Kemmerer entangles the reader through the relationships she produces between characters. Her descriptions create a theme of suspense and make the reader wonder what happens now? Kemmerer uses her descriptions to depict a world from the character’s eyes, providing illustrations to feed the reader everything they need to know and more! But many forces are hurting Emberfall, and it will take more than a broken curse to protect Harper, Rhen, and his people from destruction.īrigid Kemmerer keeps the reader intertwined in her story by producing vivid images in her tale. Meanwhile, when Rhen realizes that Harper isn’t the average girl to allure, his hope to break the curse comes flooding back.

However, as she spends time with Prince Rhen, she begins to understand what’s at stake. Harper doesn’t know where she was transported and what to believe about this world. One night, when she tries to save a stranger in the streets, her survival trait comes in handy as she’s magically transported to an unfamiliar world.

With her mother dying, her father somewhere far away, and her brother always underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, Harper learns how to survive on her own. Living in Washington D.C., 18-year old Harper Lacy hasn’t had an easy life. Before destroying everything in his path, Prince Rhen and his last commander, Grey, must find a way to break the curse before time runs out. This was before he turns into a beast on a hungry rampage at the end of each season. Expected to find a woman to fall in love with, he thought that the task would be easy. The tale begins as Crown Prince Rhen of Emberfall is forced to relive the winter solstice of his eighteenth year. Because of this, she pulls the reader into a fantasy world, with ups and downs that capture the reader’s attention through the very last page. Published on January 19, 2019, this trilogy is a uniquely twisted take on “Beauty and the Beast.” The author wrote this book as a narration of the two main characters, Prince Rhen and Princess Harper. “A Curse So Dark and Lonely,” a fantasy fiction book by Brigid Kemmerer, is a world you will never forget.

A curse so dark and lonely book review