Book Review: Cursed in Love by Bryony Rosehurst 🛶 (May 7, 2023)
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Ophelia’s voice was earth-shatteringly soft, and somehow it felt like the beginning of everything. If the world ended with a whimper, it started with this whisper, here, now; it started with Ophelia and her softness and her strangeness and the secrets shared in this tent, and Luce could feel it. It was turning her walls to ash, weakening her strength.
Synopsis
Ophelia is cursed. Ever since finding an old relic known as Eilidh’s ring in the Scottish Highlands three years ago, rumoured to have belonged to a woman once scorned by an unfaithful lover, her love life has been on a downward spiral. When the opportunity comes to return the ring back to its resting place with its namesake, Ophelia seizes it with both hands in the hopes the curse will be lifted. However, when nervy, short-tempered, workaholic Luce is accidentally dragged into her antics (as well as down a couple of waterfalls) during Ophelia’s attempt to commandeer her canoe, lifting the curse proves more difficult than planned — particularly with two con men trailing them in the hopes of getting their hands on a precious rare stone embedded within the relic.
With no way of getting Luce back to the campsite she’d been unwillingly holidaying in, where both her anxiety medication and comfort zone reside, she and Ophelia find themselves reluctant allies in their separate attempts to find peace. But hiking through the Hebrides in the middle of winter causes plenty of problems, and with the thieves closing in on Ophelia, tensions run high and feelings begin to develop. Will Luce and Ophelia find common ground and reveal themselves to one another as they work to get the ring back to the lake in which it was found, or will Ophelia be bound to the same tragic fate as Eilidh for the rest of her life?xt
My Review
If you're looking for a quick W/W romance novella filled with tender moments surrounding a fun (accidental) jewel heist and a mysterious curse set in the Scottish Highlands, look no further!
I flew through Cursed in Love in an afternoon and absolutely loved it. Ophelia and Luce couldn't be more opposite, yet still manage to find common ground over this wacky adventure.
*I received a free advanced readers copy (ARC) of this book from the author, Bryony and Booksprout. My review is my own and reflects my honest opinion about this book. 💙
