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2.5

Well, that's that. Tbh, the book was quite predictive, but still kind of fun to read. Except for the fact that I dreaded reading the p.o.v of Marroc/Galin everytime they showed up, because it literally felt like I was reading the p.o.v of an angsty teen ( he kept saying stuff like: she's my mate, I want to protect her, but I want to drain her soul out of her body. But if I do that, I die. Also, I can't tell her the truth, because she will hate me.) IT WAS THE SAME SHIT EVERY. SINGLE. CHAPTER.

Also, I knew from the start that Marroc was going to be Loki or Galin, that part was soooo obvious, but I don't know why the author put it off until the end. It wasn't suspenseful or anything, just stretched.

But, the adventure was quite interesting and the MC was likable.

kirstenleigh's review

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3.0

There are some things I liked about this book but also a lot I didn’t.... the most frustrating thing to me was that for a romance novel, the female lead didn’t seem to have hardly any interest in the male lead past calling him beautiful a few times. She seemed to have little emotion toward him other than feeling like she owed him because he saved her life. While he on the other hand was basically completely crazy about her, while never letting her know. And the entire book was just a search for one thing or another with what felt like very little payoff.... now with that being said I still can’t wait for the next one because I’m totally rooting for these two characters! I just hope the next book shows more growth, particularly for our female lead.

softstarrynights's review

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2.0

Cursed Prince is the first in a fantasy trilogy that takes a lot on inspiration from Norse mythology. In dual perspectives, we follow Marroc, a dark magician under a curse, and Ali, a Night-Elf who wished to free her people from their imprisonment by the High-Elves and take place after Ragnarok. I am going to put my cards on the table here and admit that I picked up this book on the promise of the cover alone, which I still love, but was left disappointed. The world that these characters inhabit is incredibly messy and utterly uninteresting. The elves, both night-elves and high-elves, live alongside the ruins of human civilisation. There aren't any humans in the book itself, but there are iPods, blenders, and Beyonce. Worst of all there are multiple references to being Rickrolled. That should tell you a lot about what you're getting yourself into with this book. I ignored the warning signs that existed within the world-building because I had faith that the characters would carry the book. I will always choose a character-driven story over a plot-driven one. Ali constantly claimed to be a super-assassin, but never truly exhibited any skills that made me believe that someone would pay her to be an assassin. Marroc was interesting at first. He was moody, angsty, and had a tragic backstory. I will admit that I was into it. He was cursed so that he couldn't speak, but as soon as that curse was lifted all the faith I had in him to rescue this book dissipated. He was much more appealing when he was mute. Ordinarily, I adore dual perspective and was so excited when I realised that this book was going to give that to me. However, there is a skill in writing dual perspectives because ultimately they ought to complement one another. What they should not do is repeat each other. To give you an example of the way this book failed; Marroc's POV would have his say that he wanted to consume Ali's soul, which is an inner thought. Ali's POV a chapter later would include her saying that Marroc looked as though he wanted to consume her soul. There was also a lot of repeating plot points and background, which suggests to me that either the author doesn't trust their reader or the book is so complicated the reader needs constant reminders. Neither option is particularly pleasant. To recap thus far, I hated the plot, the characters were uninteresting and to top it all off the big twist was so predictable I guessed it maybe 25% of the way into the book, and that is me being generous. There was also a reveal at the end which felt like it should have been surprising. But here is the rub;

Spoiler

The book is called Cursed Prince and Marroc is cursed, so it would make sense that he is also the prince from the title.

. I was so excited to read this from the promise of the cover and am so disappointed that I'm not even sure who I would recommend this to. It's such a shame that the cover for the sequel is equally as gorgeous, but I don't think I can bring myself to read more of this mess.

kcmae's review

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3.0

CHARACTERS

I thought I could give these characters a four, but then I asked myself:

What’s their background?

The hero doesn’t count, he lost his memory.

Okay what’s the heroine’s?

Um... she’s an assassin...

Did you ever read about her assassinating anyone?

No.

So the only thing you know about this girl is a meaningless piece of information.
And let me guess, you only know this meaningless information, because the author beat you over the head with it?

Yes. Oh wait! She has a brother!

Great! And what did that brother do for the story?

He gave her a reason to have courage. She wanted to get back to him and speak of all that happened.

Okay. So the author created an entirely new character (which is supposed to have background and an in depth personality) to motivate the main character?

Yes.

The main character who was already an assassin?

Yes.

That seems like a bit of a waste doesn’t it?

I mean, I guess.

Did you at least build a connection to the brother’s character? Did he have an amazingly written personality?

Well we didn’t actually meet him until the final two percent of the book.
But I liked knowing she had someone other than the hero!

Fine! Okay. Whatever.
What was that hero’s name again?

I can’t remember.

...

CHARACTERS: ⭐️⭐️

PLOT

I liked the plot.

It had absolutely zero sex. I don’t even think they kissed if they didn’t have to. But I liked it.

I liked their entire dilemma it was interesting and unpredictable. Which is a major plus. However, I was disappointed by the ending. I enjoyed the first book, but it seems like the second book would exhaust me. My attention span is already short and I find it gets shorter with the absence of sexual tension. So, I won’t be continuing.

But I did enjoy this.

PLOT: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

WRITING: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Character development was crappy.

Average: 3

flpanthersfan13's review

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4.0

This book was recommended to me on KU and while it grabbed me at first, I struggled a bit through the middle, but am glad I persevered through the end because now I want to see where this story goes in book 2!

miii_'s review against another edition

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2.0

I found the plot a bit dragging and boring

bookswithagemini's review against another edition

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2.0

2.5/3 Stars

Listen she was wild and she was a mess. And by she I mean this book.

The concept/the premise, the world in this book was super intriguing but the execution was.. not there. I loved that it was based off of Norse mythology talked/was centered around Loki, Odin, Thor and Ragnarok.

The book just felt super rushed at a lot of times. It was set in a futuristic Boston, but then the underworld was involved and some other realms which all honestly blurred together and got lost in translation. It felt like this should have been 3 separate books tbh.

I did enjoy Ali and Marroc as characters. Loved that there was fey/elves, sorcery, and zombies (?). Like I said the premise has wonderful potential and I did enjoy certain parts of the book, but the pacing and execution was lacking. And I forgot I was reading this m, came back to it a few days later and then found myself skimming the second half because I just wanted to be done with it.

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