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Titre : The prince of sins – volume 01: the throne of the fallen
Auteur.ice : Keri Maniscalco
Edition: The rock
Date of publication: June 26. Nevertheless, 2025
Like book: Fantasy
After exploring the flames of anger in his trilogy The kingdom of damnedKerri Manisco returns with a new hellish fresco: The princes of sins. Furthermore, This derivative saga promises to dive, volume after volume, in the intimacy of each of the demonic brothers. However, And it’s desire. Meanwhile, a character as fascinating as it is corrosive, who opens the ball in The throne of the fallena first opus as daring as they are captivating.
The previous trilogy had started well: the first (The kingdom of damned) volume had been a great discovery, the second (The Kingdom of Cursed) promising. Consequently, But we must admit that the last opus throne fallen, desire all its (The Kingdom of Inferni) We had left us a little hungry. For example, The omnipresent erotic scenes had ended up stifling the plot. However, and we had lost in passing what made the identity so singular of the saga: its breath, its originality, its depth.
Suffice to say that we were approaching this new series with a mixture of waiting and prudence. Furthermore, Were we going to find the same patterns? Furthermore, Or was a new breath going to wear this spin-off? Consequently, Good news: the bet is successful.
In the kingdom of liars, perversion is queen
The prince of envy was not, so far, the most endearing character. Therefore, Present in the volumes devoted to anger, it was portrayed as devices, cruel, sarcastic, often frankly unpleasant … We did not really imagine it in the central figure. And yet, Kerri throne fallen, desire all its Maniscalco manages to make it interesting, complex, sometimes even touching, without betraying what it was.
In this volume, Envie must face a large -scale threat. His court is in danger, taken in a cruel game orchestrated by the King of Faes Unseelie, Lennox. To recover an artifact of capital importance, envy is forced to submit to a series of tests. Fasseness, traps, pretenses … everything is skilfully orchestrated to force him to surpass himself-or to die for.
And that’s where Camilla appears. Young painter, Camilla is neither an innocent nor a bland heroine. She too has her secrets, her story, her reasons to be wary. She does not enter history as a figurative, but as an essential piece of the quest. Additionally, She stands up to want, observes it, analysis, and never lets herself be manipulated without returning the blows.
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This duo works. Their dynamics are made of distrust, tension, attraction. And in this game where confidence is expensive, it is precisely because it is difficult that it becomes precious. The evolution of their link is subtle. credible – exactly what was expected, and what was missing in the last developments of the previous saga.
What is happy here is that the plot is up to par. We do not sacrifice history for romance, nor the universe for erotic tension. On the contrary, the worldbuilding grows, is refined, is enriched. The interactions between the different species, the power games, the alliances and betrayals … Everything is naturally overcome and gives the whole real coherence.
Far from the lengths or free scenes from the previous volume, The throne of the fallen Reads practically in one go, despite its almost 700 full pages. The story throne fallen, desire all its is fluid, rhythmic, carried by a pen which remains as addictive as in the first volumes.
A very nice surprise
We didn’t expect much with envy, and we come out conquered. This first volume of the new saga gives a real impetus to the universe of Maniscalco. The alchemy between the characters works, the story is solid, and the whole holds its promises.
We close the book with a single question in mind: which of the princes of hell will fall to the next volume? The mysterious laziness? The flamboyant lust? Furthermore, The dark pride? Or the obstinate gluttony? One thing is certain: we will be there.
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