Okay, my new obsession has arrived. Hello, dual POV! I am always a fan of getting inside both of our main characters’ heads and learning what they’re truly thinking.

The couple gives Quicksilver/ACOMAF vibes, so if you like those characters, you’ll love our main duo. He’s low-key annoyed that he has to deal with her, and she wants to go stabby-stabby but knows she has to play nice to get what she needs. I absolutely loved their dynamic and the way the curse played into how they treated each other. I couldn’t help but devour every single page of this story.

At first, I didn’t like how certain relationships shifted, but by the end, I loved the way everything came together. The overall story had me very intrigued, and I enjoyed the way the information and history slowly unfolded for us as readers. Just when I thought I knew something, another surprise would pop up. I never felt like I could truly predict what was going to happen next, and the impending war definitely kept me on my toes.

I absolutely will be reading book two, and I can’t wait to share this with all my Romantasy loving friends!


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A God tier book for me!

Wow, that was phenomenal! Action packed from the first page, with amazing twists and turns. I couldn't put this book down. Wow!

Thalia is a Scion who has been trained from a young age to defend and protect the Library of Curses. The world has been at peace for the last century, and on the night of the anniversary, there's an attack on the Library. The Library is overturned and left in shambles and her brother has been taken.

Soren is a dangerous, cursed Fae who's been banished from the Fae world. He's desperate for vengeance and for his curse to be broken. Thalia desperately wanting to find her brother, so she makes a deal with Soren, he helps find Thalia's brother in exchange for the book of his curse.

With all the looming threats of a new shadowy leader, demons, creatures and the threat of war between realms on the line, the two team up to uncover who stole the brother and unleashed the curses. As they work together, the lines of who is evil start to thin. Feelings start to develop and lives are put on the line.

Cursekeeper exceeded every expectation I had going into this book! The characters are so well written! My favorite character is Oriel! He's so silly and had me giggling quite a few times! I cannot recommend this book enough.

I will be patiently waiting for the second installment of Library of Souls series!

Thank you so much to NetGalley, Atria books and Alexandra Christo for the opportunity to read and review Cursekeeper prior to its release on November 3rd!

*spoilers, sort of*
Alright, Cursekeeper is honestly one of the top books I’ve read all year. It’s a gripping tale with a unique form of curses and how they are wielded. Thalia’s destiny is to protect the Library as a Scion. Soren is the fallen prince of winter, and cursed. While the world starts going to crap, with demons on the loose and the rest of the Scions murdered during a break in on Thalias night off - Thalia and Soren team up to find out and put a stop to the bad guy, coined the Lighteater. The twist at the end of the book has me reeling… and I’m annoyed I have to wait for the next book, even longer than normal because I was chosen as a NetGalley eARC reader.

Cursekeeper by Alexandra Christo was such an immersive fantasy read! I loved the dark, magical atmosphere, the intriguing worldbuilding, and the twists that kept me guessing. Alexandra Christo has a way of creating compelling characters and weaving magic and danger together, making this a great pick for anyone who loves romantasy with a darker edge!

i am once again, at a complete loss for words. this was the easiest five stars i could possibly give, and my mind is STILL reeling from every single piece of information we were handed. and because i am still very much grieving, let me start this by saying: soren is THE ultimate eater. truly, this man loves nothing more than to eat, and i personally love him for that.

now, the book itself was an absolute rollercoaster. i’ll spare everyone the blurb, but boy do i have thoughts.

cursekeeper was everything i love. fae, humans, and everything in between trying to coexist after a war nearly tore their world apart, while everyone still very much hates everyone else? yes please. and oh my goodness, this world was truly magical. i went from loving characters i was convinced i would hate to absolutely despising people i had grown to love. the betrayal, THE BETRAYAL. there were multiple moments where i genuinely just sat there with my hand over my mouth, gasping like i had personally been betrayed.

and we really get EVERYTHING here. curses, demons, a library literally protecting said curses, fallen princes, royals, scions, war, secrets upon secrets… i was being FED.

thalia is such a lovely fmc. she’s a warrior and a protector of the library (scion), and i absolutely loved that she’s strong without ever feeling like she’s just strong for the sake of it. she has her morals, she stands by them, and she refuses to stop looking for answers no matter what it costs her. and her banter with soren, or well her retorts to pretty much everyone were perfection. she had me smiling and giggling so many times.

and then there’s soren. our cursed boy (duhhhh), who carries so much guilt for everything that happened to him and his brothers, their court being branded as fallen, hunted by scions, and murdered by royals. he starts out wanting to break his curse to help his people, but somewhere along the way that plan gets a little… muddled by thalia and his very obvious yearning for something more with her. and yearn he did!! i have a total of 449 highlights (okay im just now realising how many i have, damn) and i can confidently say that at least 100 of them were about soren & thalia and just anything that made me swoon or giggle

i genuinely cannot stress enough how much i LOVED their dynamic. every argument, every bit of banter, every little moment between them had me completely hooked. and every time soren decided it was time to eat again was truly a highlight.

but the biggest thing about this book has to be the betrayal. this book is DROWNING in it. every time i thought i had figured something out, another piece of information got thrown at me and suddenly i was questioning literally everyone. i had theories. i had suspicions. some i desperately wanted to be wrong and some i am now side-eyeing VERY heavily.
those last 30%excuse me made me feel ILL!!!! you cannot just do that to me.

also, i am currently discovering that this is a trilogy and i genuinely do not know how i am supposed to cope with that information. SOMEONE SAVE ME. i have approximately 700 questions, i need to know more about thalia and soren, i need answers about the fallen, i need to understand WHAT IS GOING ON, and most importantly i am regretting wanting books for a few of the others, no thanks.

i love oriel. i love thalia. soren is HOT. soren is THE eater. i have theories about things that i am simply choosing to believe until proven otherwise. i have questions about the princes, the war, the royals, minva, oberon, astir and approximately seventeen conspiracy boards currently forming in my head.
basically, i need the next book immediately.

let the lighteater come once more bc i am dying to find out more about soren and thalias new bond


some
of my favourite moments (but i really know ball):

'I wanted it for you. I want to save the world for you!'

‘I don’t need training,’ I said. ‘I could kick your ass, given half a chance.’ ‘I am flattered that your focus is on my ass.’ I gaped. ‘That’s not—’

‘The gardens are that way.’ I pointed, with a wince, to our right. ‘I can lead us out.’ ‘You’re sure?’ ‘I’m never wrong.’ ‘And so rarely modest,’ Soren said.

‘You truly swear it?’ Soren put a hand to his chest. ‘On my honour.’ I wasn’t entirely sure Soren had much honour left,


wish i could get amnesia to read this for the first time again, thanks so much for the arc!!