1.89k reviews for:

From Bad to Cursed

Lana Harper

3.77 AVERAGE

caylacolclasure's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous lighthearted 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

busyknitting's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

savncheese's review

4.0

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I think that I liked this installment a bit more than I did the first Witches of Thistle Grove books. I loooooove an enemies to lovers trope and this one delivered. The mystery also kept me guessing for the entirety of the book. I kept going back to the summoning at the beginning and couldn't figure how it played in except to make the narrator a little unlikeable. Hoping the third book lives up to this one!

meganlouise815's review against another edition

3.25

funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jules_bologna's review

3.5

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Cute, Concise, Palate Cleanser. Small Town Rivalry, Practical Magic Vibes, Rivals to Lovers, and Witchery.

espressobean93's review

4.0

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2023:
Okay! This was super cute!!!!


2024:
Second time reading this I enjoyed it much more! It was cozy and cute!
3.5 ⭐️ for writing
4 ⭐️ for vibes

prested's review

4.0

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Isidora Avramov, proud member of the Avramov clan-a family renowned for necromancy, curses and dark magic-, spends her days working for her family's haunted house but she secretly dreams of leaving the family business and becoming an indie fashion designer.

During the Beltane festival, someone starts sabotaging and harming witches with the signature magic of the Avramovs. They're trying to frame her family and Isidora has to work with Rowan Thorn-the favorited son of her family's rivals and her nemesis- to figure out who.
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This was such a fun read! I love a witchy romance and the mystery element was well-done and I was pleasantly surprised at the twist at the end.
The pacing and the characterization of the characters were well-done and the only thing I wasn't a big fan of was how one of their issues was solved.

I liked how Isidora and Rowan talked out their rivalry but I didn't like how all of the blame was kinda pushed onto Isidora in a way?

Spoiler

I get that she was breaking the rules and did the dead squirrel thing but his response to the issue was to threaten to get her expelled from their community? That's just so disproportional reaction and was rooted in his prejudice against her family. And it was prejudice! Prejudice is judging someone for their class, race, ethnicity or even family background. i didn't like how Harper shifted that conversation to race because it was irrelevant to that issue at that moment.

I enjoy a good enemies-to-lovers but I wish there was more evenness in their rivalry.

It's a fun read and not something you have to over think. I just had a couple of minor issues.

spooky_snack_bitch's review

4.5

adventurous emotional funny informative tense fast-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

mollybyrne's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

kay_andy's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional mysterious fast-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