Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco An Insta-popular story, combining a murder mystery, a clash of supernatural powers and, a taste of Italy, and of course, a mysterious hot guy. Sounds rather promising, doesn't it? Weeeell... The story does not quite deliver. While the world is full of potentially interesting characters and superpowers, as the heroine (and the reader along with her) stumbles among the clues to her sister's murder and learns a new thing about the world around her every second, I couldn't help but feel like I was trying to follow along with my dog as he is sniffing a scent trail. Sure, it probably makes sense to the dog, but watching him running round and round just makes my head spin. You get the idea... To my exhausted mind, this was too convoluted and scatterbrain. Also, the sheer amount of the revelations about this imaginary world seemed to come at the expense of any depth that they could have had if there were fewer of them. And, the story ende...