 comments

  1. I totally agree. I stopped reading sometime after the wolves attacked them on the way back from the house of Greed

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    1. Oh, yes, I remember that! I was exhausted and pissed off as well. They were unbearable!

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  2. I honestly couldn't stand any of the books!! I don't understand all the hype on Instagram and Tik Tok.

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    1. I kind of understand the hype around the aesthetic, but I guess the expectations were high and they just didn't deliver anymore.

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  3. I agree, everything you said is right. So disappointed.

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