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A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber

7 reviews

zoeelora's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Abandonment, Blood, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

klsreads's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Death, Murder, Blood, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexual content

cornelia24's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

This was terrible.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Adult/minor relationship

taylorjayne's review

0.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Confinement

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Stalking, Body horror, Child death, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Blood, Confinement, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

chronicacademia's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Stalking, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Torture, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

emotional 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

5.0

Ever since ready Caraval in middle school, I knew that Stephanie Garber’s book would hold a special place in my heart. They are magical, romantic, and reminded me why I loved reading in the first place. Her latest novel, A Curse For True Love did all of that, and more. I have never been sadder to leave a book series behind, but am so thankful for the stories it brought j to my life. And to Evangeline, one of my favorite protagonists, thank you for letting me feel seen, and reminding me that our hearts are the greatest thing of all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Torture, and Grief

eberzy's review

adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This whole series was incredible. Every single book was a binge read for me. Love love love the entire concept of fairy tale with a twist. 

I loved all the scenes and the outcome of this last book, but like a lot of others have already said—it was rushed and there are a lot of unanswered questions. I honestly still don’t understand all of the world and the connection between characters…that could very well be because I didn’t do a reread or recap before this last book. BUT, like fairy tales, I didn’t have to understand it and not everything had to make sense for me to love it. Stephanie is a queen at writing tension and romance without being explicit about it. I had to remind myself constantly that this was YA. 

Side note—the rush with this book was also apparent with the typos. I found at least three, which is a bit frustrating. 

I really hope there will be a spin-off or continuation. I will definitely read it. I finished this series without hating anyone. Like most fairy tales, the motives of the “villain(s)” are understandable. I could still potentially root for them!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder and Blood

Minor: Abandonment, Infidelity, Cursing, Death, and Sexual assault

This whole series was incredible. Every single book was a binge read for me. Love love love the entire concept of fairy tale with a twist. I loved all the scenes and the outcome of this last book, but like a lot of others have already said—it was rushed and there are a lot of unanswered questions. I honestly still don’t understand all of the world and the connection between characters…that could very well be because I didn’t do a reread or recap before this last book. BUT, like fairy tales, I didn’t have to understand it and not everything had to make sense for me to love it. Stephanie is a queen at writing tension and romance without being explicit about it. I had to remind myself constantly that this was YA. Side note—the rush with this book was also apparent with the typos. I found at least three, which is a bit frustrating. I really hope there will be a spin-off or continuation. I will definitely read it. I finished this series without hating anyone. Like most fairy tales, the motives of the “villain(s)” are understandable. I could still potentially root for them!