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From Bad to Cursed (Bad Girls Don't Die #2)
Katie Alender | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
(This review can also be found on my blog: <a href="http://themisadventuresofatwentysomething.blogspot.co.uk">The (Mis)Adventures of a Twenty-Something Year Old Girl</a>).

After reading the first book in this series, Bad Girls Don't Die, I knew I had to read From Bad to Cursed. I must admit that I was a bit wary of reading the next book as usually sequels aren't as good as the first book. However, all my worrying was in vain. This book turned out to be amazing just like the first.

Alexis and her little sister are back in this second book in the Bad Girls Don't Die series. Alexis is still worried about Kasey who has been in home for the mentally unstable. Kasey has come back home, and Alexis will do anything to keep Kasey safe. So when Kasey starts becoming more beautiful and starts making tons of new friends, including her sword enemy, Alexis gets suspicious. Alexis learns that Kasey is involved in a club called the Sunshine Club. However, the club isn't as nice as the name suggests. Alexis joins this club to find out what Kasey has gotten herself into this time. However, it soon becomes apparent that Alexis is in way over her head.

From Bad to Cursed is a good title for this book. In the story, things definitely go from bad to cursed so I can see why the author chose this title.

The cover of From Bad to Cursed looks incredibly creepy, not as much as the first book in the series, but still creepy. I'm not sure who's supposed to be on the cover. I thought it might be Kasey, but Alexis is more dominant in this story, so he could possible be Alexis. However, it still could be any member of the Sunshine Club. I do love the cover of this book, but just like Bad Girls Don't Die, I don't feel that it really gives much away about the story.

Again, Katie Alender is spot on with the world building! She makes you feel like you are experiencing everything that Alexis is. Alender makes you feel as if you're part of the Sunshine Club for this story. Everything just feels so realistic which is fantastic!

This is another book where I enjoyed the pacing very much. It was hard for me to put this book down to do anything else. Reluctantly, I did have to put this book down for some time, but as soon as I had free time, I was reading it again. This is such a fast paced story that you will not even notice the minutes flying by.

The wording in From Bad to Cursed is fantastic. It is easy to understand, and I also appreciate the fact that the teenagers speak like teenagers and not like the teens out of Dawson's Creek. I didn't notice any swear words, so fear not. The dialogue flows quite nicely.

All the characters in this book are all well developed with their each individual personalities. Alexis is a fantastic main character. I think everyone can relate to her in some way. I love Kasey!! I love how vulnerable she comes across as. She also comes across as being a bit more strong in this book. I love how she's grown. We also get to learn a bit more about Lydia in this story which I appreciated. However, Carter isn't mentioned too much in this story although he's still in it.

The whole plot in this book was well executed. It's a fantastic idea for a book. This book has me looking forward to the next book in the series, As Dead As It Gets. In fact, I ended up buying it today before I had even finished From Bad to Cursed. That's how much I love this whole series.

I'd recommend this book to everyone aged 13+. It is amazing!

From Bad to Cursed (Bad Girls Don't Die #2) by Katie Alender gets a 5 out of 5 from me.
  
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Rickstrong23 (216 KP) rated Dark in TV

Dec 14, 2017  
Dark
Dark
2017 | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Story and. Drama forign (0 more)
Its in english but you can tell it dubed bad (0 more)
Good show about living by a german nucular power plant.lots of drama lots of charcters they did a great job of making the charcters in the past look like and act like ones in the future.
  
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PEBookstore (1 KP) rated The Good Girl in Books

Dec 28, 2017  
The Good Girl
The Good Girl
Mary Kubica | 2015 | Thriller
9
7.6 (8 Ratings)
Book Rating
Lots of twists and turns (0 more)
I Excellent Read
I loved this book! Definitely a great psychological thriller. The characters were genuine and well developed. I fell in and out of love with them and loved that each character had good and bad aspects and weren’t one dimensional. Highly recommend this one.
  
The Wall (2017)
The Wall (2017)
2017 | Drama, Thriller, War
8
7.0 (10 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Story, (0 more)
Cena is only in so much (0 more)
Good story
Love the plot of this movie. I am a big sniper movie fan and the story line gets off a little slow but, becomes an great suspenseful movie. Only bad thing is Cena has little or no time in the movie
  
Life (2017)
Life (2017)
2017 | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Pretty good cast (0 more)
Generic Wannabe Alien Plot (0 more)
Overall the movie isnt complete garbage its just super predictable. It has its moments od WTF is this thing capable of but other then that and a couple of jump scares nothing sets this apart from any other "bad aliens humans good" plot.
  
Unforgettable (2017)
Unforgettable (2017)
2017 | Mystery
Katherine Heigl goes bad (0 more)
Can't make its mind up what genre of film it is (2 more)
Been done better many times before
No real shocks or scares
Very forgettable
A poor mans Fatal Attraction. Just all feels very average. It needed to be braver one way or another but settles for mediocrity.
  
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Alison Pink (7 KP) rated Glass Sword in Books

Jan 15, 2018  
Glass Sword
Glass Sword
Victoria Aveyard | 2016 | Young Adult (YA)
10
7.7 (31 Ratings)
Book Rating
NOOOOOO!!! It's over. That's bad because I have no idea when the next book comes out. The end...it is just hanging there mocking me. I can't wait to see how it turns out for Mare Barrow, but it looks like I'm going to have to do just that. Ugh.
  
iBoy (2017)
iBoy (2017)
2017 | Action, Drama, Mystery
Cool concept (0 more)
Execution could have been better (0 more)
Good Movie, Bad Name
This was a better idea on paper than it is a movie, but it's an interesting experiment to see play out. If you are browsing Netflix and have nothing else to watch, this will fill a couple of hours.
  
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Kelly (12 KP) rated Killing Eve in TV

Feb 1, 2019  
Killing Eve
Killing Eve
2018 | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Acting (2 more)
Story
Thrilling
Short season (1 more)
Bad person acting.
A-----mazing
Sandra Oh is awesome in this but please note you must give it a fair chance watch 2 or 3 episodes before you judge it.

Big fan of hers since greys anatomy also love crime shows and true crime stores.
  
Shut Up &amp; Sit Down
Shut Up & Sit Down
Games & Hobbies
9
9.3 (3 Ratings)
Podcast Rating
Funny, charming, informative, a little madcap and almost completely unbiased. Reviews of games by players of games. Plus genuine infectious enthusiasm for the hobby. (0 more)
Honestly nothing is significantly bad. Maybe there could be more frequent videos, but who I am to tell someone how hard to work... (0 more)
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