acedimski's profile picture

acedimski 's review for:

The Wicked King by Holly Black
5.0

Watch the #BookTalkWithWifey chat where we discuss both The Cruel Prince & The Wicked King! https://www.instagram.com/tv/Bv9qrmFnW15/


WELL DON‘T BELIEVE I AM ABLE TO FORM ANY WORDS! I write this review a week after I finished this book, and I still. Can‘t. Think. Straight!! To know I have to wait yet another year to know how the story will continue is torture. Thank you, Holly Black for destroying my mind and heart.

I can‘t write a review without starting from the start. So here I am. Trying to keep this as spoiler-free as possible. While I thought the ending of The Cruel Prince was cruel enough, Black proved that she takes the titles of her books very, very, VERY seriously, and we got an ending more wicked than anything I could imagine.

We are back in Elfhame, Jude‘s plan has worked and now it‘s about holding what she gained; not to lose the power she fought so hard to get. But things don‘t turn out that way when you live among faeries, especially not when the High King of Elfhame seems to hate you. (EVEN IF WE ALL DON‘T THINK THAT THAT !! IS THE PROBLEM WITH THESE TWO