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- Content warnings: Sexism, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Drugging, Blood, Gore, Murder, Torture, Grief, Violence, Rape, Sexual content
Kingdom of the Cursed
by Kerri Maniscalco
Book 2 in Kingdom of the Wicked
You'll get a deliciously angsty slow burn with high stakes and demon princes that will leave you obsessed and desperate for the next book.
goodreads 4.08/5 221,029 ratings
storykind_community 3.59/5 11 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length437 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Intense / passionate
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Slow burn
- High
- Intense / passionate
- The angst delivered
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- Morally gray
- Mutual pining
- Animalistic / primal
- Addictive read
- Dark/tortured soul
- Forbidden love
- Dark / taboo style
- Obsessed
- Demon lord
- Fated mates
- Teasing control
- Tension finally satisfied
- Secretly soft
- Jealous/possessive during intimacy
- Push and pull
- Body worship
- Love/hate tension
- Tension
- Anticipation
- Eye contact intensity
- Growling / possessive sounds
- Mine declarations
- Power exchange
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
Fantasy promise
- Romantasy
- Forced proximity
- Underground / underworld
- Underworld / death realm
- Demons
- Dark romance
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- Royal court / palace
- High fantasy
- Witches/wizards/warlocks
- Arranged marriage
- Only one bed
Reading experience
- First person
- Medium
- Dark
- Atmospheric
- Heavy
- Witch/mage
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- Seductive
- Immersive
- Mysterious
- Vengeful / revenge-driven
- Intense
- Dramatic
- Angsty
- Brooding
- Tense
- Forbidden desire
- Morally complex
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Different because
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Book details
- Length
- 437 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book