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Beauty and the Beast meets Groundhog Day, but with more murder

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

November 4, 2023 by Malin Leave a Comment

A very long time ago, Prince Rhen, the crown prince of Emberfall, made a very foolish mistake and slept with the wrong woman. He’s been paying for said mistake for centuries. Forced to relive the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he has to get a woman to fall in love with him in a few months, or he turns into a murderous beast and slaughters anyone he can find. If the curse remains unbroken, the season resets and Rhen is back on […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, A Curse So Dark and Lonely, beauty and the beast, Brigid Kemmerer, CBR15, curse, cursebreakers, Disability, fairly tale retelling, magic, Malin, Young Adult

Malin's CBR15 Review No:65 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, History, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, A Curse So Dark and Lonely, beauty and the beast, Brigid Kemmerer, CBR15, curse, cursebreakers, Disability, fairly tale retelling, magic, Malin, Young Adult ·
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Third Time is a Charm

A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer

March 25, 2021 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

I suppose this is why I hesitate to give up on books (or series) even when I find them lacking. I felt that way about the Temeraire books at some point (like most people) but in finishing them enjoyed every little snippet of Temeraire and Iskierka I found. I wrote at the end of the previous book: I guess now I’m invested, I’ll read the third book as well, but I’m not like super INTO this book series Happy to say that I will eat […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Brigid Kemmerer, cursebreakers, fairy tale retelling, Series

wicherwill's CBR13 Review No:45 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Brigid Kemmerer, cursebreakers, fairy tale retelling, Series ·
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