# Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco

### Kingdom of the Wicked

**Kerri Maniscalco** · Kingdom of the Wicked, book 1 of 4 (complete) · [https://houseofareader.com/books/kingdom-of-the-wicked](https://houseofareader.com/books/kingdom-of-the-wicked)

A witch in nineteenth-century Sicily investigates her twin's murder and finds herself working with a Prince of Hell who is exactly as helpful as that sounds. Food, grief and demons, in roughly that order of loving description.

- Spice: 3/5 — Hot. Building tension across the book with explicit content arriving in the sequels.
- Romance prominence: 4/5
- Plot: 4/5
- Worldbuilding: 4/5
- Darkness: 4/5
- Writing craft: 4/5
- Burn: slow
- Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, morally-grey-mmc, slow-burn, forbidden-romance, villain-gets-the-girl
- Creatures: witches, demons
- Setting: Sicily, 1890s, and the seven circles beneath it
- POV: first person
- Ending: happy ever after, ends on a cliffhanger
- Audience: adult
- Content warnings: murder, gore, mutilation, grief
- Best for: Readers who want a devil love interest and a completed series to go with him.
- Last verified: 2026-08-28

## Sources

- https://openlibrary.org/search?q=Kingdom+of+the+Wicked+Kerri+Maniscalco

## What to read next

- [A Dowry of Blood](https://houseofareader.com/books/a-dowry-of-blood) by S.T. Gibson — spice 3/5. Readers who want dark romantasy with prose that would survive being read aloud.
- [Serpent & Dove](https://houseofareader.com/books/serpent-and-dove) by Shelby Mahurin — spice 2/5. Readers who want enemies to lovers with a completed trilogy behind it.
- [The Serpent and the Wings of Night](https://houseofareader.com/books/the-serpent-and-the-wings-of-night) by Carissa Broadbent — spice 4/5. Fourth Wing readers who want the tournament structure with sharper prose behind it.
- [Belladonna](https://houseofareader.com/books/belladonna) by Adalyn Grace — spice 1/5. Readers who want gothic romance with Death as the love interest and no spice.

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