



Harper is brave, seems tough but has some surprisingly idealistic moments. The book is based around the development and relationships between the three main characters. Prickly, suspicious and aggressively independent, she has no interest in being a princess.įor another fairytale retelling review, check out my thoughts on Cinderella Is Dead!Ī Curse So Dark and Lonely is hugely character driven And Harper seems the least likely girl yet to fall for him. To make matters worse, the witch who cast this spell has told Rhen that this is his last chance. He’s killed his entire family, his guard (other than Grey) and a not insubstantial number of the people who live beyond the castle’s grounds. It hasn’t been working well for him so far. Made to turn into a lethal beast at the end of each season, unless he can get a girl to fall in love with him.

There, Prince Rhen is the victim of a terrible curse. Harper starts the book in Washington DC, before being kidnapped by Grey and brought to Emberfall. It’s a YA fantasy rewrite set in the fictional world of Emberfall, and also our own world. I love Beauty and the Beast, beyond all reason, so this book was an easy sell for me! A Curse So Dark and Lonely is by Brigid Kemmerer. My thoughts on A Curse So Dark and Lonely He will only be freed if a girl falls in love with him. Here she will meet Prince Rhen, heir to the kingdom, and cursed to repeat a single season over and over again. Unfortunately, her attempt to intervene gets her grabbed instead, and transported to another world: Emberfall. Harper is minding her own business, or her brother’s business anyway, when she witnesses somebody apparently trying to kidnap another woman.
