Publisher: Orbit
Format: Paperback
Synopsis: Since his second sight made him infamous for defeating powerful dark mages, Alex has been keeping his head down. But now he's discovered the resurgence of a forbidden ritual. Someone is harvesting the life-force of magical creatures—destroying them in the process. And draining humans is next on the agenda. Hired to investigate, Alex realizes that not everyone on the Council wants him delving any deeper. Struggling to distinguish ally from enemy, he finds himself the target of those who would risk their own sanity for power...
After Fated I just had to continue on to the next book which
didn’t disappoint. Someone is going around draining the magic out of magical
creatures and unsurprisingly Alex ends
up in the middle of it all again, you would think being a diviner he wouldn’t
keep accidently ending up in the middle of stuff, although this time it’s
personal as whoever is targeting magical creatures could view Arachne as a
target, so Alex agrees to help a council member track down who is doing it so
that the knowledge of how can be destroyed and therefore eliminate the possible
treat to Arachne and any like her.
I’m very confused when it comes to the characters in this
book I’m also surprised to see Sonder make a reappearance, even though I wanted
him to I didn’t really expect to see him again and I was also surprised to see
Alex working for Talisid again.
I find myself liking
people I shouldn’t like or don’t think I should like in this, the main culprit
being Garrick I just couldn’t help but like him, and I don’t know why, it’s not
like he gave me much reason to like him even after everything I was still
hoping he got away. Is there something wrong with me? Or is he just a really
likable bad guy? The other person that is Cinder although in his case there is
some reason for liking him - he was also another person I was surprised to see
again – he does help Alex and he isn’t half as stupid as he seems, but he also
strikes me as somewhat loyal, even though he and Alex will never be friends, I
have no doubt that Cinder would stick by Alex in a sticky situation so long as
they weren’t on opposite sides. The
final character, and yes I’m classing it as a character is the Monkey Paw, I
sort of like it, I know it’s not particularly good but I don’t know, I get the
feeling it likes Alex and part of me thinks that it was trying to help, maybe it
even picked Martin to try and warn Alex away from him, or maybe not, I just know
I like it and it’s definitely a character in its own right.
Arachne… what to say about Arachne… she is a GIANT SPIDER! I
just can’t get passed it, I try and I like her but then I remember she is a
giant spider and I just can’t feel so warm and fuzzy about her, I mean she is a
giant spider, just nope. But I didn’t want anything to happen it her.
There are two things I feel very sad about the first is
Starbreeze, will she come back, will Alex find another way of contacting her? Or
is Starbreeze gone forever? Because I really like the air-headed air elemental.
The other thing is that I feel as if something was lost
between Luna and Alex in this book but I can’t quite put my finger on what, but
also that fact that even in Elsewhere they can no longer touch, but I guess I’ll
just have to wait and see where it goes for both Luna and Alex and Starbreeze.
I know I’ve not discussed the plot all that much but I think
that’s because to me the majority of the plot in Cursed is the characters
I will definitely be reading the next book in the series – I
don’t think you could stop me if you tried although I am a little apprehensive
as I don’t own the 4th one so I am going to have to stop after the
next one, which makes me sad. I hope Alex’s last question to Arachne about the
dragon is answered, because although Alex can work it out, I’m not sure I can.
And I wonder if we’ll see more of Cinder, I’m sure this time that we’ll see more
of Sonder, and part of me is equally sure that Cider will pop up again,
personally I don’t much care if Rachel/Deleo makes a reappearance because I don’t
actually like her.
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