A review by mitzee
Cursebound by Saara El-Arifi

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Another great installment of this series. The development of Lettle and where her story goes has been interesting and juicy. 

Summary for my own reference:
Spoilers ahead! (Not sure why but the spoiler tag isnt working in this review.)
Several storylines at once:

Yeerin heading back out to her ex for some intel

Furi, the queen, slaying all the elves who came with Yeerin in chains and essentially inciting a war of Elves against Fey

People are trying to assassinate Lettle. They were operating under the guise of a rebellion crew against the dynasty but in the end it’s just Ryann’s grandfather and his lover trying to kill Lettle because they saw a premonition that Lettle would kill Ryann (the king) one day.

A new character, Alder, who roams with the Nomads. This mysterious stranger is the way finder for the nomads. But he also sleepwalks and sleep talks in an unknown language. 

It’s revealed that Alder is human. Alder Falls in love with Golan, a lightless stylist to the royal family but mostly Lettle.

At the end of the book Lettle finds her power to speak to the fates again and she has a theory that ohbia used to be Humans. Alder can speak a language that the ohbia can understand.