A review by lillieslibraryy
Cursebound by Saara El-Arifi

3.5

Sequels are hard books to nail and unfortunately Cursebound missed the mark. I really enjoyed Faebound and was so excited to see where book 2 would go, and I still feel the same about the rest of the series. But, I was somewhat let down by this book. I found a lot of the characters had regressed and lost what made them them in Faebound. Some of the decisions didn't line up with what we'd seen from them and they seemed even more naive than book 1. I also found a lot of the plot points to be easy to guess, which isn't bad, I just prefer to have a tougher time figuring stuff out. The pacing felt off as well, so much happened in so little pages that it was almost too much. I would have rather this been a duology, with both books being on the longer side. 

All that being said, it definitely had parts I loved and enjoyed, from the mystery about the curse to the obeah's. I also loved the romance and the focus on relationships we got during this book. There were so many tender and sweet moments mixed in with more spicy scenes. Cursebound really set up so much and I need answers to this immediately and cannot wait to see how this series ends. Saara El-Arifi is an amazing author and my feelings on this book don't change my love for her. 

Thanks so NetGalley and the publisher for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review