Kingdom of the Wicked Length: 12 Narrator: Marisa Calin
Published by Little Brown on September 24, 2020
Source: Library Auidobook
Genres: Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Historical, Paranormal, Romance, Wizards & Witches, Young Adult Fiction
Pages: 384
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A James Patterson Presents Novel From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series comes a new blockbuster series Two sisters.One brutal murder. A quest for vengeance that will unleash Hell itself... And an intoxicating romance. Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe - witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria misses dinner service at the family's renowned Sicilian restaurant. Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin...desecrated beyond belief. Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sister's killer and to seek vengeance at any cost-even if it means using dark magic that's been long forbidden. Then Emilia meets Wrath, one of the Wicked-princes of Hell she has been warned against in tales since she was a child. Wrath claims to be on Emilia's side, tasked by his master with solving the series of women's murders on the island. But when it comes to the Wicked, nothing is as it seems...
Review
Emila and her twin sister Victoria belong to a family of witches secretly living among humans on the island of Sicily. Their family runs a local restaurant where the girls both work. Just 18 years old, they have grown up hearing stories about the lore surrounding the wicked, who are forever chained to hell, never to walk the earth again. Both were a protection amulet to keep them safe from the wicked. After tragedy strikes, Victoria dead Emilia can not rest until she haunted down the evil that killed her twin. What ensues is a tell steeped in truths that uncover dark secrets, dark bargains, and horrors that Emila thought were only scary bedtime stories. I thoroughly enjoyed the character in this story, and the narrator brought the story to life so much more than if I read it. I can’t wait for the sequel.
About Marisa Calin
Marisa is an actress, screenwriter and novelist. She grew up in Bath, England, trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and is an Audie, Odyssey, Audiofile Earphones Award winning and SOVAS nominated audiobook narrator. You can listen to extracts of some of those books here.
She wrote, produced and appears in her first feature, A Million Happy Nows, with her company, Perfect Features, which went on to win nineteen awards on the festival circuit, including Best First Feature at Outfest. Find more at amillionhappynows.com.
Her debut Young Adult novel, Between You & Me, published in 2012 by Bloomsbury, was named a Kirkus Reviews’ Best Book of 2012, recieved a Kirkus star for “books of exceptional merit”, was selected for the American Library Associations’ 2013 Rainbow Book List of quality books with authentic LGBT content, and was chosen as a Kobo dazzling debut.
She lives in New York City.
About Kerri maniscalco
Kerri Maniscalco grew up in a semi-haunted house outside NYC where her fascination with gothic settings began. In her spare time she reads everything she can get her hands on, cooks all kinds of food with her family and friends, and drinks entirely too much tea while discussing life’s finer points with her cats.
She is the #1 NYT and USA Today bestselling author of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series and the forthcoming Kingdom of the Wicked.
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