By: Emily A. Duncan
Something Dark and Holy #1 | 385 Pages | Pub. 2019
Wicked Saints at a Glance
- Overall Rating: ★★★★
- Heroine: Special Peanut
- Dude: Check out those teeth
- Steaminess: Feels appropriate
- Brutality: The real brutality was on the citizens of the countries
Pairs Well With
Medovukha
Review
What is even happening?
I said this a lot while reading this book. I LOVE Russian-influenced books. No idea why, maybe because I read too much Dostoevsky in college? I was actually expecting to become insanely obsessed with this and while I really enjoyed it, I’m not obsessed. It’s dark and creepy with battling magic styles, but there is something about religious wars in fantasies that is unappealing as a plot point lately. This probably has nothing to do with Wicked Saints, but I have overdone it on religious war fantasies lately.
We get three Point-of-View characters, which I always enjoy, especially when there are three distinct voices. Duncan executes the triple POV really well and all three main characters are fully developed and well-defined.
The magic system is unique. Ok, blood magic is not, but I like that they have to use their own + spell. They aren’t just randomly magical. I also enjoyed Nadya using her necklace to call on the gods for her magic; this gave the plot more tension.
Remember the whole “this is a war” thing? Yeah, it starts off with a bang. In the first couple of chapters my heart was ripped right out of my chest and slammed back in. So buckle up because sh*t gets crazy.
Beware….Spoilers below!
All that stuff that I said about loving Nadya needing to use the gods for her magic… Well that went out the window and SURPRISE she is just a special peanut and magic on her own. Not a fan of this revelation TBH. I liked that she had to work and negotiate for her powers.
And when Malachiasz transforms at the end? This is all I can think of and it’s stuck in my head forever.
Have you read Wicked Saints? Let us know what you thought in the comments!
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Great review! I’m so excited to read this!
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Great post 🙂
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Skipped the spoilers, but it looks really good and I’m glad you enjoyed it!
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Thank you!!
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I’m so glad you liked it! I’ve heard mixed reviews, and I’ve been a bit skeptical to read it, but now it’s definitely going back on my TBR. 🙂
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Yay! It is a good book. Not the best one out there, but a fun read.
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Yes, I’ve read this book and absolutely loved Malachiasz! Can’t wait to read the next book!
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I’m so ready for it!
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I will never get Christopher Walken out of my head thinking about this book either now and I’m strangely okay with it 😂 That god kills me.
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YESSSSS
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I am fucking choking with laughter at the last gif, because hard same. And I don’t even remember what else I was going to say about your review because I was distracted, but I am bitter about the ending.
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He is Christopher Walken. I’m forever ruined.
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