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A review by ohyouread
Her Radiant Curse by Elizabeth Lim
5.0
I go into every single Elizabeth Lim book expecting amazing character building and beautifully depicted worlds that literally take my breath away and I haven’t been disappointed. Not once!!!
Did I want to like Channery? Absolutely not! But her story brought me to tears at times. I wish that Her Radiant Curse didn’t have to end the way it did, because I wanted a happy ending. Which in a way, it was. But not for everyone.
After the death of her mother, Channi is cursed. Where her sister Vanna has a radiant glow and unmatchable beauty, she is hideous. With the scales and poisonous blood of a snake, she spends her days basking in her sister’s footsteps. But Channi was asked by her mother on her deathbed to take care of her sister no matter what and that’s what she plans to do.
When Vanna is old enough, her father and the head of the village temple plan to auction her off to the highest bidder. But the cruel King Nga plans to buy her for his menagerie of oddities. When Vanna asks to be able to choose who wins her, Channi goes to battle to make sure that wish happens.
In this book, we find out how the woman we meet in Six Crimson Cranes becomes the evil stepmother. We see how her affinity with snakes begins and why she is the way she is. And all of it leads back to incredible trauma.
Get ready to cry!!!
Did I want to like Channery? Absolutely not! But her story brought me to tears at times. I wish that Her Radiant Curse didn’t have to end the way it did, because I wanted a happy ending. Which in a way, it was. But not for everyone.
After the death of her mother, Channi is cursed. Where her sister Vanna has a radiant glow and unmatchable beauty, she is hideous. With the scales and poisonous blood of a snake, she spends her days basking in her sister’s footsteps. But Channi was asked by her mother on her deathbed to take care of her sister no matter what and that’s what she plans to do.
When Vanna is old enough, her father and the head of the village temple plan to auction her off to the highest bidder. But the cruel King Nga plans to buy her for his menagerie of oddities. When Vanna asks to be able to choose who wins her, Channi goes to battle to make sure that wish happens.
In this book, we find out how the woman we meet in Six Crimson Cranes becomes the evil stepmother. We see how her affinity with snakes begins and why she is the way she is. And all of it leads back to incredible trauma.
Get ready to cry!!!