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Sealed with a Curse by Cecy Robson

chelsfoust's review against another edition

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5.0

Loved this book, it was funny, sweet, and oh so wonderfully paranormal. I am bummed with myself that I waited so long to read this. I have had it for sometime now and I wish I had read it earlier. I can't wait to read the second one that is already out! I will read every thing that Cecy writes. I loved getting to know all the sisters and wolves, and even the vamps. I am anxious to see what they get up to in the second installment.

breezy610's review against another edition

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5.0

i really enjoyed this book. i read it in one sitting. I can't wait to read the rest in the series.

vassooo's review against another edition

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It started good but after 40% I was disappointed. The guys were douches, pacing confusing, the plot boring and the characters superficial and annoying. And of course all the women except the sisters were described as bitches.
DNF at 64%

mellhay's review against another edition

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5.0

Loved reading this story of the sisters with werewolves and vampires. Great action and story, with a touch of blooming love. Can't wait for the next one!

****FULL REVIEW****

4.5 Stars!

Trying to avoid the supernatural world Celia, who is more use to being alone, and her three sisters end up in Vampire court, charged with murder of one of Misha Aleksandr family members, to prove they were not as guilty yet to learn of a bloodlust spreading through the vampire families. Now the Supernatural world knows of the sisters and are sneaking around for a peek, and pictures. However Misha, the lead vampire who tried to have them killed, is now interested in the dominating Celia, but Celia may have her eye on a werewolf. Misha's having troubles in his family. Bloodlust. His vampire family eats well and shouldn't be suffering from this, which means magic is involved. He fears the upheaval of the vampire world maybe the reason - to kill him and take his power. Misha asks Celia, having no ties to the supernatural world, for her help to fight his rival and prove his remaining family innocent and should live. Celia sees the affects of the bloodlust on the human world and makes her choice. Misha and his families time is limited. The sisters jump full force into the supernatural world finding themselves in the middle of werewolves fighting for the world and vampires along with bloodlust vampires.

This book starts off strong, the girls are already in trouble - in vampire court. Quickly we see touches of what each girl's personality is along with a hint to their individual powers even mention of toothpicks with one, to make you curious what she can do with them (serious weapons!).

Action, story, humor, magic, and blooming love all wrapped in one gift here. So many magical variations so makes for a cool action fight. Their is explanations of connections between werewolf and vampire weaknesses and the rules to their kinds. Great set up with action and story blended. Fun quick comments and using current people, places, happenings, and things to relate. Makes me happy with all these elements present.

I suggest making this a weekend read as you're not going to want to stop! I wanted to know if I was right on who was behind the happenings, how much more trouble Celia and her sisters would find, and if Celia got her man.

The blooming love... now, this story has two amazingly hot men and one woman. BUT, this is not what I would call a love triangle. Even though both are interested, she has eyes for one. I loved this. Now there is budding romance in the background with all the sisters as well, but I would not say this is the focus of the story. It's an added top notch bonus to this supernatural story.

This is a definite one for a great weekend read. Cecy has started her series with a kick start, and I CAN NOT WAIT for the next books to come out!

samrushingbooks's review against another edition

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5.0

Why did I take so long to read this book? It was really good. I enjoyed Celia's voice, and learning about her family and her life in Tahoe was wonderful. Okay, yes, I will admit that at times certain details were repeated as if we would forget that Misha's dining room table was "Delaware-sized" but other than that it was a really good and quick read. I shall be jumping into book two soon.

alikatson's review against another edition

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3.0

Can't get a better setting...

whatsmacksaid's review

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2.0

Despite the MC's passivity whenever the LI makes a demand, the raging gender stereotypes, the anti sex worker morals, and the ridiculous italics, I for some reason still wanted to know how it ended. (It wasn't worth it.)

smuttea_matcha's review against another edition

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3.0

I wasn't really thrilled or impressed by this, which was hugely disappointing because of all the 4+ star reviews. From the start, the book didn't impress me. The romance and triangle was too forced. From the very beginning, Misha shows interest in Celia. No reason. Then, conveniently, all the werewolves fall for Celia's sisters. CONVENIENTLY. Come on Robson, couldn't you have mixed it up? Pair someone up with a vamp, or don't pair them off at all. Taran (or whatever her name is) always gets it in and never really settles. But then she meets the werewolf guy and suddenly, he's the one? Bull. On the same night her sisters find true love? Really. And they all came together? Oh ho ho, how convenient. Maybe I should hit up this club. It just seemed too quick. Celia also seemed like one of those female protagonists who just demeans herself because she's fishing for compliments. I'm not that pretty next to my sisters, I don't really attract boys, blah blah blah. I really just rolled my eyes at her. She didn't come off as the strong female I was looking for. Patricia Briggs in her Mercy Thompson series states Mercy's physical appearance like facts (She wasn't very pretty, she wasn't ugly, she had regular brown hair). I'm not saying that Briggs's way of describing a character is always the right way, but Robson didn't do a good job of it. And what was with all the long hair on the boys? I mean really? A good amount of them had long hair. What is with paranormal romance writers and Fabio hair? I hate Fabio hair, I really tried to picture Orlando Bloom as Legolas, but that was just stretching it. Shayna's constant use of "dude" was so annoying. Instead of giving her character, it just makes her a two-dimensional character. Also, that ending? Totally saw it. Anyway, not a book I'd recommend, but definitely not a shitty book. It's just disappointing in many ways when one reads all the sparkling reviews. There are way better paranormal books out there that beat this book and that I'd recommend before I would recommend this one.

katareadsalot's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

shelleyjld's review against another edition

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DNF. Just making a note to remind myself why I didn’t finish it.

The characters are well done and the world building is pretty good. You can feel a lot of empathy for the heroine. But two things bug me:

1. She meets her love interest and has an insta attraction. She shows all the typical signs (from every paranormal romance book ever) of being his fated mate. That’s cool. I’m ok with that. What bugs me is that he and she will be separated for the next two or three books. I just don’t have time for the angst. No HEA and I’m out.

2. The vampire coming to her for help is just weird. He lays out the situation but who is to say he is being truthful and not just using her as a hit squad? She seemed very smart but instantly buys his theory about what’s causing the problems

3. The world building was ok but they give us a brief description of the trouble among vampires without explaining why there is trouble. He’s like “we are really greedy and now there’s suddenly war”. What? Why now? And Misha is a stereotypical vampire with little depth so far. I felt like I knew immediately who her real mate was and who was just there to antagonize the situation between the mates. It’s a hollow love triangle.

Overall, I don’t see this book being a good one for me.