Most days, Elea couldn’t care less about being a witch, even if she does have special powers over spirit and bone. Why bother with incantations when you’re a farm girl? Elea only uses her Necromancer magic to speed up chores and scare off suitors.Everything changes when the evil Necromancer Tsar curses Elea. Now, she only has five years left before she burns as a ghost, tortured for all eternity. … all eternity. They say there’s nothing she can do, but Elea disagrees. Embracing her Necromancer ability, Elea trains as a magical assassin. Her goal? Kill the Tsar before his curse kills her. After years of preparation, Elea’s finally ready to strike.
That’s when everything goes horribly wrong.
A handsome warlock named Rowan steps up to help. Elea wants him as an ally, but she can’t ignore the mixed-up feelings that come with every one of Rowan’s crooked smiles. An assassination mission is no time to fall in love, but Elea’s heart may have other ideas…
“CURSED will take you on an adventure of a lifetime!” – The Avid Reader
Perfect for readers who love sword and sorcery filled with magic, necromancy, witches and wizards. This series combines fierce females, paranormal romance and epic fantasy. Enjoy!
BEHOLDER series order
1. Cursed
2. Concealed
3. Cherished
4. Crowned
5. Cradled
*This is a finished series.
Read all the series from author Christina Bauer:
– Angelbound Origins (YA Dark Fantasy)
– Angelbound Offspring (YA Dark Fantasy)
– Pixieland Diaries (YA Fantasy)
– Beholder (YA Dark Fantasy)
– Dimension Drift (YA Urban Fantasy )
– Fairy Tales of the Magicorum (YA Urban Fantasy)
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Elea is a nineteen year old girl who has finally became the rightful owner of Braddock Farms. Ever since she has become the owner she has had more suitors than a princess, one more than she ever wanted. All she wants is to be left alone to do her chores and to live her life in piece without someone always knocking on her door.
One day she gets wood that her best friend Tristan is in trouble and needs her. When she makes her way to Tristan she finds that he has been cursed and is dying. He explains how the curse works to her. After words the only thing she is concerned with is finding a way to break the curse otherwise she will die too. She has five years to break the curse or it is lights out for her.
Elea is also a necromancer and knows how to use her magick for helping out with the chores on the farm sometimes but nothing that is considered very powerful. And powerful she must be if she is going break the curse. So what does Elea do? Well the only thing she can do and that is to find someone who is willing to train her.
And five years later she emerges from the depths of a Cloister as a Grand Mistress Necromancer. She is known as the last Grand Mistress Necromancer alive and the most powerful. Now Elea is on a journey to save not only her friend but all her new friends that she has made along the way.
On her journey to break the curse she meets a powerful Caster, Rowan, and the sparks begin to fly between them. This is something that necromancers have no knowledge of or at least they are supposed to have more control than that over their feelings or so she has been taught by her sisters in the Cloister.
Can Elea break the curse before her time is up? Can she save Tristan? Can she save all of her new friends from the hands of the Tsar? As Tristan says “I can’t tell you”. You will just have to pick up your copy to find out. You won’t regret believe me cause I sure haven’t. Cursed will take you on an adventure of a lifetime filled with magick in only one weeks’ time more or less. I can’t wait for book two to see where Elea and her friends take us next in their journey.
I’ve played Dungeons & Dragons for years, and maybe I’m a little fixated on Magic in that world cause in this one, they seem to cast spells like we breath air…easily. That was a major turn off for me but otherwise, it wasn’t bad, the plot was good.
A superb read!
A curse…
A vow to end the enemy…
An unexpected ally…
Dangers and adventures…
And maybe even love…
Such an interesting and well-written read from the author. A highly recommended read if you enjoy fantasy, Necromancy and a hint of romance.
A great start to what I am sure will be an exceptional series!
Full of Necromancers, powers, Casters, Sentinel Spirits, enemies, secrets, danger, adventure, mystery, fantasy and a hint of romance.
Perfect for readers of dark fantasy.
Liked the book and looking forward to the rest of the series.
This whole series was amazing!!
I did not finish the book. The plot was not well developed.
Looking forward to reading more of these stories and following these characters.
fun read
Slow moving hard start at the beginning
I really like this magical fantasy! There’s romance, adventure, and lots of magical encounters. This definitely satisfied my cravings for something exciting.
The story first introduces Elea and explains her normal life on her farm. She knows how to use a little bit of magic, but doesn’t plan on becoming a powerful Grand Mistress Necromancer. Unfortunately her plans change when a powerful curse is placed on her. A deadly curse that will make her burn eternally.
She has five years to break the curse, and the clock is ticking. On her journey, she meets allies that also want to defeat the man that placed the curse on her. One of them is a powerful young man named Rowan.
Rowan is a caster that also knows magic. He and his group have been waiting for someone like Elea to help them in the fight. He’s bold, strong, and knows how to make Elea blush.
I really enjoyed the plot and characters. However, I do wish that this story explained Elea’s experience when she was learning how to use her power. The story just skips five years of her life and jumps to the part where she’s a powerful necromancer. There were also some areas where the story felt a bit choppy, but I still had a lot of fun reading this, and I can’t wait to start the next book.