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A review by tourmaline1703
A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Despite my confusion at the start, I did enjoy this book. It was a good ending to a great series and I cannot wait for Spectacular later this year!
In this book, we get to see more of the Magnificent North and get to delve deeper into its history. It felt like we really built off what we learnt in the other books and added to its magic. I'm still a bit confused on how the curses work and why some were lifted and some weren't but, I loved the way the magic system was added to in this novel.
As always, Stephanie Garber's writing is wonderful. It's so easy to get into and the descriptions are beautiful. I love the way she brings the characters' emotions to life, especially their anger, and I think the multi-POV really showed this contrast off.
I did find the plot a bit awkwardly paced and hard to follow at times. I don't know if I was just being a bit vague at times but it felt like I had no clue what was going on at all for the first half of the book. However, as the novel progressed, things started clearing up and the twists towards the end were brilliant. Despite not quite understanding what was going on, I still enjoyed it.
It's very safe to say I misjudged one of our protagonists massively and it led to a lot of confusion at the start. I was very confused by their actions but turns out, I just overestimated them. I loved the multi-POV and I think it really added to the characters, and helped understand their motives much better. This book has made me actually like Jacks now, I still don't fully trust him but I do really like him as a character now.
Therefore, despite all my confusion, I really enjoyed this book and it was a great end to the series!
In this book, we get to see more of the Magnificent North and get to delve deeper into its history. It felt like we really built off what we learnt in the other books and added to its magic. I'm still a bit confused on how the curses work and why some were lifted and some weren't but, I loved the way the magic system was added to in this novel.
As always, Stephanie Garber's writing is wonderful. It's so easy to get into and the descriptions are beautiful. I love the way she brings the characters' emotions to life, especially their anger, and I think the multi-POV really showed this contrast off.
I did find the plot a bit awkwardly paced and hard to follow at times. I don't know if I was just being a bit vague at times but it felt like I had no clue what was going on at all for the first half of the book. However, as the novel progressed, things started clearing up and the twists towards the end were brilliant. Despite not quite understanding what was going on, I still enjoyed it.
It's very safe to say I misjudged one of our protagonists massively and it led to a lot of confusion at the start. I was very confused by their actions but turns out, I just overestimated them. I loved the multi-POV and I think it really added to the characters, and helped understand their motives much better. This book has made me actually like Jacks now, I still don't fully trust him but I do really like him as a character now.
Therefore, despite all my confusion, I really enjoyed this book and it was a great end to the series!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury