Title: A Curse So Dark & Lonely
Author: Brigid Kemmerer
Page Count: 496 pages
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★.5
Genre: Young Adult // YA Fantasy
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Release Date: January 29, 2019
Buy It: Chapters Indigo
SYNOPSIS
Fall in love, break the curse.
It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he knew he could be saved if a girl fell for him. But that was before he learned that at the end of each autumn, he would turn into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. That was before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope.
Nothing has ever been easy for Harper Lacy. With her father long gone, her mother dying, and her brother barely holding their family together while constantly underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, she learned to be tough enough to survive. But when she tries to save someone else on the streets of Washington, DC, she’s instead somehow sucked into Rhen’s cursed world.
Break the curse, save the kingdom.
A prince? A monster? A curse? Harper doesn’t know where she is or what to believe. But as she spends time with Rhen in this enchanted land, she begins to understand what’s at stake. And as Rhen realizes Harper is not just another girl to charm, his hope comes flooding back. But powerful forces are standing against Emberfall . . . and it will take more than a broken curse to save Harper, Rhen, and his people from utter ruin.
MY THOUGHTS
I really wish I had enjoyed this one more. The love interest felt so insta lovey to me and I just couldn’t do it xD
Awe! I actually didn’t feel like that at all. It took half way to the book for the insta love to happen lol!
Wait, that’s weird I didn’t read this one yet xD I remember making this comment on another book hahaha.
I was totally going to skip over this one because the synopsis didn’t call to me. But I’m adding it to my TBR now after reading your review! I find that transitions from modern to medieval are choppy for me too, so I feel that since it was ok for you in this book, it should be ok for me too. I’m also glad about there being no insta love, but that there IS still a romance plot! Great review, Milana! 😀
Yes it didn’t feel awkward to me! It felt …as if it would happen that way in current time. I hope you like it!
Okay! And you! 💜