REVIEW: Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan | Blog Tour
Title: Wicked SaintsAuthor: Emily A. Duncan
Series: Something Dark and Holy book 1
Publication Date: April 2, 2019
Rating: ★★★★★
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What is this book about?
A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself.
A prince in danger must decide who to trust.
A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings.
Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war.
In a centuries-long war where beauty and brutality meet, their three paths entwine in a shadowy world of spilled blood and mysterious saints, where a forbidden romance threatens to tip the scales between dark and light. Wicked Saints is the thrilling start to Emily A. Duncan’s devastatingly Gothic Something Dark and Holy trilogy..
My Thoughts...
This book was one of my most anticipated books of 2019, but thankfully I was given the opportunity to be a part of this books blog tour! So thank you for considering me and giving me the opportunity to read and review this book ahead of release date!
I loved this world, it was like nothing I have ever read before, it was so dark and gritty I loved it! I really want to read more about this world, so I am very excited for the next book even though it is set to release in 2020 *sigh* I have to wait awhile before I get to read it.
Moreover, I absolutely loved the characters... and I mean all the characters, which is weird and unusual for me because typically in any book there is always the one character you hate for some reason. but in this book, there was none. I loved how complex and intricate each of these characters were and they all served their purposes and were each individually important to the main story line.
The heroine in this book was strong willed and I love how she stood for her own beliefs even though there were people telling her not to, she did not back down, she stood her ground.
I absolutely loved the magic system, it was so unique. There were people who were blood mage's, they would use their own blood and a book to create their spells. Wow that did not make sense, but honestly this magic system is like none I have ever read and is so different as well.
There are two characters who I rooted for in the beginning of the book but by the middle or maybe even about 30% in I was rooting for the heroine with someone else... and honestly I hate love triangles so thankfully this is not that, there is no hints of a love triangle at all, I just thought the heroine being with this other character in the beginning was where the author was heading. But I am pleasantly surprised and extremely happy in the direction the author took with the heroine's love interest!
I really don't want to spoil the book so I'm just going to say that one fo the characters and I will not say who but they reminded me a lot of Kylo Ren from Star Wars. And I am a die hard Kylo Ren fan so you can imagine how much I adore this character.
I absolutely adored this fantastical world that Emily A. Duncan created, it is so unique and different, I absolutely loved it! I am so excited for the second book in this series and hopefully we do not have to wait too long for it!
*Arc kindly provided by the publisher via Netgalley*
About the Author
Praises for Wicked Saints
About the Author
EMILY A. DUNCAN works as a youth services librarian. She received a Master’s degree in library science from Kent State University, which mostly taught her how to find obscure Slavic folklore texts through interlibrary loan systems. When not reading or writing, she enjoys playing copious amounts of videogames and dungeons and dragons. Wicked Saints is her first book. She lives in Ohio.
Praises for Wicked Saints
"Seductively dark and enchanting, Wicked Saints is a trance you won’t want to wake from. Duncan has skillfully erected a world like no other, complete with provocative magic, sinister creatures, and a plot that keeps you guessing. This spellbinding YA fantasy will bewitch readers to the very last page"
- Adrienne Young, New York Times bestselling author of Sky in the Deep
“Prepare for a snow frosted, blood drenched fairy tale where the monsters steal your heart and love
ends up being the nightmare. Utterly absorbing.”
- Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen
“Wicked Saints is a lush, brutal, compelling fantasy that is dark, deep, and bloody—absolutely riveting! With a boy who is both man and monster, mysterious saints with uncertain motives, and a girl filled with holy magic who is just beginning to understand the full reaches of her power, this gothic jewel of a story will sink its visceral iron claws into you, never letting go until you’ve turned the last page. And truthfully, not even then -the explosive ending will haunt you for days! ”
- Robin LaFevers, New York Times bestselling author of the His Fair Assassin trilogy
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