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A review by yourbookishbff
A Treacherous Curse by Deanna Raybourn
dark
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I enjoyed most aspects of the mystery in this one! There were a few twists I didn't see coming, and I enjoyed another installment in the will-they-won't-they that is Veronica and Stoker. Veronica can be a bit too over-the-top-I'm-not-like-other-women for me at times, but I DID really appreciate her verbal set-downs in this one and found myself nodding along with most of her character assassinations, so there's that. I was mad at Stoker for about five minutes but I got over it.
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Moderate: Racism
Lots of cultural appropriation and theft here, and Stoker is, predictably (thankfully), pretty mad about it.