The Wicked King by Holly Black

I live for mildly vindictive scheming, and doing things out of spite.
Playing life like a chess board and moving people around like puppets
Girls who can fight with swords and who can be crafty when they need to be...
And you can see someone digging themselves into a very dangerous hole, but hey it's cool to watch them try to get out of it.
Enemies to  friends  whatever the heck that is...
I love heroes who act like villains and who have the heart of a villain... Problematic faves..
...Plot twists, y'all...

Did they really make a shout-out to that anime (which will not be named)...too soon, bro..

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