A Game of Malice and Greed

AGOMAG!! 4.5 ⭐️// .5 🌶️Honey childdddd this book right here? It was thicc. I’m talking… THICCCC. 🤣 this was also a very slow burn book. Like, not only the romance, but the story itself. I’m not complaining though - I love a good slow burn. There was a lot of character and world building in the first 40% or so of this book. We are learning about each main character, the world, the surrounding empires, the political power struggle and history. There’s SO MUCH information that the Twisted Sisters have magicked up with their creative minds and fingers. Truly, so much to unpack and take in.I highly suggest reading this book slowly. Yes, I know, as a fellow binge reader, what the actual heck, right?! But no, I’m serious. This book has SO much information going on, you need to savor it and enjoy it slowly to truly appreciate the story and lore.ALSO!!! If you can, I absolutely highly suggest reading the prequel novella. It’s VERY helpful and gives you some insight and history of our beloved Kyra character.So far, our mains are Drake, Cassius, Austyn and Kyra.Drake is a ✨slightly✨ conceded, egotistical, sticky fingered thief in an elite gang of thieves with a pretty messed up past. He’s cocky and confident, but struggles sometimes to not be as selfish as he claims -and because of this, he gets in trouble.Cassius has a quiet strength about him. A guard to the emperor, he followed in his father’s footsteps to be the best guard he could be. Then he happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and his life was turned completely upside down.Kyra. Baby girl. 😭 her story breaks my heart. She is known as The Blessing, her fragmented mind is hysterical but also so sad when you realize she’s been stuck for hundreds of not thousands of years in a golden prison - waiting for someone to let her out and use her to have wishes granted.Austyn. A beautiful, feisty princess that has to hide her face from the world and must be married off after men fight to the death for her. All she has ever wanted was freedom and to make her own choices in life.We get to follow each one of these characters throughout the story. Drake and Cassius’ relationship was one I didn’t know I needed until I got it. Their begrudging bromance was one for the books and it was so funny reading their banter and experiences they had to deal with. 🤣I don’t wanna spoil anything, but I will say the only reason - and I mean this truly after sitting and stewing on it - the only reason this isn’t a perfect five star read for me was because I do feel like there was a lot of fluff/filler that could have been cut and not effected the story in any way. A lot of times it was hard to focus because I just couldn’t concentrate and the story sort of dragged because of all the filler. But the overall story, characters, world building, lore, and when the action HIT - phenomenal. Truly!! I am very excited about this series the sisters have given us. This is very different from their usual works - and I am here for it!In natural twisted sister fashion, that cliffy was a DOOZY!! 🤣 but it will absolutely get you FIRED up for this series and the next book!

I have never been a fan of retellings. Specially disney retelling. This was surprisingly a good read and a good twist on it . A bit of Aladdin and Rupunzel . Like all the sisters books there is a cliff hanger at the end. At least this one didn't have me sobbing or needing therapy lol. Let's start with the main boys. Cassius ( emperor's guard . )Strong male character with a affinity for hearing animals /bugs thoughts . I found him entertaining and I enjoyed the parts where he hears the insects thoughts they made me laugh . I wish we had more of that though. He is a true warrior and is loyal through and through so when he meets our street rat and has to team up with him it was interesting reading his battles with himself on the lies he has to do .Drake ( our main street rat part of the forty thieves. He was humorous to read and quite full of himself . I loved his character too he made me draw to him even though he is full of himself .Then our girls ..Kyra ( our little magical goddess trapped in a coin) She is my favorite in this book . She is fun to read . Battling with herself (even out loid causing curious looks ) trying to remember what it is like to be a fae and not just some magical being . Her character is so light hearted and silly and a tad crazy and I smiled at all her chapters .Austyn ( the princess) I had a hard time with her character . She kind of bored me reading her chapters . She acts like a strong willed girl and you just wait for her to do something and pull it off . Anything to make her more interesting. At the end of the book she finally becomes more interesting to read. I hope I'll like her more in the next book .Our evil queen Magdor. She is so evil but yet does so wonderfully that reading her chapters was super intense but interesting. In all I enjoyed the book . I'm giving a 4 star only because I felt alot of things kind of just kept getting repeated to make more words in the book. But as a whole story it was actually really good and so worth the read .

Holy moly! There are so many directions this can go! The story starts off slow and as it progresses it really picks up steam until you get to the end and you have no words! I absolutely adored Kyra and am completely invested in her story and I feel we have just scratched the tip of the iceberg for these characters.Overall, a fun, twisted take of a popular fairy tale.

3.5/5*A Game of Malice and Greed is the first book in the A Game of Malice and Greed series and tells the story of Austyn, Cassius, Drake and Kyra.Let’s start with the cover. The cover of this book is so pretty, and I’m a sucker for a pretty cover! The chapter headers in the ebook edition are also really stunning, and I’ve seen the paperback pages and they’re so beautiful too! I really think that adding beautiful illustrations in a book is an added bonus. Now, let’s talk about the book itself. I’ve read the prequel novella, A Kingdom of Gods and Ruin, and I was really intrigued by the story. The A Game of Malice and Greed books are completely different from the Zodiac Academy books (and the other books set in the same world). It’s not perse a bad thing, but it was a different experience. It took longer to get into the story, and it also felt like some chapters were too long for my liking. But the story itself was still really interesting.A Game of Malice and Greed is about four people: Austyn, Cassius, Drake and Kyra. We get to read in all four perspectives, but most of the chapters are written in Cassius and Drake’s point of view. From all four characters, my favourite ones are Cassius and Kyra. I really liked Austyn as well, but I’m not the biggest fan of Drake. A Game of Malice and Greed is loosely based on the Aladdin fairy tale, and I really liked that. The sisters gave their own twist to the fairy tale, and I think they did a great job with the story itself. But like I mentioned before, it was a bit slow and the book could’ve been shorter.Like every book written by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti, A Game of Malice and Greed ended with a cliffhanger. Even though the ending felt a bit rushed, I enjoyed the cliffhanger, and I’m looking forward to reading the next book in the series. This is the first time that I didn’t love a book by the twisted sisters, but I still really liked it. I’m interested in how the story is going to continue, and what is going to happen to the characters.

Man, I loved the world building. Loved the characters, especially the humor between Cassius, Drake and Kyra.(Spoiler)******I love the way Drake is so protective of Kyra. Man, that ending....ripped my heart out 😅😂 Always the Queen of cliffhangers.

AGOMAG is a high fantasy fae story with incredible detailed and descriptive world-building, heaps of information introducing the characters and their personalities. It has a complex plot that will have the reader spending hours frustratingly trying to unravel it and the mysteries of the story.The story is loosely based as an Aladdin, Rapunzel retelling, with a sexy heartbreaking gorgeous thief with severe vanity issues, a wicked tongue in both senses, and a master manipulator that leave you wanting to both strangle the life out of him, laugh till your sides hurt and swooning into a puddle until there is nothing left of you at all. Add in the tragic, past and backstory and he has captivated the hearts and minds of every reader who picks up this book! I fell for this heart throb fast and instantaneously, with his swagger, charm, confidence he is the whole package if he would just let the squishy little heart I know is buried deep deep down inside him out to play.Austyn is the Princess of Osaria, beautiful, kind, loyal, bave, courageous with the true heart of the fiercest warriors and a deep love for her kingdom and all the people in it. But she's not free, enslaved in the palace by her evil stepmother, she longs to be free, to have the power to do something to combat the evil dark power that has infiltrated the Kingdom and her beloved and once adoring father. Never fear though, the inner strength is uncorruptable and will never be crushed as she strives to expose her stepmother to the entire kingdom.Hidden in the shadows of these amazing characters are Cassius Lazar, an unimpeachable loyal guard that longs for the same as the Princess, including a secret desire that burns inside him for the Princess he has devoted his life to protect and the strangely, alluring Kyra, the Blessing contained within a magical coin that can grant the wishes of anything a thief with nothing desires.It's a slow journey through the incredible new world they have created but it is sprinkled with the sisters usual quirky sense of humour, scenes that will leave you hot under the collar and action and suspense that will leave you feeling like you've just had a minor heart attack. And of course no Twisted Sisters book is complete without a prophecy that will keep the reader up for nights on end trying to decipher it and just when they think they're close.... BAM! they're no where near. Add in an infuriating cliffhanger that leaves the reader screaming for more that the sisters are well known for and this is THE BOOK to read!Will this unusual foursome manage to save the kingdom of Osaria? Who knows?

I loved Kyra. The characters and story was so fleshed out it was hard to put down. Though I’m hoping to see more from Austyn in the next book. She somewhat felt more like a plot device than a main character. I was less looking forward to reading her chapters than the others. Despite that I still plan to start the next book. Kyra really made it worth reading at times. She’s a very damaged character that constantly keep me wondering what she will do next.