'Heartwarming, thoughtful, and romantic: Brigid Kemmerer took me on a magical journey with this dark fairy tale about growing up, falling in love, and making impossible choices.

'Slow burning, big hearted, magical fun! I loved every minute.' - New York Times bestselling author Wendy Higgins 'I couldn't get this creative, suspenseful take on 'Beauty and the Beast' out of my head.' - Sara Holland, New York Times bestselling author of Everless Brigid Kemmerer doesn't just tell a story, she builds an entire world that you will never want to leave.' - Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Caraval and Legendary A Curse So Dark and Lonely expands on all the beloved themes of 'Beauty and the Beast' to create an intensely original retelling: one full of fierce new characters, wicked magic, and wondrous amounts of heart. will leave readers anxious to see what happens next.' - School Library Journal 'A unique world filled with fantasy and menace. Maas will be eager for this one.' - Booklist This enthralling modern fable champions altruism while illustrating intimacy's relationship with honesty, respect, trust, and consent.' - Publishers Weekly A fast-paced, richly detailed feminist epic.' - Kirkus and it will take more than a broken curse to save Harper, Rhen, and his people from utter ruin. But powerful forces are standing against Emberfall. And as Rhen realizes Harper is not just another girl to charm, his hope comes flooding back. But as she spends time with Rhen in this enchanted land, she begins to understand what's at stake.

But when she tries to save someone else on the streets of Washington, DC, she's instead somehow sucked into Rhen's cursed world.Ī prince? A monster? A curse? Harper doesn't know where she is or what to believe.

With her father long gone, her mother dying, and her brother barely holding their family together while constantly underestimating her because of her cerebral palsy, she learned to be tough enough to survive. That was before he destroyed his castle, his family, and every last shred of hope. But that was before he learned that at the end of each autumn, he would turn into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, he knew he could be saved if a girl fell for him. It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. In a lush, contemporary fantasy retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Brigid Kemmerer gives readers another compulsively readable romance perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer.

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