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Cursebound

Saara El-Arifi

3.94 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I liked this one better than the first, but I’m still not crazy about it. I ultimately land on if you like ACOTAR-style romantasy, but wish it were a little better at world building and had better thought out geopolitical conflicts, this is a great series for you. 

Another book with a recap at the front! Fabulous!

Less romance and more angst, and
Spoilersome surprising deaths - I was NOT expecting that!
, as well as some twist and turns.
There's a new main character introduced whom I absolutely loved!

Second books in a trilogy can be tough sometimes, but I think Cursebound did a really great job of progressing the story, setting up things for the third book, and keeping the reader engaged and engrossed in the story - while keeping the story concise and not overly long.

Big fan of Lettle trying to champion for
Spoilerthe rights of the Lightless too, together with Golan. I mean.....after finding out about the Obeah, they're definitely going to need to get it into people's heads that not being bonded is not a bad thing and this segregation BS is...well...BS.


Can't wait for the third book!
adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous 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: Complicated
adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

This book was a solid second book in a trilogy. Overall I found it entertaining and really enjoyed the addition of Alder. 
The biggest weakness of this book is I felt it was missing a central plot to tie it all together. There was a lot happening but I don’t feel as this book could stand by itself outside of the trilogy. I liked what we were learning and the character development we got but it all seemed a little scattered. 
A strength of the multiple little storylines is that I felt like the book was paced really well. There wasn’t really any slow sections and it always felt like something was happening. 
Will certainly be on the look out for Book 3.
adventurous dark hopeful 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

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperVoyager for this ARC in exchange for my review! 

I was so excited to get my ARC after reading Faebound. This novel picks up shortly after the events of the second book and keeps the same pace as the first. It was a fast paced book with twists and turns, some more obvious than others, and continues the story of Lettle and her sister Yeeran as they try to bridge the gap between Fae and the Elven tribes. 
I really liked that we got to see more of the Fae lands as well as the lands that lay beyond the Elven tribes as well. The descriptions made it feel as if you were walking along some of the characters at times and really added to the reading experience. I also loved that we got to see more of the magic system in this novel as well and it helped to solve a lot of the confusion that I had with the first book. 
While this novel is labeled as a romance I really enjoyed that the romance plot lines weren't at the forefront of the novel and like the first book, they blended in naturally with the main storyline instead of being the main focus. 

I am really excited to see how this trilogy will end and cannot wait for the next book to come out!