Release Blitz, Review, and Giveaway: The Cursed Series by Rebecca Donovan

“Trust no one. Everyone lies. You can only save yourself.” 

It was supposed to be a Friday night like any other for Lana and her best friends. Three girls out to cause a little trouble. Break a few hearts. And try not to get caught. Except on this night, Lana Peri is the sole witness to a horrific crime, and she can’t say a word. Not if she wants to protect her friends. No one will believe her word over his, so he gets away with it. And she’s forced to pay for her silence. Instead of serving time in juvie, Lana is sentenced to a boarding school for privileged teens. Removed from everyone she knows and cares about, she’s abandoned at Blackwood School in Vermont, where everything is an illusion, including the lives of those who attend the elite institution. Lana isn’t wealthy or privileged. The only thing she has in common with the sons and daughters of celebrities and politicians is that she’s a delinquent, just like them. And they’ve all been forced to grow up much too fast. Just when Lana begins to feel accepted, mysterious notes start showing up in her belongings and ominous threats are painted on her wall. Only someone she knows could have done it. Someone she thought was a friend. As the pieces fall into place, secrets begin to emerge, leaving Lana with too many questions and not enough people to trust. The Cursed Series is a thrilling and tangled mystery that explores the sacrifice of love and the secrets kept to protect friends. How do you know who to trust when no one is telling the truth? 

http://bit.ly/FirstChapterTheCursedRD

“This is Screaming Point.”

“That’s what it’s called?”

“It is now. As of today. Because it’s what we need it to be.” She takes my hand. “Ready?”

I look out at the dwindling light dancing on the dark surface like the lake is capturing every last bit of the sun before it disappears. I close my eyes and find that place inside that is always angry. That hates my curse. That needs Allie to live. And Vic to burn. That wants to hurt every man who has ever broken my mother’s heart. Or touched what wasn’t theirs. And every person who has ever lied when they claimed to love. I don’t have to search for long, because it’s always there, waiting to explode.

I open my eyes to look into Ashton’s sapphire blue ones, and nod.

We face the water and inhale deeply, giving our anger, frustration and sadness a breath of life before we unleash it onto the world in the most powerful scream that’s ever been launched from this cliff. And it’s freeing. More than I ever thought possible. I allow my heartache to take flight, releasing it into the setting sun to be dragged down beneath the horizon.

And what’s left when there aren’t any more screams to give is a radiant smile. Ashton and I face each other, our hands still clasped, and we start laughing. It’s a true, bonding laughter because we just shared something sacred. If anyone were to witness it, they would think we’re insane. And maybe it’s that crazy within each of us that makes the laughter louder and deeper until I have to wipe away the tears creeping out the corners of my eyes.

“Thank you, Ashton,” I tell her as we start back across the field. “My soul needed that.”

This author has always been a favorite of mine and this time she has shown me she can really write anything! These first 2 books send us in a whirlwind... my mind is still going in circles as to how this story is going to play out. You will not know what is true or who can be trusted... but im super excited to find out!! I would say this is a bit of a romance but its more of a mysterious thriller that u wont be able to stop reading not matter how confused or creeped out you become!

I would give the series a 4 stars so far and highly recommmend to others.. so get to one clicking now!!

Lana is complicated and often juvenile. She lives in a crappy neighbor, barely getting by with her mom. A night of debauchery ends up with Lana arrested. But her charges are layered. In order to stay out of jeuvi (she's been previously) she's sent away to a private school, in the middle of nowhere.

This story is multi layered. You have a huge cast of characters; some carryover from part 1 into part 2.

But there is more than what happened before she was arrested. And somehow these kids at are her new school are connected.

I struggled with this review. I liked it until I didn't. I felt it often got side tracked. And the amount of boys drove me a lil crazy as well how she seemed bipolar with Grant.

I can't wait to see how this story progresses and what the final outcome is.

Lana is cursed with the virtue of Truth. Everyone has a curse, this is hers.
Part one is the set up. Lana has a crazy night that leaves her in a large amount of trouble.

Part two places her in her punishment, which is an elite, and strange, private school.

This book seems to not make up its mind about genre. Mystery, yep all the way. Romance, yes. But there is also this almost magical vibe with supernatural undertones. Strangely, you want to keep reading and figure this all out.

It ends on a cliffhanger, so be aware of that!

Enter to win the Giveaway HERE!

Rebecca Donovan, the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling YA author of The Breathing Series and What If, lives in a small town in Massachusetts with her son. Influenced and obsessed with music, Rebecca can often be found jumping around at concerts, or on a plane to go see one. She’s determined to experience (not just live) life. And then write about it.

♦ ♦ ♦