A curse so dark and lonely book5/13/2023 Prince Rhen, handsome and closed-off, won’t give enough details for Harper to understand why no woman has been able to fall in love with him and break the curse, thus saving his people and his Kingdom – and she certainly isn’t finding his swagger endearing. Is her mother still alive? Is her brother staying on the right side of the gangs?īreak the curse, save the kingdom. As Harper slowly begins to unravel the terrible truth of Rhen and why he and his castle have been cursed, she worries about her family. Harper is horrified to find herself in a storybook land filled with curses and magical monsters, starving villagers and marauding invaders. Prince Rhen is the master of it all, with an empty cursed castle full of secrets. But instead of running off, the man accidentally transports her to the fantastical Kingdom of Emberfall. One night when Harper, playing the lookout for her brother, sees a woman being attacked on the street, she doesn’t think twice before jumping the guy and laying in to him. She’s always had to fight to survive and to keep her family safe as they must do unthinkable things to keep the money-hungry gangs off their backs. Her mother is dying of cancer, her father ran off after making too many bad deals with gangsters, and she’s endured surgery and constant undermining due to her cerebral palsy. Harper knows a thing or two about hardship. What to expect: Beauty and the Beast, romance, fantasy, adventure, disability representation Denise Mealy | The Children’s Book Review | MaA Curse So Dark and Lonely
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