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A Curse So Dark and Lonely (2019)
Others: Mostly positive 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.
- ISBN:
- 9781526641878
- Length:
- 496 pages
Genres: fantasy, young adult
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MixedI didn't hate this book honestly I didn't hate it I thought it was decent there were some things I obviously didn't like about it's it's not deep it's kind of cringy but there were some moments in it that I actually kind of liked
MixedIt Cur so dark and lonely I dnf this I probably liked them but I let way too much time pass it's more like wrong place wrong time not for me
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Loved itI finished A Curse So Dark and Lonely at the end of December after I had filmed my favorite videos of 2019. And I loved it so much.
Loved itit's one of my favorite retellings of beauty and the beast because i think it does really interesting things
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Loved itI'm putting that in good but it's like a high good, it's just... especially since it's been a few months it didn't blow me away
MixedI feel like this is at the lower end of the bad tier, but there were things that I liked, but most of it was a Beauty and the Beast retelling once again and I just was really confused. There was a lot going on, but then it was also super boring at the same time.
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Loved itThis is the first in a series, and it is a Beauty and the Beast retelling. I love that this still felt quite familiar, but I like the directions it took, the ways in which it did diverge from the fairy tale that we're familiar with.