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This Cursed Light by Emily Thiede

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readinginfairyland's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.5

I didn't like this as well as the first book, although it was entertaining enough. I guess it just didn't feel like a lot happened and most of the book was just waiting around. I liked the characters well enough, and the epilogue was really sweet.

greenteabookme's review

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adventurous dark hopeful informative mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

I LOVED This Vicious Grace and was so impressed with it as a debut book, so I was very excited to jump into This Cursed Light. I am happy she added the addition of the second POV throughout the book, but it took me a bit to get used to the POV switching within the same chapter. As well, I always kind of question whether there would have been a bit more mystery if there had only been one POV.

I loved spending time with the characters from book one, and the new characters were for the most part fun and entertaining, but if I’m being honest there maybe wasn’t enough of a plot in this sequel for me, which is why the sequel gets 4 stars instead of 5! Part of me felt that the sequel maybe wasn’t needed and it could be been a great standalone if she tweaked the end of book one. But alas, I’m happy with how everything wrapped up and I look forward to reading more of her books in the future!

tamararex's review

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3.0

Overall this was a good conclusion to the first book. It was nice to get out of Saverio for this one and see more of the world (Itlay, basically) and meet some new characters. That being said, Talia was a very polarizing character for me. I understood the point of her in the story and thought she was a strong character, but then she would say incredibly cringey, immature things about the fonti and Alessa which just felt so out of place. I know this is a YA book and I always try to adjust my expectations when I read out of my age range (how would I have received this when I was the target demographic), but I don't think glitter goons would have hit for me then either.

faefolkreads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

‘It was masterful but cruel, how they knew to demand the payment that would hurt the most.’

I really enjoyed the conclusion to this duology.
I absolutely adore Alessa and Dante’s relationship, their banter and communication, but I do feel that by focusing on the relationship aspect, the story lost a bit of urgency. We knew what they were trying to achieve, but it kinda felt like they meandered toward the end rather then having any drive. I also think that Alessa’s deterioration wasn’t explored enough.
However, I sid enjoy the side characters and setting, and the Audio was FANTASTIC.

anyone watched book of life? The ending of this book was very much that and that’s all I could see 🙈