Goodreads Synopsis:
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 Review:
I’d heard this book was very good and very dark but it wasn’t until after I saw Emily Duncan in a panel that I had the motivation to read Wicked Saints. I had tried before but never really started it. I didn’t think I would love it, but I might really like it. After having finished it around an hour ago, I can truly say that I loved this.
While I enjoyed the plot and world-building, the characters were the best aspect in my opinion. Nadya is constantly cursing herself for still being drawn to Malachiasz and even the reader, who knows that’s stupid of her is also drawn to him (or at least I was). I really do love morally gray characters and I felt like the majority of the characters cared about maybe three people each and their countries. All of the characters had secrets and a complexity that I don’t always see.
I would definitely recommend this book to people who’d like a darker version of Leigh Bardugo’s Shadow and Bone trilogy. It’s just a really dark, Gothic fantasy. Again, it’s also a great read for people who like morally gray, or, in this case, extremely violent characters. I really did love all of the plot twists and the book in general.
Overall, I would rate this book…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5.
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