staceyleigh 's review for:

A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber

5.0

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✨ A dreamy and whimsical romantasy with brilliant tension between fate, sacrifice and betrayal. 

 ⭐ Rating: 5/5 

 

Desperate to stop the wedding of her true love and her step-sister, Evangeline Fox makes a bargain with a Fate, Jacks the Prince of Hearts. After their first meeting, we see how much Evangeline cannot trust Jacks. However, their paths continue to cross, even more so after Evangeline becomes aware of a prophecy of someone crowned in rose gold—a unique colour Evangeline herself embodies. Tension, suspense and betrayal continue throughout the trilogy until the genuine truth is finally revealed. 

 

I loved how whimsical this story was, and how stunning Garber’s description is of the world and her characters. There is this air of a dreamlike magic which contrasts against the intensity of the prophecies. What truly made the story shine was Jacks’ moral ambiguity and morally grey characterisation, particularly in contrast to the brightness and lightness that Evangeline embodies. Even with this being a reread, I couldn’t help but be so immersed in the story, too captivated by their search for truth and breaking of the curses. At times, I wanted to shake Jacks and Evangeline, but I also lived for the growing tension something fiercely.