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Book Blurb:
Five hundred years ago, the Legendary Balfour vanquished the evil witch Ophesia, saving Genad Kingdom from her heinous curse. So when that same witch crashes his father's coronation and revives the curse, Prince Thom is charged with finishing what Balfour started.
Thom is more diplomat than warrior, and if a throne room of soldiers can't kill the shadow wielding menace, he has little hope of success. Armed with Balfour's ancient journals, Thom hopes to convince Ophesia to free his people with charm instead of steel. But his plan goes sideways when the beautiful and mysterious woman imprisons him, vowing he'll never leave her magical castle hidden in the mountains.
Thom's new prison is much friendlier than he'd expected, with a quartet of enchanted housewares at his beck and call. As Thom learns more about his mysterious captor, he discovers Ophesia's not just an evil witch, but a woman who sacrificed everything for the man she loved once upon a time. And saving his kingdom might just mean mending her broken heart first.
The Curse of the Wretched is the first book in the Wretched Curse series.
*High Gravity ALC *Romantasy *Beauty & The Beast retelling (Gender swapped)
*reverse Age Gap *reverse grumpy/sunshine *Shadow magic *Mirror magic *Slow Burn
*Curses *Family drama *Cliffhanger *Cinnamon Roll MMC *enemies to lovers
*enchanted friends
Thoughts:
Beauty and the Beast but reverse the genders and make it spicy --> sold
Thom (MMC) is the crowned prince he is different from his father and younger brother who just want power and don't care about the people of their land, ever since Thom lost his grandfather things have gone down hill... and quickly. Thom is caring and thoughtful he actually listens to the people and wants to do what is right for everyone... not just what is best for himself.
Apparently 500 years ago Thom's ancestor Balfour, that is highly celebrated as a legendary hero for defeating an evil witch (Ophesia the one that cast a curse over the lands)... but maybe his greatness is a bit (or a lot) embelleshed since Ophesia wasn't vanquished... in fact she's very much alive and while on his death bed Thom's grandfather told his father to be careful and not have a public coronation it needed to be private he urged everyone to be on guard as he knows that Ophesia is still alive and she is coming down from the mountain to cast judgement on the newly appointed king... as she does for every new king.
Naturally Thom's father who is arrogant and selfish doesn't listen and holds public celebrations which draws the Evil witch to him where she makes sure the curse over the land during his rule holds fast... or did she?
Thom's father who always felt Thom was too much like his own father and would rather have his youngest son as his heir decides to send Thom on the impossible mission to rid the land of the evil witch once and for all... this is doable he just needs to go up the mountain take care of the witch (who apparently no one has defeated) and come back down... yea that's going to happen.
Thom with the help of his trusted friend (who is also his secretary), his friend's fiance and his great great great great (you get the idea) Grandpa Balfour's journal's finds the entrance to the witches mountain home... only once he gets there things are not as they seem.
Thom knows that he can't defeat the witch as is but maybe he can talk her into lifting the curse on the lands once and for all, she can be reasonable right?
Now trapped with the evil witch Thom being the guy he is decides to make the most of it and get to know (or try to) his captor better... she is stand offish and short tempered at first but over the course of their time together more of her story comes out and we learn she has reasons for keeping her distance... along with reasons for everything that she does.
The pacing was a bit slow at times with the action picking up towards the end. This is a slow burn and our couple getting to know each other throughout the book feels natural the spark between the two is there... one of them just needs to make the first move!
I really enjoyed this gender reversed Beauty and the Beast it had enough of the original elements which we all love (including the enchanted items) but with enough twists to make it an enchanting tale all on it's own. That ending... I need the next book now!!
I got this ALC copy from High Gravity ALC and I think the narrators did a great job with this story I stayed up way too late wanting to know what happened next.
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