Name: The Cursed and the Broken
ISBN: 9780645384925

Chloe Hodge

A story of succumbing to wicked desires, death, and the temptations of a deliciously dangerous love.

The Cursed and the Broken

Emily Perkovich

This really needed an editor. And not just a copy editor. There aren’t a lot of proofing errors or anything like that. It just gets messy in some places. 

The storyline is typical of an enemies to lovers arc. That area is fine. I could have done with way less descriptions of Kitarni’s thoughts on every male character’s ass and the fit of their pants. But I had no issue with that development.

It was predictable but clever to utilize the Baba Yaga myth in the way that it was done.

My number one issue is that this book has no roots. Nothing grounds the setting. I could occasionally imagine a place that was being talked about but never the whole experience. I couldn’t orient where things were in relation to each other or how it would feel to be in this place. I know it’s in Hungary. I know there is a dark forest and several villages surrounding it. But none of these facts felt related to each other. And nothing about the time frame seemed consistent. 

Another area where an editor would have helped was in the pacing. Some parts were interminably slow and boring while others that were far more important I had to reread because they were too quickly and carelessly explained. An editor could have really helped to point out areas where writing makes sense to the author, but may not be translating to the reader.

Ultimately, this could be a five star book, it just needs polish.

Thank you to BookSirens and the author for the complimentary copy.

lindy strauss

3.5/5

quick & easy read, very very much from blood and ash vibes 

overall pretty good, i was very interested in the twists and what will happen next 

FMC is a little annoying at times and that’s my only drawback. She begins the story talking about how marriage is a trap and 3/4 of the way in she’s talking about being a mother and a wife… like, what happened?

The Cursed and the Broken

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