Ever Cursed, Corey Ann Haydu
Ever Cursed, Corey Ann Haydu
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Ever Cursed

Author: Corey Ann Haydu

Narrator: Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Jennifer Jill Araya

Unabridged: 9 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/28/2020


Synopsis

“Ideal for fans of Jennifer Donnelly’s Stepsister.” —Booklist

Damsel meets A Heart in a Body in the World in this incisive and lyrical feminist fairy tale about a princess determined to save her sisters from a curse, even if it means allying herself with the very witch who cast it.

The Princesses of Ever are beloved by the kingdom and their father, the King. They are cherished, admired.

Cursed.

Jane, Alice, Nora, Grace, and Eden carry the burden of being punished for a crime they did not commit, or even know about. They are each cursed to be Without one essential thing—the ability to eat, sleep, love, remember, or hope. And their mother, the Queen, is imprisoned, frozen in time in an unbreakable glass box.

But when Eden’s curse sets in on her thirteenth birthday, the princesses are given the opportunity to break the curse, preventing it from becoming a True Spell and dooming the princesses for life. To do this, they must confront the one who cast the spell—Reagan, a young witch who might not be the villain they thought—as well as the wickedness plaguing their own kingdom…and family.

Told through the eyes of Reagan and Jane—the witch and the bewitched—this insightful twist of a fairy tale explores power in a patriarchal kingdom not unlike our own.

About Corey Ann Haydu

Corey Ann Haydu is the author of OCD Love StoryRules for Stealing StarsEventown, and several other critically acclaimed young adult and children’s novels. She currently teaches at the MFA Writing for Children program at Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband and daughter. Learn more at CoreyAnnHaydu.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Korrina on January 07, 2020

So much to unpack in this story. I’ll be thinking about it for a long time.......more

Goodreads review by Jasmine on August 17, 2020

This fantasy was an interesting read. I liked how simple this story was with easy to pronounce names and places. The story read slow for me. It stressed out about how loving the King and his family was. The story was also about the Witch and how they were punished for their use of magic. The punishm......more

Goodreads review by Emily on May 03, 2020

I received an ARC of this title from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This is a slow read. Nothing of note happens until about 30% in, and during that first 30%, you don’t really get to know the characters or the world. The subject matter is very heavy, and even though not much detail is p......more

Goodreads review by Melissa on July 19, 2021

2.5 stars TW: ED and sexual assault (I am glad that there was a note in the beginning of he book mentioning it, because it's very much needed.) I had to think about this one for a while to write a review. I enjoyed it, but not as much as I hoped I would. When I read the synopsis I couldn't resist gettin......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on July 31, 2020

2.5 Stars Ever Cursed is a book that readers will absolutely love or wish they’d never read. Truth be told, it’s a book that deals with important subjects, but it’s also one I wish I’d never picked up. There’s a note at the beginning of Ever Cursed from the author, Corey Ann Haydu. It notes that the b......more