A review by camiclarkbooks
Cursed by Marissa Meyer

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Marissa Meyer’s “Cursed” continues the spooky Rumpelstiltskin retelling she began with “Gilded.”

As fun and spooky as the book is, it’s extremely repetitive. Serilda constantly reminds us that she has to go along with the lie about carrying the child of the villainous Erlking to protect the spirits of the five ghost children that she feels responsible for. She also constantly reminds us that she can’t tell Gild the truth that the baby is his, while mentioning over and over that she has to come up with a plan to free the ghost children, return Gild to his human body, herself to her human body, and escape with her baby. The reader didn’t need so many blatant reminders to know what the stakes were. 

Aside from that, I did enjoy “Cursed” and thought it was a satisfying end to Meyer’s duology. 
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