Ellie Dare Lancaster is only eight years old, but the secret she carries stretches back four hundred years, to the doomed pioneer colony of Roanoke Island—and the dark pact made by her ancestor, Ananias Dare. Though her father has told Ellie of her heritage, and she knows she will one day become a Curse Keeper, she never dreamed how soon that day would come…or how dear a sacrifice her grim duty … duty will demand.
After impulsively sharing the truth about her destiny with her best friend, Ellie fears she has summoned something dreadful, something that cannot be denied. But it’s her parents’ discovery of an eighteenth-century artifact—linked to the mystery of the vanished North Carolina settlers—that brings fear, and murder, into their once safe and happy home. Now, the unholy forces unleashed at the dawn of a new nation stir once more, to challenge another generation fated to wage the war between gods of good and evil.
A short story, This Changes Everything delves deeper into the world of Ellie Lancaster and the Curse Keeper series!
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This novella is based on Ellie’s childhood and majorly important events that happened. Holy Crap is this book very important to read!
Twists that I did not see coming.
I love how this novella helps answer some questions to this ongoing puzzle/adventure. Got me even more excited on how this will all play out in this next book.
I don’t know how this author packed all this wow into this novella without being overwhelming. Very well written and enjoyable!
This book is set when Ellie is a young girl I think 8. It is set when she tells Claire her best friend about the curse and being descendents of the Dare line. I love this book, seeing how Ellie was with the curse when she is a young girl. And what she thinks she has done by telling about the curse. It goes through what happened that night with Ellie mum when she was murdered. It was shocking to find out who did it, and who was involved.
Another novella in the Curse Keeper series, and perhaps my favorite one yet! Such an amazing and emotional story about Ellie and her life as an eight year old child. Throughout her childhood, Ellie’s father has told her stories about the curse keepers and her family history. She has been told to keep this information a secret, but ends up telling her best friend the story of the curse. She is now worried something terrible will happen to her family as a result. Ancient artifacts end up brining fear and terror into their inn, as well a a devastating tragedy. I experienced all the feels and so many emotions while reading this short story. It definitely packs a big punch!
This novella truly starts to bring the circle fully together… I get now the back story to fully understand way more about the curse and why Ellie is the way she is. We see how she’s been molded due to her past… onto the next book in the series! I can’t wait to see what’s in store next! I love little peaks into the past and other POV with novellas. Satisfies a lot of my questions often times too! The puzzle clicks!
This story is haunting. It goes into detail of how Amanda comes into obtaining the ring and an argument between her and Ellie’s father. DGS also goes into detail of what happened the night Ellie’s mother was murdered. We see how Ahone intervened and erased Ellie’s memories. I love having the back story, as sad as it may be.
This Changes Everything is a short story in the Curse Keepers series that gives more insight to Ellie’s background and about what happened with her mother. For such a short book, it was full of significant information and emotion. Based on the previous books in this series, I knew what was going to eventually take place in this book but it was still shocking and emotional to read. I feel like this book is fundamental to the series because it tells the reader important information that Ellie has not remembered in the main books. I cannot wait to read the next book in this series to see if all of Ellie’s memories come back and how they will affect her story.
I LOVE novellas but even more, I love this series. Novellas give us a better chance to learn the character I feel. If you are reading this series – don’t skip the Novellas!
This Changes Everything was very enlightening. This short story is extremely helpful to expand on The Curse Keepers series. The story was a heartbreaking but explains so much about Ellie, her parents, the curse, and even Collin. A must read in The Curse Keepers series!