![]() When she steps up to save what looks like a woman being abducted, she finds herself spirited away to another world, the kingdom of Emberfall. She has cerebral palsy, her brother is facing threats from a bad crowd after their father made a poor decision with some loan sharks, and her mother has cancer. Harper: one of our two point-of-view characters, a feisty, no-nonsense girl from D.C. ![]() So let’s start with those characters, because their identities set the plot up nicely and also cover a lot of my favorite things about this book: Vividly imagined, if a bit predictable even in its “twists,” this book was nonetheless quite enjoyable, particularly because of its complex and compelling cast of characters. Fortunately, A Curse So Dark and Lonely wasn’t that at all. ![]() With all the hype this book has gotten, I wasn’t sure I would love it–especially since apparently some Beauty and the Beast retellings these days ( *cough* ACOTAR *cough*) have taken one of my favorite fairytales and turned it into a glorification of unhealthy relationships. Genre: young adult fantasy, fairytale retelling ![]()
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