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From Bad to Cursed

Lana Harper

3.77 AVERAGE

watermelon_pepperoni's review

4.0

READ: 06/26/21

Isadora is proud to be an Avramov, one of four magic families descended from those who founded Thistle Gorve. Her family works with death magic, the dark and the spooky.

Though she loves her family, legacy and magic, lately she's felt trapped by her work at the family business. She wants to start her own clothing line, her own business...

But when a Thorn witch is cursed, by necromantic magic, Isadora will do whatever it takes to protect her family from false accusations.

Even working with holier than thou Rowan Thorn, Wildlife Hero on the investigation into who, precisely, cursed his cousin.

This story was good, some investigation, some magic and romantic tension. I already feel warm towards this town, and many of the characters. I had a great time reading this. Rowan is a babe, and though the story isn't perfection, I think it works really well as witchy fun.

oliviabecker95's review

4.0

Easier to follow than the first, the plot made more sense and you already knew the families and magical abilities

beebrook2's review

4.0

Such a cute continuation of this series! I honestly love Rowan and Issa, they're both very fun characters to read, and Issa has a captivating voice in her narrative. As always, Lana Harper's spice is excellent.

syrene's review

4.0

I really like this book. I didn't read the first ones so I think I missed out on some of the world building from that but I didn't know it was a series when I bought it so I just got to roll with it. I really wanted to read it. I like the characters and the setting. I really like that enemies to lovers trope. It's a while crafted story. I did not see the ending coming. What I thought was going to happen did not happen. I think I got it like minutes before the characters did. Overall great book! I would recommend reading it.

zofiaspiegel's review


Just couldn’t get into this one, I think this is the second time I tried too. I wanted to like it, I recall enjoying the first one. Stopped at Chapter 3.
emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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cerina's review

3.5
emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Good book. Emotions were written fairly well, especially the emotional development and learning to communicate. I enjoyed it, but it was a bit of a “fluffy” read. Not as fluffy as some, but still leaned that way. Didn’t like it quite as much as the first, but it was still good 😊

micapabia's review

3.5
adventurous funny mysterious 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
dark funny mysterious 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
adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a quick and easy read, though by the end, I still felt there wasn’t enough understanding or acceptance between the characters regarding each other’s magic and values to fully believe in their future together. However, I did appreciate the depth the second book added to the world-building and magic that the first book had set up. While I enjoyed the first book more, I’m still invested in the series and will continue reading.

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