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A review by nere
The Wicked King by Holly Black
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
thursday, june 22, 2023
wow. blew all my expectations out of the water. everything I found at fault with the first book is suddenly gone with this one. I care about these characters SOOO much. I love Cardan and Jude. separately and together. and by god, does Holly Black know how to write tension. it's palpable and ancient. and she does the rare thing of balancing their hate and attraction on a razor's edge. I'm also realizing it's intensely gratifying to be in the head of someone who is such a cruel and conniving protagonist, but believing for all the world that what they're doing is for the greater good. Jude is a character for the ages.
wow. blew all my expectations out of the water. everything I found at fault with the first book is suddenly gone with this one. I care about these characters SOOO much. I love Cardan and Jude. separately and together. and by god, does Holly Black know how to write tension. it's palpable and ancient. and she does the rare thing of balancing their hate and attraction on a razor's edge. I'm also realizing it's intensely gratifying to be in the head of someone who is such a cruel and conniving protagonist, but believing for all the world that what they're doing is for the greater good. Jude is a character for the ages.