A Curse So Dark and Lonely

February 3, 2019 |  No Comments

A Curse So Dark and Lonely

by Brigid Kemmerer

Date Published: January 29, 2019
Published By: Bloomsbury YA
Page Count: 484


Publisher’s Description:

Fall in love, break the curse.

Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year, Prince Rhen, the heir of Emberfall, thought he could be saved easily if a girl fell for him. But that was before he turned into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. Before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope.

Nothing has ever been easy for Harper. With her father long gone, her mother dying, and her brother constantly underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, Harper learned to be tough enough to survive. When she tries to save a stranger on the streets of Washington, DC, she’s pulled into a magical world.

Break the curse, save the kingdom.

Harper doesn’t know where she is or what to believe. A prince? A curse? A monster? 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 Star Rating:

5 of 5 stars

My Review:

A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers, #1)A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I laughed, I cried. I worried, I hoped. I feared, I rejoiced.

Where do I even begin? This might be the best book I’ve ever read, and maybe that could be my bias for love of all things beauty and the beast, but these characters were so fierce, so loyal, so broken and yet so strong. No setback, no disadvantage was enough to stop them, and there were many.

I loved that this book was set between the present day world and an alternate reality with a historical feel. I loved the representation of a main character with Cerebral Palsy, and how she could command a royal guard and a royal army with the best of them.

This book was undoubtedly and unequivocally a page turner in the truest sense. It took me 2 days to read it, and it literally had me in tears on so many parts for so many reasons.

Prepare to feel deeply. This will be hard to beat for top read of 2019.

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