Plus, Serilda’s keeping secrets from him “for his own good,” and that’s never conducive to a good relationship. Unfortunately, Serilda and Gild have a lot more on their plates in this book. I’m 99% sure that, were I in her shoes, I would just give up and cower in the face of such a villain. She continually sassed the Erlking before and after they got married with seemingly little regard for the consequences, even though he is the man/being who separated her soul from her body, tethered her spirit, killed her father, killed her five favorite children, constantly threatens the man she actually cares for, possibly stole and/or killed her mother, wants to give her unborn child to his true love (who is worse than him, if you can imagine) … the list goes on and on.
It would be no surprise to Serilda the huge amount of danger she’s in, but I certainly spent much of this book fearing for her life. If she happens to take him down (and save the world) in the process, all the better. Serilda’s been through a lot recently, from being kidnapped by the Alder King and forced to spin straw into gold to finding out she’s pregnant and agreeing to a sham marriage with her kidnapper to protect the spirits of five children he murdered “as a gift for her.” (Phew.) And yet, she’s still fighting, doing what she can to figure out a way to release herself, her magical more-than-friend, Gild, and the spirits of the children from the Erlking’s clutches.
It’s literally sitting on a mountain of monsters. But looking more closely, it’s their jacket that turns into and/or is dragging what looks to be a large stream of blood behind it, and maybe that person belongs in that frightening place after all? If you’re caught up, however, feel free to continue below.Īt first, I wanted to tell the person on this cover to turn back-that is not a castle one should enter. If you have not read the first book in this series ( Gilded ), man your battle stations turn away now, as there might be spoilers in this review. Red alert! Cursed is the second book in the Gilded duology.
Content Warning: In addition to battles against gruesome fantastical beasts and demons, Cursed includes scenes of (fictional creature) animal abuse and the death of an infant*.
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