Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall, is cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year over and over, until a girl falls in love with him. But at the end of each autumn, he turns into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction. And now, powerful forces are now amassing against Prince Rhen and Emberfall.
Born with cerebral palsy, nothing has ever been easy for Harper Lacy. Her father’s gone, her mother’s dying, and her brother constantly underestimates her. When she tries to save someone on the streets of Washington, DC, she’s instead sucked into Rhen’s cursed world…
A prince? A monster? A curse? Harper doesn’t know what to think, but she certainly doesn’t believe in fairytale endings…
This book was a mash up of ‘mediaeval’ fantasy and fairytale, a combination that I found hard to resist. This book had everything: suspense, warring countries, fight scenes, political intrigue, myths, humour and a sprinkling of romance.
The romance aspect was light, but compelling and a love triangle, was hinted at. (I’m a romance fan, so now I’m definitely planning to read the sequel – A Heart So Fierce and Broken – which due out in January 2020.)
I was afraid that this story would be a tragic one, because of Harper’s cerebral palsy – The Fault in Our Stars set in a fantasy world. I could not have been more wrong. Harper is an independent, stubborn, capable heroine, who always tries to do the best she can for others – even placing their safety above her own. She’s never whines and I admired her feisty, can-do attitude. Rhen’s character freely admits to having been selfish and arrogant in the past, but proves himself to be a somewhat-reformed prince!
On the strength of the writing in this book, I have gone ahead and ordered Brigid Kemmerer’s earlier novel, Letters to the Lost, which also sounds compelling!
Book Blather 
I’m glad to hear you enjoyed this book so much. I loved her earlier books, Letters to the Lost and More Than We Can Tell, so can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of this one. Great review!
I haven’t read any of this author’s books yet. You have me really intrigued to give one a try. I do love a character like Harper as well. I am glad that you enjoyed it so much. 🙂
I’ve seen chatter about this one on Twitter lately. I’m definitely intrigued!
I have read almost non-stop good things about this book! I love that it’s a fairytale with a disabled heroine – that is something that we definitely do not see enough of in YA. I love all the things you mentioned in the first paragraph so I’m thinking I need to pick this one up! I hope you love the sequel, Annette 🙂
Sounds pretty intriguing. Thanks for the review.