When a high-ranking member of House Greed is assassinated, evidence points to Vittoria as the murderer. Now, Emilia will do anything to discover the truth of these accusations against the sister she thought she knew. And don't even get me started on the overly excessive descriptions of everything, whether it be a place, a room or an article of clothing, and Emilia's repeating thoughts worded slightly different over and over again. No, ma'am. To solve the murder, Emilia and Wrath embark on a sin-fuelled game of deception where everyone has their own objective. But as war brews between the witches, demons, shapeshifters and the Feared, Emilia realises that everything she thought she knew about her family’s history and the world she exists in might have been the greatest deceit of all. And the true villains of the story aren’t the ones she was brought up to fear. They’re closer than she could ever have imagined… I should have lowered my expectations for this one, then I wouldn't have been so disappointed. I don't even remember why or how I liked the second book. bold of you to assume your pussy would taste like a royal feast. as a regal resident of hell, all i could think of was this

Tell me every dark desire, Emilia. Every fantasy you wish to come true. And I vow to make every one of them to happen.” but ultimately, the story wasn’t very climatic. despite the twisty revelations, there was no big crescendo, no build up to the pinnacle of the story— the whole book had a very... underwhelming pace. there was no action. very little intensity. i wasn’t on the edge of my seat at all. i was expecting some clash of powers or slaying of enemies, just something. Hello! This week was FULL of fun KINGDOM OF THE FEARED things. The standard US/UK cover reveal, the B&N Exclusive edition cover reveal, AND the gorgeous Waterstones Exclusive edition and the best part???? The Nerd Daily shared the entire FIRST CHAPTER and Waterstones posted it on their blog this morning too. The first chapter—as well as the book summary— contain spoilers for the first two books, please do not read either if you need to catch up on the series.

When a high-ranking member of House Greed is assassinated, damning evidence somehow points toVittoriaas the murderer. Now, Emilia will do anything to get to the bottom of these accusations against the sister she thought she knew. I expected perfection because that's what KM's got me used to, and I shouldn't blame her for slipping. For starters, the characters were incredibly flat. The main villain reveal from the last book was amazing, and yet this part didn't utilize it at all. Vittoria was boring and lost all allure only a few chapters in, leaving me sorely disappointed. But still, she wasn't the worst character by far. Emilia yearns to claim her king, the seductive Prince of Wrath, in the flesh. She wants him, heart and soul – but that’s something the enigmatic demon can’t promise her. There were moments I felt my heart sink a little for how ridiculous they were, and moments I was amazed by Maniscalco's genius.

Who could possibly read: "All he does is lounge about with his books. His House is one giant, messy library." and not go completely feral for the guy. I happily volunteer to be his love interest whenever Kerri Maniscalco writes his book. Tell me every dark desire, Emilia. Every fantasy you wish to come true. And I vow to make every one of them happen.”this is also the spoilery part of my review, so congratulations on making it this far! you got through all of my whinging... enjoy the rest of my review where i also whinge, just with a few spoilers here and there). One of the things that I loved the most about this series is that the general setting and the characters reminded me of one of my favorite trilogies, The Worldwalker by Josephine Angelini, and the whole atmosphere gave me major Constantine meets and have a threesome with ACOMAF vibes; it basically was a mix of a lof of pieces of media I simply adore, with the addiction of an original plot and an enemies-to-lovers romance to die for. Nothing felt new, the plot staled and the romance I found so exciting and breathtaking in the previous books, was a little too prominent in this one. After that, I'll dig out all the Kerri Maniscalco's books I haven't read, and binge on them like there's no tomorrow. i kid you not her head was empty other than thoughts of sex. it just got progressively worse and worse, like i am not exaggerating when i tell you she thought of little else but sex for the majority of the book. or if it wasn’t necessarily sex, everything just had sexual undertone to it or was motivated by sex. it was actually so exhausting.

Finally, I can't not mention the world-building. I think the underworld Maniscalco's created is interesting and while hell looks more like the set of Bridgerton than the fire and torture version we're all used to, it was a nice take and an effort I didn't dislike. I'll begin by saying that this series started out strong. The first book was excellent. The second was less so, but I thought it was just a bridge type of sequel in a trilogy, so I didn't mind that it was overly long and that nothing important seemed to happen. I thought the second book was just setting up an epic ending, and I was excited for it.Coming to Antonio's character- any man who tries to do good (work of God) by using evil, especially through the means of fallen angels aka demons.. isn't doing the right thing. I just had to say that, because people do create false ways of judgements in their heads even if they believe they're doing the right things. meanwhile, the writing style, again, was superfluous. i skimmed paragraphs upon paragraphs of Emilia saying the same shit in a different font over and over again— it was my issue with the previous book, and my review of that goes into more detail. i cba rehashing old issues lol. Kingdom of the Feared gave me all of this, but spoiled it with a familiarity, a steadiness I wasn't ready for. Considering how many orgasms we were forced to witness, this book was entirely anticlimactic. The big bad curse that needed breaking resolved itself within a chapter, the villains weren't really villains, and so many side plots were just left hanging. This didn't feel like a final part in a trilogy at all, and that annoys and saddens me a lot.

The plot is non-sensical, the main character is one of the most insufferably stupid MC's I've ever read (who will contradictorily also have big epiphanies completely out of nowhere just to advance the plot), and the sharp turn from YA to NA in book 1 and then NA to Adult in book three seems like an obvious crutch used when the author either got bored of what she had planned or realized it was needed to actually keep readers interested. I have to agree with those reviewers who said this book felt different and that the plot was a tad all over the place while also getting lost amidst too much smut, at the same time. I also felt really overwhelmed by how things concerning the stratospheric build-up the author's been crafting around Emilia's identity eventually ended. My smile was a beautiful nightmare. For the first time, Vittoria’s brow creased as if she’d just realized there was one fatal flaw in her plan. Monsters could be created but never tamed.” While this wasn't my favorite book of the trilogy, KotF definitely was the one that was fuller in terms of plot and the one that entertained me the most after the masterpiece that is KotW.just market the books as adult fantasy!! just be straight up!! this “meeting in the middle” type marketing really bugs me since, yeah it widens the target audience for different demographics, but certain scenes should not be read by younger teens. now that Emilia is the bad bitch that she is. all that is left is for her to get her happy ever after with Wrath. but these bitches are constantly being thrown curve balls that at one point i threw this book to the moon. Y’all think Wrath is the only one known for his angry? wait until you read about, Emilia, this baddie’s fury. ❤️‍🔥 It's such a blessing when the book you had such high expectations for delivers so spectacularly. Not that I expected anything less from this series and Kerri Maniscalco. Masterpiece isn't an adequate enough word to describe it. Besides, this book, in particular, might actually be my favorite one. I love how the story unfolds. The revelations are insane, and there are plenty of moments that left me shooketh. Also, I especially loved the ending. There was a moment I wasn't pleased with at all and was worried about how it would affect my rating, but as it turned out Kerry Maniscalco was only being a mean tease again. I honestly think she might be a sadist, but seeing how much I enjoyed her books, I might be a masochist myself, so I guess it works.