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The Curse Behind The Mask by Holly J. Gill

75_sweetestbook's review against another edition

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5.0

Wow this book was gifted to me.. This was a very intense hot read that takes you on many twists and turns throughout the darkest times. I was very excited to read this book and I dug right in and didn’t put down tell I was finished. My heart was betting fast and hard and I was needing more of the story that had me feeling like I was right there in the story. This is a very good hot steamy read and can’t wait to read more from this collection.

erikawastaken's review

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2.0

1.5 stars, but I rounded up since this was the story that explains the series.

The writing in this is just bad. The author couldn’t seem to decide if this was a medieval fairy tale world or a modern story, so there are chunks of prose interchanged with vulgar interjections.

The mistakes like using “cease her” vs. “seize her” are one thing, but at times this book just felt stitched together with different voices. The scenes jump quickly, the story pacing feels rushed, and then you get weird sentences that can only be described as a middle-school guy describing fake encounters with his made-up girlfriend who “lives out of state.”

mairio's review

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2.0

a short read, and not that fcked up as expected. almost kinda cute. well, that curse-thingy is weird and fcked up, but whatever

kathleenabby's review

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

carolinxechaos's review

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1.0

Please note this contains spoilers.

I love dark adult fantasy but this is probably the worst one I read.

I say it take a couple fairy tale stories and ties to mash them up.

There is a queen and a prince. They live in the modern world and have a erotic ball where you can let your fantasy's come true even if it means killing your partner.

Prince choose his victim at the ball and once decided he suppose to let the queen know and she gets her ready. Well this one's a virgin and didn't read the TOS. So prince is freaking out. Doesn't want to hurt a virgin. Tires to give her pleasure but while he in-between her legs the queen who is watching calls him away and curses him to act like a beast. Prince ends up being sadistic on the girl. She mad blah blah. Prince has no idea what happen just wakes up in the girls blood.

So girl escapes and hate prince. He finds her and tries to tell him that he was cursed. The whole conversation is just super unrealistic for a fantasy book. She goes home finds out her dad sold her cause she was a virgin (also he was cursed) and she goes back to the princes home. She wants the truth. Yeah after a week I totally run back into the arms of the man who acted like a beast after being told he was cursed. Even more I have sex with him cause he promised to be sweet to me! Ugh.

You find out Queen is the princes half sister. Daddy had an affair. No back story nothing. Queen murder mommy and daddy. She hates the prince cause she just wants everything.

Also lets not forget Queen open Pandora box. How did she have Pandora's box? supposedly mommy and daddy were keepers of that box. So everyone cursed. They defeat the queen cause the girl told the prince she loved him. I know it fantasy but it been a week and being brutally raped AND you fall in love? Not buying it.

but it not over. Queen had the cursed guards seize them both. tells the story about murdering the prince's parents. It was a very dramatic page and half of nothing. she puts another curse on the prince but this time to kill the girl. Well guess what it didn't work. Why? Cause prince did his own magic. The now not cursed guards take the queen away and the book says THE END.

It an 85 page story of sex.

Only thing I liked is that the book was free on the kindle and I didn't have to spend any money.

tswartz91's review

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

mydarlingbookz's review

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3.0

Pretty short novella :) of retailing and some steamy moments and dark moments.. it was okayish..

Elijah is a "cruel" prince with a taste of pain play and dominant and he's looking for his next playmate at the ball he's hosting with the "evil queen" and he spots her he already has plans for his girl. And when he finds out she's so pure and innocent he tries to back out since he feels something for her something more. As for Megan she's confused at what Elijah now she's trusting him but darkness wins for a moment, the evil queen curses Elijah when he didn't go through with hurting Megan. Now he did hurt her (he rapes her but he was like brainwashed so he doesn't remember).

Now both have to survive and not let the evil queen win can they?

Low angst, no ow/om drama, no cheating, Drama, sexy times, virgin girl and playboy idk when he slept with anyone

Recommend- maybe
Cover-⭐⭐⭐

Slowinsta
Bdsm-ish
Public sex
Dub-con turned consent
Sexual assult (brainwashed)
No condom
HFN
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