Skulduggery Pleasant : Kingdom Of The Wicked

This week I read Skulduggery Pleasant : Kingdom Of The Wicked by Derek Landy. Six hundred and seven pages of complete genius. I bought It on Monday and finished on Thursday because I was going to meet Derek Landy on Saturday. I’ve actually never finished a book so fast ever but I’m not surprised because I love his books. I was way to exited to meet him so I had to finish the book so I could ask him questions, plus after I get the book signed by him I will never let another living soul touch it.

This skulduggery Pleasant was about a new breed of sorcerers. All over Dublin normal people with no magic at all are gaining wild and unstable powers over night. Some powers like becoming a werewolf or thinking there a butterfly.
But then there is a way bigger problem called Kitana. A normal seventeen year old girl who with her friends have been infected with these unstable powers. They become corrupted by the power of the gods and are going to tear the city apart if someone does not stop them. Looks like it's going to be another one of those days for Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain.

I have read lots and I mean LOTS of series’ of books, but I have to say that Skulduggery Pleasant will always be my favourite. I loved death bringer the most out of the series but this on comes in a close second. It was amazing thought, not even amazing it was EXTRAORDINARYLY amazing!

I could not put this book down at all. When I woke up I would read for an hour or two. Then if we went somewhere in the car I would have read. Then while I wait for dinner to cook I would of went up to my room and until it was ready, then of coarse when I go to bed I would read at least fifty page before going to sleep.

My favourite character would have to be Ghastly Bespoke who has scars all over his face. Ghastly is a trailer who makes clothes and suits for sorcerers. But these clothes are they armour so they protect you from injures. He is completely awesome and is super funny. He can be very stubborn but is mostly good-natured. He is kind and caring. Although he is gifted with the use of magic, he prefers fighting with his fists and would probably rather live a normal life without magic if he could.

Some of my favourite quotes are:

“Emergency Valve Regulators,” she repeated. “So you do know what your doing?”
“Not really,” he said yanking another wire. ‘I made up that term to keep you happy. I’m just pulling all the red wires because they’re the pretty ones”.

“you look angry,” he said.
“you put me on hold.”
“for a very good reason.”
“you put me,” she said very, very slowly, “on hold.”

“You’ve done what?”
“I know,” he said. “You’re impressed. You send me out for bread and I come back with a boy. Well, not literally. That would be weird. Even for me.” 

Derek Landy was my first favourite author and after reading over fifty books he still is. I would recommend  this book to elevens and up and would give it ten out of ten. I can not wait for the next book!!!

When I met Derek Landy on Saturday I asked a lot of questions, like if you poked Skulduggery in the eye would it hurt him, since he’s already dead. Before we left he said that he was only going to write three more books and I nearly died to the thought of the books ending. Derek also said that the theme of the next book will be war. That all the characters will come back, resolve things and a lot of people will die. I can’t wait to read the next book but until then I am going to re-read some of the Skulduggery Pleasant books.