Love Cursed by Leisl Leighton

Tracy’s Rating: 4 of 5 stars

Series: Gods Cursed #1

Release Date: 1/17/2022

Julianna Stevens is a most unusual witch, she works in the Coven’s library, but what makes her unusual is the fact that she is allergic to magic! This makes for a very lonely existence, as she is forbidden to mingle with mortals, yet she can’t be exposed to magic, leaving her with only her grandmother Violetta, the Grand Matriarch of the Stevens family and the Melbourne Coven Leader, the voice that she constantly hears in her head and Bastien, a cursed demi-god tied to her family. After an extremely horrifying date with a warlock with waning powers, she returns home humiliated and depressed. But the next morning she finds an old journal and realizes that she has been cursed, and her inner voice is the voice of Lianna, a vestal virgin with powerful magic who fell in love and was cursed by her high priestess. Breaking the curse will finally free her, she just needs to find her soulmate and the place where the curse was cast. What could go wrong?

Bastien has been cursed for thousands of years, doomed to a lonely existence in the presence of his beloved, but unable to speak of the curse to anyone. Each day Bastien shifts into a cat for half the day and shifts back to blind human the other half. Julianna is the reincarnation of his love Lianna, but she has no idea and even thinking of her causes him unbearable pain. To break the curse, he enlists the help of a fellow cupid to give Julianna a hint to breaking the curse. In doing so, he hopes to finally break the curse and be reunited with his beloved and hopefully find their son who was stolen by the high priestess who cast the curse. It seems like simple solution, but it soon becomes clear that the curse isn’t going to as easy to break as they thought and their only chance for freedom may be lost.

This was very intriguing story by a new-to-me, I was completely sucked in this book and read it in one sitting. The book is not long, but it packs quite a punch, it is filled with magic, curses, heartache, family, soulmate love, sacrifice, low steam and a happy yet bittersweet ending with the promise for more magical mayhem. This is the first book in the series, making it the perfect place to start, especially if you prefer your romantasy written in the third person.