Brigid Kemmerer

Brigid Kemmerer’s young adult fantasy A Curse So Dark and Lonely is the first book in the New York Times-bestselling Cursebreakers series. It’s a contemporary retelling of Beauty and The Beast. Harper, our beauty, was born with cerebral palsy—a consequence of a traumatic birth that claimed her mother’s life. Having learned to survive in the streets of Washington D.C., one night Harper tries to save a victimised stranger and finds herself transported to a magical world beyond her imagination. Rhen, the heir to the Kingdom of Emberfall, was cursed by an enchantress on his eighteenth birthday and transformed into a terrifying beast. The pair soon realise that it will take more than breaking the curse to save Emberfall and those that they love. If you liked A Court of Thorn and Roses, we think you’ll like this book too.

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