A review by haileyhardcover
From Bad to Cursed by Lana Harper

mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I HAVE BEEN DUPED. This is supposed to be my year of only reading books with prominent LGBTQIA+ rep. The others in the Thistle Grove series all apply, so I had ASSUMED when I spontaneously bought up the whole series that From Bad to Cursed would as well… wrong. There are queer side characters, so it wasn’t a complete cishet failure but… I’m still mad lol 

In addition to the story really lacking in queer rep for my liking, I just didn’t enjoy this  story as much as Payback’s A Witch. This one is more of a whodunit mystery which I do typically enjoy, but I sussed out the WHO early on, and didn’t enjoy the time it took the MC’s to catch up. 

Knowing what I now know about the third book in this series (bad non-binary rep) I am even less excited to continue reading them… but I bought them all, and the third and fourth books are short, so I will. But I don’t expect to be keeping this series on my shelf when the year is out. 
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