Book Blurb:
A cut-throat competition.
A romance to die for.
Danielle Parker’s life was a dream. Until it became a living nightmare.
Ripped of her memories of how she was kidnapped from her family, Danielle is whisked away to the mystical Crescent Cape—a kingdom ruled by vampires, where she is to live out her human life as a blood slave.
She’s not going down without a fight.
But her plans are thwarted when she’s selected to compete for the prince’s heart.
The winner will be turned into a vampire and taken as his bride. And the losers’ blood will be fed to the princess-to-be to complete her transition.
As much as she’s disgusted by the idea of the competition, and as dangerous as Prince Aiden is, she can’t deny her attraction to him—or to his troubled brother, Julian.
Will she be able to resist the brothers’ charms? Or will she find herself pulled into the dangerous world of the vampires of Crescent Cape?
A romantic and thrilling new series that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Perfect for fans of The Vampire Diaries, The Originals and The Selection.
You can find out more about the book on Goodreads
My Review:
3.5 Out Of 5 Stars
Genre: Another-World, Mystery, Romance, Royal-Court, Supernatural, Survival, Suspense, Teen, Vampires, Werewolves, Witches--
I found Curses and Crowns to be a mash up of The Selection meets Twilight, with an evil fairytale like curse thrown in for flavor. We have a competition between four unsuspecting girls to be the next queen of the vampires, a kingdom that was caused by a curse, an angsty vampire prince who is tormented by his past misdeeds and human slaughtering ways who is suppose to choose a human to make his undead queen, and a werewolf sorta prince who wants to stir everybody up and force them to be puppets in his games- until he might actually have feelings inside his cold, dead heart.
The world building was hands down my favorite part of the story! We have a modern world, but hidden away are vampire conclaves (kingdoms?) where vampire families reign with human servants that were either taken or unsuspectingly wandered into the boundary. When I first started reading, I assumed that this was another world or a different time, but when the characters leave the kingdom, everything is the way it is now (including watching The Real Housewives on tv!). Let's add in werewolves who are capable of killing vampires with one bite, witches who can do amazing kinds of magic, and all the court politics and intrigue to keep you happy!
What I did not care as much for was the romance aspect of the story. The main character Danielle ends up developing feelings for the vampire (which she has spent the last 8 years hating) prince Aiden after like one day of meeting him, where they walk in a garden and he spouts poetry to her and she tells him her backstory. Nope. I do not like insta-love, which this felt a little like (insta-lust, totally believe in that!) since they never had a chance to develop real feelings before everything went to hell. Also, Aiden felt a little flat to me as a character, more like an idea than a real person.
If we have to have romance, I am 100% Team Julian, for 1)because I always have a soft spot for the bad guy, 2)he has more personality and had more opportunity to interact with Danielle and have real feelings, and 3)werewolves are cooler than vampires. (Also the fact that Aiden composed poetry instantly made me not like him, but that is just me!)
Overall Curses and Crown had some nice surprises that I did not expect and I would love to see what happens next in this dangerous, glamorous world. Ps, can there be more Grace? She is awesome!
I reviewed a complimentary copy of this title.
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