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Cursebound by Saara El-Arifi

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Cursebound

Saara El-Arifi

3.94 AVERAGE

gabriellehbriss's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous inspiring tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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isabellastalkingaboutbooks's review against another edition

5.0
fast-paced
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jamroxx's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous informative mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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gvanos24's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mady50n's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

joshhill1021's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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mermaid_naiad's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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
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alchemilla's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous emotional mysterious 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

carmarbuck's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced
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matmatmatty's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous dark mysterious tense
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Same rating I gave the first one - if you really liked the first one, then you'll probably love this one too.

This story gave us a little more insight into the lore, and I think it was done well. though I'm still not a huge fan on the reliance of prophecy, because if you work it out, then it becomes too easy. I want to work for my mystery, not just solve a riddle.

Spoilers:
  • I guessed Alder was human straight away. He couldn't remember his life but was found with a bunch of obeah and knows the land really well? Thought it was obvious. BUT what was not obvious and was surprising is the obeah are humans?????? Thought that was a good twist.
  • I thought Salawa's death was genuinely surprising, and I think it has kicked off a lot of drama for our characters.
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