Thank you to Toppling Stacks Tours for an ARC of this novel. All The Queen's Curses follows chronically ill Princess Kit and her stepsister Princess Catherine as Kit's mother works with the fae to body swap the two girls. We also follow Prince Idris as he deals with a family curse that has fallen on him. I loved the lore of this book; there is so much about the fae and how they behave that was so interesting. I loved the relationship between Kit and Catherine, they might be stepsisters, but they had such a lovely sibling bond even as Kit limits how much she tells Catherine about her struggles. I also liked the bond between Idris and his brother Abram. I would have liked more backstory on the characters, I felt like things were very abrupt for Kit, her mother and her stepfather. 

3 Stars

Synopsis:

Kit may be a princess, but her life is no fairy tale.

Chronically ill and abused by her new stepfather, Princess Kit finds solace in her kind stepsister Catharine. Yet the sisters may not be together for long― Catharine is intended to be wed to a prince of the Northern Isles.

Kit’s mother, the queen, strikes a bargain with the fae to free her daughter from the king’s abuse and give Kit a happier ending; the fae swaps Kit’s ailing body for Catharine’s before Catharine can depart. Horrified, Kit and Catharine abandon their homeand travel north to find the fae who cursed them.

Kit and Catharine soon discover the prince is under his own fae curse. He offers to help the princesses. But Kit finds herself unsure she wants to switch back if it means she can’t be with the prince―and worse, must return to her own suffering body . . .

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About the Author:

Alyssa was born in small-town Milton, Florida, but life as a roving military kid soon mellowed her (unintelligibly strong) Southern accent. Wanderlust is in her blood, and she’s always waiting for the wind to change. Stories remain her constant. Alyssa received her BA in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing from Berry College. From Bath Spa University, she received her MA with honors in Writing for Young People and her Ph.D in Creative Writing with her thesis Breaking the Curse: Retelling a Folk Fairy Tale to Explore Trauma and Healing in Novels for Young People. She is represented by Amber Caraveo at Skylark Literary. Her award-winning debut The Eleventh Trade and her second book The Invisible Boy were published by Roaring Brook/Macmillan (U.S.) and Piccadilly Press (U.K.). Alyssa loves crafting, cozy video games, and going on adventures with her nerdy husband and mischievous dog.

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