Review of Kingdom of the Wicked (Skulduggery Pleasant #7) by Derek Landy

Description
Magic is a disease.

Across the land, normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Infected by a rare strain of magic, they are unwittingly endangering their own lives and the lives of the people around them. Terrified and confused, their only hope lies with the Sanctuary. Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are needed now more than ever.

And then there's the small matter of Kitana. A normal teenage girl who, along with her normal teenage friends, becomes infected. Becomes powerful. Becomes corrupted. Wielding the magic of gods, they're set to tear the city apart unless someone stands up against them.

Looks like it's going to be another one of those days…

Sorry for my lack of reviews..

My Thoughts 
I have been waiting for like.. ages for this book to come out so when I saw it in WHSmiths, I texted my sister and she told me to buy it and she will give me the money back, so that's what I did. The description sounds AMAZING just like all of the past books by Derek Landy :D. The title sounds very interesting as well and then the cover just TOPS it all :). Very intriguing all together.

After I got into this book it just... well it was amazing, it made me read it as much as possible, whenever I could read it, I read it. I could only read it while at home as Its a hardback and I don't like carrying hardbacks around outside in my bag. The storyline is bloody fantastic and interesting and great and all of the other positive things you can say about a storyline of a book. The style of writing is very easy to read and it is very descriptive. The POV changes between many people in the book but it is mainly focused around Valkyrie in my opinion.

Valkyrie is the best teenager female character of all time in my personal opinion as she is strong, brave and she tries her VERY best in every situation she finds herself in. If I were in her shoes I think I would have given up and just stopped being so strong. She sometimes feels weak and sad but Skulduggery helps her out.
Now Skulduggery is the best MALE character out there.. well.. definitely the best SKELETON. He is funny, amazing, strong, brave and fantastic. He is basically a powerful Skeleton who helps save the world along side Valkyrie. He make my day in the book as he's funny but then sometimes he gets angry and sad but when he does Valkyrie helps him out. So he helps her out and she helps him out. AWESOME characters.
There is other characters but as its been a month since I read this I have forgotten what exactly happened. All I know is there is the old characters which we have seen before, and also new ones. Every character in this books makes this book what it is, without one of these characters the book wouldn't of worked.

My overall opinion of this book is IT WAS AMAZING !!!!!!!!! I can not wait until the next book :D
I recommend this book to all Derek Landy fans and also if you have read the books before this one :)

Tara

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Review of Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer (Skulduggery Pleasant #6) by Derek Landy

Description
The sixth instalment in the historic, hysterical and horrific Skulduggery Pleasant series. Think you’ve seen anything yet? You haven’t. Because the Death Bringer is about to rise…The Necromancers no longer need Valkyrie to be their Death Bringer, and that’s a Good Thing.There’s just one catch. There’s a reason the Necromancers don’t need her any more. And that’s because they’ve found their Death Bringer already, the person who will dissolve the doors between life and death.And that’s a very, very Bad Thing…
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My Thoughts
I have been waiting for this book for ages.. and my sister tried to get it in Hardback but couldn't find it so she got it on kindle, which of course meant I had to wait to read it which was fine by me. The front cover shows Skulduggery and Valkyrie and you can tell that this book is going to be about the death bringer hence the title. The line at the bottom of the cover Kicking Evil Very Hard In The Face Tell's me that their is going to be a lot of fighting which is great.

Derek Landy is suck a great writer and to be able to write the serious side and the funny side together as one must be great talent.. When I read the very first book I was instantly drawn to it and all I wanted to do was read on and on and on.. and then after reading this book all I want is the next one :D. This is written in 3rd person which means it can jump from character to character with this book you need to be able to know the plot line and to have all the details you need to be able to understand the storyline.

My thoughts on Valkyrie are she is a nice and strong girl and she doesn't want all of this on her but she has no choice... but I kind of have my negatives on her she is two timing on fletcher with a vampire and she thinks that's okay which it is not and sometimes she can be acting all hard and tough when really she is scared to the bone, though I must say she can keep secrets very well.. I feel she is taking after Skulduggery Pleasant very well in the secrets department as he keeps secrets and he sometimes acts as if he knows it all which he don't.. but my positives on Skulduggery is he would do whatever it takes to protect young Valkyrie and he is very funny and made me giggle in times in the book even in a serious situation he can make me smile. :)

My overall opinion is if this never had a good plot I may of rated it 4 1/2 instead of 5 but because the plot and storyline saved it I am being such an amazing person :D If you like Funny and adventures books then The Skulduggery Pleasant series is the right series for you :D

Tara

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