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nemerith's review against another edition
3.0
Meet Madeleine 'Maddy', a troubled young woman who burdened with a curse to kill the people she touches, lives a solitary life.
That changes when she gets kidnapped from her bed and is seemingly buried alive in the middle of the forest.
Upon waking up, she finds herself in a refuge underground amidst warriors who tell her she is one of them, a Vaettir, a descendent from the gods/goddesses of old.
If that's not hard to believe, well, try believing you're an executioner and your curse is actually a gift... go figure.
What does Estus want with her? Will she be able to embrace her gift and her Vaettir side? But most importantly... will she be able to get out of there alive?
My take on the book:
The book in itself is well written, the plot is good but I'm undecided whether I like it or not...
The start was good, you got thrown into it when Maddy gets kidnapped. As the story unfolds in the Salr it gets a bit long and while of course the story continues to build and Maddy learns more about herself and the others... it just felt a tad too long. The last few chapters were in my opinion the best, making me want to grab the next book asap.
Character development was decent, we get to know Maddy fairly well, what happened in her past, how she reasons and what's important to her. As for the other characters, we only get to know them superficially, so hope the next book reveals more about them.
There were a few errors (mainly at the start), but nothing to break your head over.
There is no sex described but we know it happened, so if that's important for you, this book is fine.
I voluntarily read an advanced reader copy of this book and all in all it wasn't bad but it felt a bit 'stuck' in the middle. As said, ending was great so will read the next one!!
That changes when she gets kidnapped from her bed and is seemingly buried alive in the middle of the forest.
Upon waking up, she finds herself in a refuge underground amidst warriors who tell her she is one of them, a Vaettir, a descendent from the gods/goddesses of old.
If that's not hard to believe, well, try believing you're an executioner and your curse is actually a gift... go figure.
What does Estus want with her? Will she be able to embrace her gift and her Vaettir side? But most importantly... will she be able to get out of there alive?
My take on the book:
The book in itself is well written, the plot is good but I'm undecided whether I like it or not...
The start was good, you got thrown into it when Maddy gets kidnapped. As the story unfolds in the Salr it gets a bit long and while of course the story continues to build and Maddy learns more about herself and the others... it just felt a tad too long. The last few chapters were in my opinion the best, making me want to grab the next book asap.
Character development was decent, we get to know Maddy fairly well, what happened in her past, how she reasons and what's important to her. As for the other characters, we only get to know them superficially, so hope the next book reveals more about them.
There were a few errors (mainly at the start), but nothing to break your head over.
There is no sex described but we know it happened, so if that's important for you, this book is fine.
I voluntarily read an advanced reader copy of this book and all in all it wasn't bad but it felt a bit 'stuck' in the middle. As said, ending was great so will read the next one!!
fredtyre's review against another edition
5.0
The first chapter of Death Cursed by Sara C. Roethle sucks you in kicking and screaming. There were a few times I glanced back at the book to reference something and didn't get back out of the book until a few chapters later.
slc333's review against another edition
3.0
This was an interesting one. Great prologue that pulled me right in. Unfortunately once the story proper started I found myself getting more and more annoyed by the circumstances, and where I could see this obviously leading. They kidnapped her because the want to use her. She awakes, no-one tells her where she is or why at first just being autocratic, mean and mysterious. I hate when people withhold valid information from h/H for 'reasons' only the reasons are simply to create plot drama. And despite her couple of early escape attempts it is clear she is going to end up doing exactly what her nasty selfish captors want - which just bugged me. Yet I was still interested in the events of the story. And the twists and turns and action. I also liked how Maddy was smart enough to know she couldn't trust anyone - just wish her actions always reflected that.
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