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Throne of the Fallen by Kerri Maniscalco

5 reviews

j_day's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Confinement, Sexual content, Blood, Deportation, Sexual harassment, Cannibalism, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gore, Cursing, and Torture

edilyaaang's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

It was enjoyable enought. Though there were times were I got super frustrated on what was happening, especially how the two MLs can never cooperate enought to focus on the game at hand. It made me want to throttle them both from time to time. But other than that, I enjoyed it. Enought to make me curious about the author's other works

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Dementia, Cannibalism, Confinement, Bullying, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

witcheep's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

The book is... fine, I guess. The plot of riddles in a high-stakes game is intriquing, especially when it involves reluctant allies each withholding their own secrets but still slowly warming up to each other. However, the plot gets put on the back burner very often in favor for emphasizing the main characters constantly lusting over each other.

This makes the smut feel so mundane it becomes a boring diversion from the actual plot and meaningful interactions between the main characters. If the smut was rarer in the book, it would feel more meaningful and make the story more balanced.

For added shock-value, there is meaningless violence, torture, and other possibly triggering events to cause diversion for the MCs from the main game in the plot. This dampened my enjoyment of the book.

If you are looking for a book with a nice premise for plot, interesting characters, but main focus on smut, you'll find a great match here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Classism, and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism

roziereads's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Confinement, Blood, Murder, Death, Sexual harassment, and Violence

midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Throne of the Fallen is the adult fantasy romance debut from Kerri Maniscalco. It’s Prince Envy’s story from the Kingdom of the Wicked world. Along with his romantic lead, Camilla Antonius. This was a fun steamy book that expanded on a fan favorite Prince of Hell’s story and I’m looking forward to the other two Prince’s stories (particularly Pride and Lucia!).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Torture, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual content, Murder, and Death