Date Started:June 09, 2020
Date Finished: June 13, 2020 This is kind of a throwback because I forgot I had my sister take these pictures for me as I was reading A Curse So Dark and Lonely in the park by my house. My hair no longer looks like this and I have a whole new vibe so.... This book review is going to be short because I read it a long time ago and I'm trying to recall it to the best of my ability. Okay, so I do remember liking this book. It's the first of a trilogy of fairytale retellings. I thought that the twist on the classic Beauty and the Beast tale was fun and brought new life to a story that you've heard and seen over and over again. Harper (the Beauty) isn't the first girl that's been brought to possibly break Prince Rhen's (the Beast's) curse, but she will be his last chance. Harper is a survivor, a disabled survivor who hasn't had an easy life and now she's been brought to a strange place by a strange man named Commander Grey who is only the servant of Prince Rhen, the man she is being brought to. Harper remains brave, though sometimes reckless in her bravery, and as she discovers the true reason for her being there, she decides to do her best to help no matter what. The storytelling is captivating and the characters vibrantly written. Harper has a physical limitation but she doesn't view it as a weakness. Prince Rhen periodically turns into a monster and terrorizes his villages, unable to die, desperate to break his curse both for himself and to save his people from himself. When Harper and Rhen finally come together, magical things happen, but not in the way you might imagine. All in all I love the spin/twist of this retelling and I'm excited to read the rest of the series (eventually). I give it a 4/5 stars and I definitely recommend it if you love fantasy, fairy tale retellings, or would like to try either for the first time or for the first time in a long time. It's definitely worth the read and I highly recommend it! Goodreads Link
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