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The Winner's Curse (Winner's Trilogy, 1)

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In the tradition of Kristin Cashore and Cassandra Clare comes The Winner's Curse, a brilliant, unputdownable, star-crossed romance from New York Times bestselling author Marie Rutkoski.

Winning what you want may cost you everything you love

They were never meant to be together. As a general's daughter, seventeen-year-old Kestrel enjoys an extravagant and privileged life. Arin has nothing but the clothes on his back. Then Kestrel makes an impulsive decision that binds Arin to her. Though they try to fight it, they can't help but fall in love. In order to be together, they must betray their people . . . but to be loyal to their country, they must betray each other.

Set in a new world, The Winner's Curse is a story of rebellion, duels, ballroom dances, wicked rumors, dirty secrets, and games where everything is at stake, and the gamble is whether you will keep your head or lose your heart.

Editions (3)

ISBN9781250056979
PublisherSquare Fish
Publication Date03/03/15
Pages361

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  • Unknown User
    Unknown User

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    3.0

    3.5 Stars Okay, where do I begin. I hated the main characters friends because they only pushed her their own way and for their own convinience. I don't think Kestrel is all that intelligent and strong minded since she made quite a few stupid decisions through the story (also very thoughfull decisions but we are talking about the things that annoyed me first). Also the romance: Kestrel was loving one paragraph and hating her love interest the next one. That's not how I picture a hate-to-love relationship because there was no real progress to the loving part only a constant change in heart which annoyed me quite a lot. Because of that I found Kestrel quite indecisive and egoistic at times. Plotwise the book was neatly done. I liked the overall story, setting the romance aside. I hope that my problems with this first book will go away or lessen in the next books.

    Dec 11, 2023

  • malwa_reads
    malwa_reads

    8 Followers

    5.0

    5 stars are not enough. This book was simply wonderful ♥

    Jul 23, 2025

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