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A review by katsbooks
Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty.”
“It's in the darkest corners that things seem the scariest.”
This book was cute. It's a Beauty and the Beast retelling, which I liked. However, I don't think I can gush about this. Was it bad? No, it was... fine. I saw a review that said this book felt a little bit like a rough draft. It just felt a bit unfinished. I read When Dimple Met Rishi from this author and loved it so this was a bit of a disappointment in comparison. Again, it wasn't terrible but I woudn't call it great either.
The romance was cute. I enjoyed the sister dynamic between the main character and her little sister. The side characters were a lot of fun. The entire setting was charming, as hell. I loved the representation of India even though this is a European fairytale retelling.
I think one of my biggest gripes about this book is that the curse is never fully explained. Well, the curse itself kind of is but I still don't understand how it was broken. There was barely any magic at all. At least not explicitly. Everything that happened, literally, could have been coincidental and just happened to line up with the "curse." I also didn't love the main character. I feel like in a Beauty in the Beast retelling, the "beauty" should be likable and, sometimes, she was really judgemental and insufferable.
I think I'll continue to read some of Menon's other contemporary works but I don't think the St. Rosetta's series is for me.
“It's in the darkest corners that things seem the scariest.”
This book was cute. It's a Beauty and the Beast retelling, which I liked. However, I don't think I can gush about this. Was it bad? No, it was... fine. I saw a review that said this book felt a little bit like a rough draft. It just felt a bit unfinished. I read When Dimple Met Rishi from this author and loved it so this was a bit of a disappointment in comparison. Again, it wasn't terrible but I woudn't call it great either.
The romance was cute. I enjoyed the sister dynamic between the main character and her little sister. The side characters were a lot of fun. The entire setting was charming, as hell. I loved the representation of India even though this is a European fairytale retelling.
I think one of my biggest gripes about this book is that the curse is never fully explained. Well, the curse itself kind of is but I still don't understand how it was broken. There was barely any magic at all. At least not explicitly. Everything that happened, literally, could have been coincidental and just happened to line up with the "curse." I also didn't love the main character. I feel like in a Beauty in the Beast retelling, the "beauty" should be likable and, sometimes, she was really judgemental and insufferable.
I think I'll continue to read some of Menon's other contemporary works but I don't think the St. Rosetta's series is for me.