A review by smakinde
Wicked, Cruel Things: The Realm of Kahnan by Emma Lynn Ellis

2.0

While I really liked the concept of this book, I don't think the execution was handled well. There is very little world building which made it hard for me to understand what was happening, what peoples powers were etc. There was never a really clear explanation of Gwyn's power outside of it having to do with fire. I think that the book as a whole needed more emotion and depth to each character because they just didn't feel flushed out enough that I felt connected to any of them. I really couldn't believe the love interests because I just didn't feel or read a lot of emotion between the characters. It all felt very rushed. Again, I loved the idea around this book and I know as author they will grow and their books will get better and better, but this one just didn't do that.