About: The Winner’s Curse is a fiction novel written by Marie Rutkoski. This book was published on 3/4/2014 by Farrar Straus Giroux, 355 pages. There are 3 books in The Winner’s Trilogy: book 1 is The Winner’s Curse, book 2 is The Winner’s Crime, and book 3 is The Winner’s Kiss. The genres are fantasy, young adult, romance, and dystopia. This author has a Ph.D from Harvard University. Much respect for her, to write good books and to be educated by the best school.
My Experience: I started reading The Winner’s Curse on 8/13/16 and finished it on 8/15/16. This book is an amazing read! I like that this book started out interesting and continue to capture my attention throughout the book. This hardcover book is unique. I like the sideway layout and the pages are soft to the touch. Kestrel is an ideal character I like to read about. She’s clever, brave, beautiful, talented, and leaders respect her opinions. She has weaknesses, but I enjoy the narrative of her thinking and reasoning. I would hope to have more point of view from Arin. He has a strong self control, a bit secretive. Something about the forbidden love that excited me and the read is fun surrounding that. There are some romance scenes and it’s very appropriate for any age. I like that the title has everything to do with the book. I like that Kestrel’s father is a strategist. I like strategy before the actions. I like that the author give us readers glimpses of the plan: Arin’s plan and the Emperor’s plan. I only didn’t like the dream story Enai told because I didn’t like the ending of the dream. During the read, I felt tense. I shed tears. I smiled. I couldn’t get enough. I am ready for the second book. The story is well written and flow well. No actions were dived in blindly. I highly recommend the read. The rave on this book has not failed me.
Pro: forbidden love, a different world, strong female lead, page turner, couldn’t put down kind of read, full of actions
Con: Enai’s story in the dream.
I rate it 5 stars!
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***Disclaimer: I borrowed this book from my local public library and my opinions are honest.
xoxo,
Jasmine
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Yes! You should read it. It’s unlike anything I’ve read before but I still like the story a lot. 😊
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Thanks for your lovely review! I definitely want to pick this one up. Maybe sometime next year though =)
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You must have better ones on your list to read right now? 😊
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My “rest of the year tbr” has taken over and I would like to finish some of the series I’ve started before getting to new ones. You know?
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Good point! I do have that trouble lately, starting new series without finishing it.
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It’s so bad because then I start mixing up series lol
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I’m so glad you liked it!!
Kestrel frustrated me through most of the book. I hope you will enjoy every minute though, because the final installment was my favorite!
Excellent review as usual.
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Thanks! I see we both gave it 5 stars 😊
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