Review: SECOND CHANCE AT LOVE WITH A TOUCH OF THE PARANORMAL
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 11, 2014
If you like to read about second chances in love with a small dose of the paranormal tossed in you are going to thoroughly enjoy THE CURSED PRINCESS. I have always enjoyed a story with humor mixed with the serious business of romance and those ingredients are definitely provided. A fast read that should keep you entertained.Action takes place on the Island of Sorellina where a curse has ruled for centuries. Princess Cristina has wandered the island as a cat for the last 500 years and her only hope of breaking the curse is to maneuver a member from each of the two feuding families to fall in love and marry. She had believed that had been accomplished twenty ago with Elena Marcante and Dario Denaro to only have her hopes once again crushed. But Elena and Dario are back on the island and Cristina is going to get another shot at kindling the love between them, a love they had shared as teens.For me this novel was an enjoyable read.  I’m the type of reader that loves the small details in a story. While there isn’t the depth of detail that appeals to me there is still plenty to provide a good background for the setting. Character’s personalities come through and Ms. Marell does a very good job of making them believable. Nonna Renata is exactly as I’ve always pictured an Italian grandma. Elena has the backbone that’s enjoyable, at least for me, to see in the heroine of a novel. Dario was hard for me to warm up to. I was hoping Elena would find happiness this time around but a more than a little mad at Dario for being more of the rich business man than the romantic lover that would toss money aside for the love of his life. But to be honest, the fact that Dario didn’t toss it all for love when he was a teenager makes him more realistic with human failing. The story also manages to capture the insecurity and indecision we carry with us into adulthood.Since the island is populated with a variety of supernatural beings besides Cristina there are sure to be future challenges and laughs.Recommend for anyone 15 and older as there are no graphic love scenes or over the top cursing.