Kingdom of the Feared

It's hard to review Kingdom of the Feared for a few reasons. I mean, it's the last book in the series and it honestly ties up all the questions from the first two books.

Now, I don't read smut at all but Kerri Maniscalco said this was going to have some explicit scenes, more so than Kingdom of the Cursed. So I was preparing myself for the ick. Even reviews I've read talk about how this book is straight sex and I'm just wondering if we read the same book???

 

Yes, there's sex and some explicit scenes I could have gone without. But the story itself really launched itself into new and exciting dimensions, literally. The Shifting Isles revelation made my jaw drop. The secrets, the curses, the First Witch, all of that drove this story home.

What's even more exciting is that Kerri Maniscalco announced a spinoff series where each brother is getting his own book!!! Prince Envy's is set to come out in October and I am READY.

Looking for the rest of the series?

Kingdom of the Wicked (KOTW #1)

Kingdom of the Cursed (KOTW #2)

 

Looking for other books by Kerri Maniscalco?

Stalking Jack the Ripper (SJTR #1)

Hunting Prince Dracula (SJTR #2)

Escaping from Houdini (SJTR #3)

Becoming the Dark Prince (SJTR #3.5)

Capturing the Devil (SJTR #4)

A Cigarette Lit Backwards

Words cannot describe to you how much I love this book.

It felt like this book was written for me. Like it was written about the teenage version of myself. The girl who wanted to be cool by standing out. I know this book is not going to hit with everyone, because it takes place during a time, a scene, and era that I still hold onto very tightly.

A Cigarette Lit Backwards follows a group of teens in the early 2000s. Not just any teens though, a group of burnouts, nobodies, punks, and poseurs. Main character, Kat freaking resonated with me. She read books, went to concerts, and hung out with the party kids without going too far herself. She still had dreams of art school saving her from herself. But that didn't stop her from shoplifting, dealing drugs, and dating the bad boys. If anything, she felt like her life finally had meaning.

At 16, Kat was everything I wanted to be.

At 27, she made me cringe.

This book was just all too relatable. I was constantly reading my own teenage shenanigans and texting my friends who made it out of it alive.

I have nothing but good things to say about this book.

I love it.