Thoughts I Had While Reading The Wicked King
Warning: I copied this non-review straight from my notes while I read the book. So, my apologies if it’s not very coherent. There will be minor spoilers ahead, especially for those who are yet to read The Cruel Prince.
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Cardan is quickly becoming my favourite character.
Of course, I have to get over how much I disliked him in The Cruel Prince.
There’s no clear good vs bad in this story.
Everyone does morally questionable stuff. I guess it’s all about who has the best intentions. The only clear rules that Jude and maybe Cardan subscribe to: don’t kill your family and always be there for your siblings (unless they killed your family, of course).
Locke is probably going to reveal himself as an even bigger douchebag in book three.
Knowing Taryn, she’ll blindly enable him.
I should have waited for the whole series to be complete before starting.
How do fae curses work?
I can’t help but remember Valerian’s curse on Jude as he was dying.
In The Cruel Prince, I hardly took notice of the romance.
Probably because there was no worthy hero. Here, though, I really ship Cardan and Jude.
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I don’t know how I feel about Vivi anymore.
She’s clearly the kind of person to ignore a problem with the hope that it’ll disappear.
Locke is scum.
And Taryn is a bitch.
There seems to be many betrayers in this world.
The torture, though.
Trigger warning. Strange, though, that I didn’t feel disturbed while reading those few pages.
Oh, yes. The ship is sailing.
On second thought, I ship myself with Cardan.
Jude can eat faerie apples for all I care.
Is it weird that I have a mild crush on The Bomb?
It’s very mild, though. Cardan has my loyalty.
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I knew Taryn would do something stupid.
By the way, she has a novella, which I haven’t read, and I don’t think I will.
The big betrayer doesn’t surprise me.
Because, like I said, everyone is a betrayer for the right price in Faerieland.
Isn’t it baffling when characters who have been betrayed still end up not being as cynical as one would expect?
*side eyes Jude*
Now that I’ve moved on from Cardan’s awful past, he’s my favourite character.
Jude is cool, too.
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I like how the story ends.
It seems fitting.
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Have you read The Wicked King? Do you plan to?
8 Comments
Anthea Proudfoot
That is an interesting review. I’m thinking I should understand the first book before making judgements though since I didn’t really understand any of that lol
Ibukun
True that! I hope you enjoy it (if you eventually read it).
Michelle
I love this post!! And it makes me want to read it even more than I already did!
Ibukun
No pressure!
Savvy
Ive been hesitant to read The Cruel Prince even though I bought the second book to it, but your thoughts here actually make it sound interesting. The hype was making me feel conflicted on whether I would like it. I think I should give it a shot.
Ibukun
Hyped books are usually the most conflicting to read, because you might start forcing yourself to like them. I didn’t like the Cruel Prince as much as a lot of people did, but the Wicked King was much better to me.
Kaleena @ Reader Voracious
I love posts like this! I haven’t read this series (yet?) so I kind of skimmed to avoid spoilers but I 1000% love this kind of content!
Ibukun
Thank you! I wasn’t sure if anyone would like it. And kudos to you for not giving in to the hype/pressure the series is causing.