The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. Writing is laid over the top of a dark blue background, with twisting vines and thorns appearing to grow around and behind it. The writing, from top to bottom, is:
A review that reads: “”An intensely original retelling of ‘Beauty and the Beast.’”- Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Caraval and Legendary” in light blue.
The title “A Curse So Dark And Lonely” in light and dark blue.
The authors name “Brigid Kemmerer” in pink. /end]

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Content Warning:

• Cancer
• Parental Death
• Discussions of Suicide
• Gun and Knife Violence
• Graphic Torture
• Ableism
• Sexual Assault
• War
• Death
• Violence and Gore
• Physical Injury
• Debt and Poverty
• Gangs
• Kidnap

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Summary:

Fall in love, break the curse.

Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year, Prince Rhen, the heir of Emberfall, thought he could be saved easily if a girl fell for him. But that was before he turned into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. Before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope.

Nothing has ever been easy for Harper. With her father long gone, her mother dying, and her brother constantly underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, Harper learned to be tough enough to survive. When she tries to save a stranger on the streets of Washington, DC, she’s pulled into a magical world.

Break the curse, save the kingdom.

Harper doesn’t know where she is or what to believe. A prince? A curse? A monster? As she spends time with Rhen in this enchanted land, she begins to understand what’s at stake. And as Rhen realizes Harper is not just another girl to charm, his hope comes flooding back. But powerful forces are standing against Emberfall . . . and it will take more than a broken curse to save Harper, Rhen, and his people from utter ruin.

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Notes:

For more information on content warnings please see here.

This is an urban fantasy retelling of Beauty and The Beast. It is the first in the Cursebreakers series.

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Archivist’s Comments:

Originally had this tagged as ‘Blind’ and I do not know why. I might have missed something.

Here’s an interesting thing I’ve seen people talking about: I think that when the prince turns into “the beast”, he turns into different ones instead of just having a “set beast”. Pretty cool if it’s true.

I originally tagged this as “love triangle” but, after digging a bit further, it seems the love triangle is only just baited and doesn’t really happen.

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