The Curse Series
by Author Taylor Lavati
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The
Thousand Year Curse
Book One
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Synopsis
Being a teenager isn't all fun and games for seventeen year old Ryder. After being thrown down the social hierarchy, Ryder Mason has one goal for her senior year- survive.
Within the first month of school, Ryder goes from bullied teen to a cursed half goddess with two boyfriends. As if that wasn't enough, she travels into the Underworld to confront Hades about the curse and her missing mother.
Ryder delves head first into a Godly world as her two knights fight to seek her approval, her best friend's loyalties are tested and people's true intentions are shown in the first Curse Books novel.
My
Review:
The
Thousand Year Curse
Ryder Mason is a seventeen year old high school student
who doesn’t have many friends. She does have her best friend Junior whom she
has been friends with since they were little kids. Ryder use to have more
friends until the day her best friend Becca started bullying her calling her
names and trying to start rumors about her by saying things that were not true.
Ryder has no clue as to why she woke up one day and she no longer had a best
friend. Ryder hated walking down the halls at school afraid she was going to
run into Becca.
But then one day this new guy shows up at school and
Ryder is amazed when he wants to hang out with her. Ryder and Ollie hit it off
right away. Ryder falls fast and hard for Ollie. It is as if they are soul
mates. They start to spend lots and lots of time together and when they are not
together Ryder misses him very much. Junior and Ollie hit off as well and
become good friends.
Then a few days late another new guy shows up at their
school and starts showing up wherever Ryder may be. At first Ryder wants
nothing to do with him but as time goes on Ryder starts to enjoy his company as
well and she feels as if she has known him all her life. Of course Ollie is
very jealous when he sees the two of them together. Junior doesn’t seem to like
the idea of Ari and Ryder being together either. But little ‘ole Ryder is very
confused as she likes both guys. What is a girl to do when she has two
boyfriends? Which one will she choose?
While dealing with all the boyfriend issues Ryder learns
that a curse was placed on her a long time ago and that it also involves Ollie
and Ari as well. Hades put a curse on her and she is very tired of it and wants
to go to visit him to ask him to remove the curse. But Ollie tells her no she
cannot go visit Hades it is too dangerous. But after talking to Ari and asking
him to take her he agrees. Ari can never tell her no. When Ollie finds out he
is very upset with Ryder and she thinks she has lost her Ollie.
Ryder finds out that her mother is a Goddess and she is also
hoping that visiting with Hades; he will then tell her who her mother is. Her
mother left her and her Dad a long time ago. Ryder is hoping that her mother
may be able to help her with the curse in some way among other things that she
would like to talk with her about.
It is kind of amusing to watch her with the guys both of
them want nothing more than to please her and make her happy. They both want to
keep her safe but they both have a difference of an opinion as to what keeps
her safe. You know it’s like Ollie is the kind of guy that wants to keep
everything on the low side, calm so to speak and Ari is wants to step things up
a bit and fly with the wind. Ari seems like the kind of person that likes to
take risk but not Ollie.
This has been one amazing ride that Ryder, Junior, Ollie
and Ari have taken me on and I have enjoyed ever last minute of it. I love the
change that Ryder is making in her life finally standing up for herself and
putting some of her fears behind her or maybe she has just gotten fed up with
everything.
I can’t wait to get started on the next book in
the series The Curse of Betrayal to
see what adventures Ryder, Ollie, Ari and Junior take us on. When I first
started reading The Thousand Year Curse
I was leaning toward Team Ollie and now after finishing is I am not sure if I
am Team Ollie or Team Ari. I am with Ryde how do I choose? But seriously if you
have not read The Thousand Year Curse then
I would like to recommend that you do.
The Curse of Betrayal
Book Two
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Synopsis
Ryder
has finally decided to take her life into her own hands, but things don’t
always turn out as they seem. Ollie and Ari have made a pact that leaves Ryder
alone until she ends the curse and chooses her soul mate.
With
her knights absent, Ryder becomes independent, seeing things in her visions
that force her to question the curse—and herself.
As
strange things happen at Demi God Academy, Ryder realizes everything comes back
to her. She must use the power growing within her to protect her new friends in
ways she never imagined possible. But as new threats surface, she may not be
strong enough to protect them all.
In
book two of A Curse Books, Ryder discovers what it really means to be Eurydice.
My Review:
My Review:
The Curse of Betrayal
Ryder is
excited to be starting her new school; the Demi Gods Academy in New York. She
has left her old life behind her and with it a girl that was always putting her
down, calling her names and beating her up sometimes. But on her first day she
meets this girl Lisa who for whatever reason doesn’t like Ryder and right away
starts picking on her and putting her down. But of course Ryder has put that
stuff behind her she is not going to be someone else’s punching bag ever again.
She puts Miss Lisa in her place right away but it doesn’t seem to faze her much.
Ryder is not
worried about her though she can handle her besides she has a new best friend
now, Kara. Ryder and Kara become best friends fast and quick. Kara is the kind
of friend that will stand by your side until the end if it came to that. Ryder
is so glad to finally have a best friend. Yeah she has Junior and she loves him
dearly but having guy for your bff is not the same as having a girl for your
bff. With girl you can talk about girly things and tell each other your deepest
secrets.
We don’t get
to see Ollie much in The Curse of
Betrayal but Ari is there. He is one of Ryder’s teachers so we get to see a
little action in the halls and stairwells at times. Ryder doesn’t know how she
can choose between her two boys I mean she loves them both. How can she choose
one over the other? She knowns that eventually to break the curse she is going
to have to choose one; only one can be her soulmate. Will it be her light haired
boyfriend or her dark haired boyfriend?
One of
Ryder’s new teachers her guidance counselor Professor Onassis helps her with
her curse. Ryder is determined to find all that she can about her curse and to
break it. She is tired of dying and being reincarnated over and over again.
Besides she is having a hard time deciding who her one true love, her soulmate
is.
I have
really and truly loved reading The Curse
of Betrayal and following along with Ryder, Kara, Megan, Lisa, Ollie and
Ari with a lot more great characters on their journeys. Taylor Lavati will drag
you into Ryder’s life and make you feel as if you are right there with her the
whole time and feeling what she feels and what the other characters feel. She
knows how to make the characters come alive right before your eyes.
There were
parts that had me crying like a baby and parts that had me rolling on the
floor. I think I will have to agree with some reviews that I read stating that The Curse of Betrayal was better than The Thousand Year Curse. Don’t get me
wrong I loved the first book too but I do think the second book is better. Now
on to the third one The Broken Curse
to see which one is actually better. I can’t wait to get started to see what
adventures Ryder takes us on next. Will the Curse be broken? Can she break it?
How does the curse get broken? What Demons and Gods will they fight next? Who
is her soulmate? Who does she love more? Does she love one more than the other?
The Broken Curse
Book Three
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Synopsis
When her mentor concocts a plan to end the curse, Ryder dives in head first, but as the number of demons on Earth increases, Ryder and her friends realize their final battle affects more than just the curse.
In the final installment of A Curse Books, Ryder will decide her future—and accept the inevitable fate her decision brings with it.
My
Review:
The Broken Curse
With all the hurt and the loss of so many of her dear
friends Ryder deals with her grief the only way she knows how and that is to
punish herself by punishing her body with exercise and training for the big
fight she knows is coming. She has to break the curse that was set on her many,
many years ago by Hades. She will have to gather up her army and go to the
Underworld to break her curse and to stop Hades from ever making it to Earth
and becoming ruler over the Earth and humans.
Ryder must choose her soulmate to break the curse. She is
having a hard time because she loves both her boys; Ollie and Ari very much.
How can she just make a decision like that? How can she love one more than the
other? She knows when she makes her decision someone is going to leave with a
broken heart. How can she hurt one of her boys like that?
All her life Ryder has never had many friends at all but of
course she’s had her best friend junior since the day he moved in next door and
now she has Kara but that is about it. So when the day comes for everyone that
is going to be a part of her army to meet at the training center she is surprised
at how many and who shows up. She realizes she has more friends than she ever
thought. Some she already knows and some she has never met.
Even though she is dreading the day they all have to
fight she is glad to have so many people on her side. She dreads having to go
to the Underworld and bring all her friends she knows not everyone will come
back and that hurt her very much. She would gladly give up her own life if she
could save all her friends and keep them safe.
I would have to say that The Broken Curse has got to be the best book of the three in the
series although I definitely loved reading all of them. While I was reading The Broken Curse I would get so
engrossed in it that I think I may have at times felt as if I was Ryder and
that I was actually feeling what she felt. There were times while I was reading
that I would find myself with this overwhelming sadness come over me and tears would
be streaming down my face. I just love books where the author can make you feel
as if you are the characters and you feel what they are feeling. If you love
books like this then you will love The
Broken Curse.
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About the Author
Taylor Lavati is a twenty-something year old author residing in a
small town in Connecticut with her husband and dog. She writes both Young Adult
and New Adult romances with ranging genres from fantasy, A Curse Books trilogy,
to dark romance, A Reliant Love. Her books have all hit #1 on the Amazon
bestselling chart for their categories! When not writing, she enjoys playing video
games, hiking, and spending time with family.
Romance with a bit of CHAOS.
Romance with a bit of CHAOS.
Links:
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What Others Are Saying About Taylor Lavati
"One for readers at
the older end of the 'young adult' spectrum, The Thousand Year Curse is clearly
the work of a gifted young writer. The plot and the basic premise have already
been spelled out by other reviewers but what struck me most about the book was
the deft and surprisingly mature touch of the author." Jay G
"I fell in love with Taylor's writing when I read the first book in her Curse Books. When I opened this book I wasn't positive what would be waiting on the other side for me, but I was certain it would be a reading adventure. Taylor didn't disappoint." Bestselling author Jesse Kimmel-Freeman
"I fell in love with Taylor's writing when I read the first book in her Curse Books. When I opened this book I wasn't positive what would be waiting on the other side for me, but I was certain it would be a reading adventure. Taylor didn't disappoint." Bestselling author Jesse Kimmel-Freeman
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