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A review by angelalibrosymiscelaneas
The Curse That Binds Us by Katie Hayoz, Katie Hayoz
2.0
ARC was provided by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
2/5---------------------------------3/10
This book was sadly an almost DNF for me. I didn't enjoy it enough to keep interested and I push through it since 30% in. I got myself on a reading slump and in the end, it was not worth it.
If you wonder what I found appealing about this novel at the beginning, I would say the fantasy elements recreating history to unite three different characters in one single and bigger story. The mystery of the box that appears every birthday, the roanoke mystery, the weird and magic lost village... That was so good...too good to be true.
Don't get me wrong, you are gonna find all those things you were promised at the premise of the book, but the execution may not give you what you were expecting.
I found the multiple POV boring the longer I read. Eleanor's perspective gave too much information for my linking to keep me guessing and John's chapters were soooooo boring... Reed made the book work for me at the beginning, but eventually, I found her character boring too.
The way the story develops from a writing point of view reminds me of Bone Crier's Moon, which may be a good sign for future readers of this book.
I would recommend this to fans of that type of "slow multiple POV, magic story with enemies to lovers". I also think would be great for those young readers who are into paranormal fantasy or even contemporary books.
My reason to say this is because the amount of fantasy you will find in this novel it's not a lot, and you will have demonic forces as the main focus.
Also, this is an opening book for a series. Don't expect a lot of action or...fantasy.
To me, it feels at the end too much like and long introduction instead of an actual story, but I still can't deny all the potential it has that may charm other readers.
2/5---------------------------------3/10
This book was sadly an almost DNF for me. I didn't enjoy it enough to keep interested and I push through it since 30% in. I got myself on a reading slump and in the end, it was not worth it.
If you wonder what I found appealing about this novel at the beginning, I would say the fantasy elements recreating history to unite three different characters in one single and bigger story. The mystery of the box that appears every birthday, the roanoke mystery, the weird and magic lost village... That was so good...too good to be true.
Don't get me wrong, you are gonna find all those things you were promised at the premise of the book, but the execution may not give you what you were expecting.
I found the multiple POV boring the longer I read. Eleanor's perspective gave too much information for my linking to keep me guessing and John's chapters were soooooo boring... Reed made the book work for me at the beginning, but eventually, I found her character boring too.
The way the story develops from a writing point of view reminds me of Bone Crier's Moon, which may be a good sign for future readers of this book.
I would recommend this to fans of that type of "slow multiple POV, magic story with enemies to lovers". I also think would be great for those young readers who are into paranormal fantasy or even contemporary books.
My reason to say this is because the amount of fantasy you will find in this novel it's not a lot, and you will have demonic forces as the main focus.
Also, this is an opening book for a series. Don't expect a lot of action or...fantasy.
To me, it feels at the end too much like and long introduction instead of an actual story, but I still can't deny all the potential it has that may charm other readers.