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yourbookishbff 's review for:
A Treacherous Curse
by Deanna Raybourn
dark
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed most aspects of the mystery in this one! There were a few twists I didn't see coming, and I enjoyed another installment in the will-they-won't-they that is Veronica and Stoker. Veronica can be a bit too over-the-top-I'm-not-like-other-women for me at times, but I DID really appreciate her verbal set-downs in this one and found myself nodding along with most of her character assassinations, so there's that. I was mad at Stoker for about five minutes but I got over it.
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Abandonment, Colonisation
Moderate: Racism
Lots of cultural appropriation and theft here, and Stoker is, predictably (thankfully), pretty mad about it.