A review by gothichues
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

4.0

This is a very interesting take on the Beauty and the Beast retelling, with a not so perfect main character, a very lonely yet deadly love interest and a guardsman that is always loyal to the throne. The plot of this book is refreshing to me since I don't really read retellings that much but I ended up enjoying it. The characters were great and I liked how each of them were developed as the story progressed. I also liked how the relationship between Harper and Rhen is done because it didn't push her to love him right away which I thought is realistic. The reason why I only gave this 4 stars because the pacing is a little bit slow for me that it made me bored at some time. I also didn't buy Harper's trust towards Rhen and Grey in the very first part of the book because I thought that its ridiculous and it seems like stockholm syndrome to me. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed it and I will surely pick up the sequel when it comes out because of the ending.