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A Curse So Dark and Lonely
by Brigid Kemmerer
A Curse so Dark and Lonely
By. Brigid Kemmerer
P. 477
Format: Print
Rating: *****
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I first read this book in March of 2020 and reread in January 2021.
With the third book coming out I wanted to catch up on the series. I loved this first book, but never picked up the second. The truth is that I felt like loving this book was a fluke. I read YA, but I am also extremely annoyed by it.
A Curse so Dark and Lonely takes those tropes and turns them on their head, making them something that I actually love.
Harper is just a girl - not a girl so special that she isn’t like other girls. She has a temper, a mom who is dying, and cerebral palsy. When she sees someone shady kidnapping a drunk girl, why she is keeping lookout for her brother, she does what she has to - take a tire iron to him. Those actions land her in a fairly land where she has to break a magical curse with true love.
Harper must have hated all the fairy tales also, because no way is she playing into this one. Instead she takes all the misconceptions and throws them out the window - or maybe they just fell out with her.
The writing is amazing, the characters are superb, and I love how the author actually values the reader. If you are into the whole romance swooning, then there is enough of that in the book to hold your interest. It will just happen after an actual plot.
Bottom line, I loved it the second time as much as the first. I could easily see myself reading it many times over. I hope that the next two books in the series are just as good.
By. Brigid Kemmerer
P. 477
Format: Print
Rating: *****
**********************
I first read this book in March of 2020 and reread in January 2021.
With the third book coming out I wanted to catch up on the series. I loved this first book, but never picked up the second. The truth is that I felt like loving this book was a fluke. I read YA, but I am also extremely annoyed by it.
A Curse so Dark and Lonely takes those tropes and turns them on their head, making them something that I actually love.
Harper is just a girl - not a girl so special that she isn’t like other girls. She has a temper, a mom who is dying, and cerebral palsy. When she sees someone shady kidnapping a drunk girl, why she is keeping lookout for her brother, she does what she has to - take a tire iron to him. Those actions land her in a fairly land where she has to break a magical curse with true love.
Harper must have hated all the fairy tales also, because no way is she playing into this one. Instead she takes all the misconceptions and throws them out the window - or maybe they just fell out with her.
The writing is amazing, the characters are superb, and I love how the author actually values the reader. If you are into the whole romance swooning, then there is enough of that in the book to hold your interest. It will just happen after an actual plot.
Bottom line, I loved it the second time as much as the first. I could easily see myself reading it many times over. I hope that the next two books in the series are just as good.