408 Comments on “Cursed Once More: The Sequel to With This Curse”

1. This is a review for the audio book.This is a gothic romance from Amanda DeWees It s the second of her books that I read but I spent some time reading some classic gothic romance and I have to say I like her style There are some gothic elements but it s not completely out and out gothic with twists that are there just to create sensation, especially in this one She deals with superstitions and how people deal with their prejudices rather than monsters or supernatural creatures.I enjoyed this bo [...]

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2. I absolutely loved this book I Loved the characters, the writing style and the story Although I guessed what was going to happen, it was still very enjoyable I m sad that I won t be reading any of Clara and Atticus I ll miss them but I ll definitely be reading of this author

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3. 3.5 5.0

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4. Once again, Amanda DeWees knocks it out of the park We pick up right where we left off in the epilogue of With This Curse, less than a year after the wedding, the happy couple setting up homes for unwed mothers and Clara just aware of her own impending bundle of joy Can I briefly mention my disgust for books and films that think that a series featuring the same couple means you have to keep breaking them up for stupid reasons to keep up the tension It s like they look at something that is workin [...]

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5. I enjoy the voice of the main characters, Clara Atticus, and so appreciate the way this author presents their love as something that uplifts, cleanses makes each one a better person They go through life hand in hand, using their property fortune to make the world a better place for the downtrodden women children the other nobles discard I m not sure that this was a stellar mystery because whenever Clara Atticus are on stage, they re all I notice Thanks to author Amanda DeWees narrator Elizabeth [...]

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6. I thoroughly enjoyed Amanda DeWees previous novel, With This Curse, winner of the 2015 Daphne du Maurier Award for historical mystery suspense, so I eagerly dived into this sequel Cursed Once More has all the romance, suspense, intrigue, and action of the previous novel, taking us ever deeper into the lives of Clara and Atticus Blackwood I hope there will be novels in this series Victorian Gothic at its finest.

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7. This book, the second in a series of modern gothic Victorian Romantic suspense novels, could be read as a stand alone, but the first is so wonderful this should be read second In fact, the author tried so hard to make this a stand alone novel in the beginning chapters that it was annoying Far too many pages at the beginning recapping the first novel with information that was not necessary for this story Another aspect of the narrative style drove me crazy the foreboding comments peppered through [...]

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8. Cursed Once More picks up where the exception gothic mystery thriller With This Curse leaves off Atticus and Clara are happily married following the harrowing events at Gravesend I won t go into detail there in case you haven t read the first book, which if you haven t what are you waiting for But a mysterious letter from a long lost relative places Clara in danger again as she unravels family secrets and plunges headfirst into madness, deceit and murder As gripping a read as With this Curse was [...]

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9. Cursed Once More picks up where the exception gothic mystery thriller With This Curse leaves off Atticus and Clara are happily married following the harrowing events at Gravesend I won t go into detail there in case you haven t read the first book, which if you haven t what are you waiting for But a mysterious letter from a long lost relative places Clara in danger again as she unravels family secrets and plunges headfirst into madness, deceit and murder As gripping a read as With this Curse was [...]

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10. As with the first book, With This Curse, I flew through Cursed Once More I simply love Clara and Atticus Some may find their relationship unrealistic, but I am a secret romantic with an INFJ personality and it was a perfect example of my ideal relationship I drooled over it.The plot of this story was not as easy for me to predict as the previous one I was so caught up in the happenings of the plot that I did not even catch the signs indicating who the true villain was something I am normally on [...]

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11. COM picks up a little after With This Curse you could read this one first but the character s have a rich back story Clara and Atticus have been enjoying marriage, and their relationship is maturing when Clara receives a letter from her grubbing previously disinterested uncle Summoned to her ancestral home to attend her ailing grandmother, Clara starts to learn about her family s secrets True to the genre, the book is full of brooding atmosphere and mysterious characters What I love about it is [...]

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12. Another exciting adventure for newlyweds, Clara and Atticus Cursed Once More takes place in Clara s ancestral home Clara is invited to stay and meet her family and she is determined to find out as much as possible about them and her parents However, there is to this family reunion than meets the eye Her grandmother alludes to a terrible family secret but is murdered before she gets the opportunity to divulge any useful information.Clara s relatives are stranger than Atticus s family and it isn [...]

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13. COM picks up a little after With This Curse you could read this one first but the character s have a rich back story Clara and Atticus have been enjoying marriage, and their relationship is maturing when Clara receives a letter from her grubbing previously disinterested uncle Summoned to her ancestral home to attend her ailing grandmother, Clara starts to learn about her family s secrets True to the genre, the book is full of brooding atmosphere and mysterious characters What I love about it is [...]

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14. Cursed Once More is another thoroughly enjoyable Gothic historical romance written by Amanda DeWees Picking up after the events that transpired in With This Curse, Clara and Atticus are enjoying being newlyweds when Clara receives a letter from her grandmother whom she s never met With hopes of learning about her mother, as well as her father who died soon after she was born, the pair head off to meet the estranged family Soon after they arrive, the couple are faced with murder, imprisonment, a [...]

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15. This series does need to be read in order for complete understanding I had forgotten how much I love this series This review contains spoilers if you have not read the prior works Clara who was supposed to marry one brother ends up marrying the other In this book we follow their journey to uncovering her family s past The story is fast paced and keeps you pulled into the story line, which takes many adventurous twists and turns I had a feeling that a few of them were coming, but was blown away b [...]

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16. This is 3.5 starsThe storyline was good, the writing was great But I kept loosing interest Even when things were getting interesting as some would say, But I just could not get wrapped up in the book.I loved the characters, The author did great with them I don t think that I would really change anything about how the book was written, I just could not keep going sometimes However, I am so glad that I did keep going I was very interested in the mystery that was going on So I had to find out who d [...]

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17. I loved this book It was the sequel to With This Curse Clara and her husband and baron, Atticus visit with the same relatives that tossed her mother out years before.Her grandmother is said to be very ill Clara finds the family very strange and foreboding Strange secrets, even stranger events keep her and Atticus in danger This was a great gothic mystery with lots of twists The village seemed afraid of the people in her family, and even Atticus I love the relationship between Clara, and her hand [...]

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18. Another deliciously creepy spellbinding tale about Clara and her husband Atticus Long lost family, family secrets, a crumbling estate, non cheesy vampire lore, and yes, yet another curse all made for a real page turner Amanda s lush prose and vivid descriptions bring her characters and setting to life She is masterful at creating atmosphere and foreboding.Now I m selfishly hoping she ll keep writing books about Clara, even though I feel kind of bad that she has to keep dealing with curses.

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19. Book Two the Curse Strikes AgainThe romance between Clara and Atticus grows deeper and beautiful as six months of marriage have passed Clara receives letters from her Mother s family, who she knows nothing about except that they cast her Mother out after her marriage to a young farmer She decides to meet with them and thus embroils both herself and Atticus into another bout of murder, madness, secrets, abductions and a bit of vampireism I wish I could add another star because this was even bett [...]

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20. 3.5 5.0In this sequel to With This Curse , Ms DeWees once again creates the times and people of the regency era with such grace and beauty that one actually feels a part of that world Read full review in the 2015 September issue of InD tale Magazine.

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21. Love love loveMiss DeWees keeps you guessing throughout, spins a wonderful tale I m not easily fooled and find many romantic fictions cheesy and obvious This book is not either of those Another review compared her writing to Victoria Holt, whom I really enjoy I say DeWees is better

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23. pretty good readt as good as the first

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24. Admittedly not as carefully crafted as the first book, but still madly entertaining and a very good depiction of the genre.

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25. Like the first, a decent historical mystery The heroine s gushing over her new husband s perfection got a little old, but not enough to really detract from the story.

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