Curses and Crowns

Curses and Crowns

By:

Melissa de la Cruz

Spice Scale
Number of books
1 Published
KU
✅
✅
✅
Audiobook
✅
✅
✅
Series Status
Incomplete
Interconnected
N/A
Overall Rating
Coming Soon

Rings of Fate is a cozy, quest-style romantasy about Aren Bellamore, a sharp-tongued barmaid who wants nothing more than to escape her dead‑end life at the Raven’s Beak tavern, and Prince Dietan, an heir slowly being killed by the cursed Rings of Fate—ancient weapons of immense power bound to his body. After a near‑death encounter throws them together, the two strike a bargain: Aren will pose as Dietan’s fiancée so he can secretly travel in search of a way to break his curse, and in return he’ll give her the freedom and funds she’s always dreamed of. Their journey forces them through political schemes, dangerous lands, and attacks from monstrous Kilandrar, while their fake engagement slowly deepens into a very real, reluctant attraction that blurs the line between pretense and destiny—and may decide the fate of their kingdoms.

Jamie’s review

The thing I liked most about this book was the sprayed edges 😬 I struggled with this one, unforunately. I considered DNF'ing several times but I convinced myself to finish because I can do hard things. It DID get better towards the end. Kind of?

I was excited to read a new author! And this was my first BOTM book, so that's fun. But, the writing was REALLY lacking for me. I was so distracted by it. The banter felt awkward between Dietan the MMC and Aren the FMC. And Dietan was so unlikable to me. He came across as a fuck up, in fact Aren calls him a moron several times. I don't want to read about moronic men in my books, there's too many of those in real life 😅

I could not get into it, the writing felt very amateur. I will not be continuing this series.