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The Cursed and the Broken by Chloe Hodge

5 reviews

those_moody_readers's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

This story has so much potential but this first book just ain’t it for me. The pacing is weird, too slowed down by descriptions at times and oddly fast at others, making the reading difficult. The protagonist has potential but a part from her, the other characters are severely underdeveloped: we don’t know their motives, their stories (apart from Erika), just a lot of name dropping. The romance was rushed, which I feel like could be explained by the ending of book 1 but I doubt it was because of that. I have high hopes for book 2 tho.

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caseymac's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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bekahzabel's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 Stars!

I really enjoyed this one once I got a few chapters in. While I like a little more world building before the action starts, I didn’t let that deter me from falling into the story.

There were plot twists I didn’t see coming, that left me gasping along the way! Just enough smut mixed in for me. Tropes included enemies to lovers/fated destiny/arranged marriage.

The only other qualms I had were that occasionally the dialogue seemed more modern than the time period within the setting, and certain connections felt a bit rushed in moments. Overall though this book left me hungry for more, and I think the plot has a lot of potential to unfold in the following books. Katarni is a strong female lead and the character development really started strengthening towards the end.

Thank you so much to Booksirens, Chloe, and the publishing company, it was so fun to escape into this new world for a couple days. I look forward to the sequel. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

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ingrid6's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The story was interesting and I enjoyed the folklore but the plot twists were so predictable they held zero weight when it finally happened.

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Wow. Just wow. Up to about two thirds of the book it was good. Like a solid book, enjoyable, I did wonder where it was going to go as all was mysterious. And then it hit me like a steam train and I genuinely think it might be a contender for book of the year.

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