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

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“If sarcasm were a sword, Aren Bellamore would rule the world. Delightfully sharp, emotionally rich, and a damn good time.” - Lauren Oliver, #1 NYT bestselling author of the Delirium trilogy

She’s a barmaid who doesn’t believe in fairy tales. He’s a prince cursed to live one.

Aren Bellamore has no interest in being anyone’s princess. She’s too busy running the Raven’s Beak tavern, fending off unwanted marriage proposals, and dreaming of escape. But when a brush with death and a dangerously handsome stranger upend her life, Aren finds herself bound to a bargain that could change everything.

Prince Dietan has carried the cursed Rings of Fate—ancient weapons of devastating power—since childhood. The magic is killing him, and the enemies are closing in. To make the journey to reverse his curse, he needs a bride to hide his secrets. Aren wants freedom. Pretending to be his fiancée should give them both what they want.

But as their perilous journey pits them against political schemes, monstrous Kilandrar, and a growing attraction neither can deny, the line between make-believe and destiny begins to blur. And the fate of two kingdoms may depend on whether a cynical barmaid and a cursed prince are willing to risk their hearts.

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.