The Cursed Series, Parts 1 & 2

If I'd Known/Knowing You

By: Rebecca Donovan

Narrated by: Phoebe Strole

“Trust no one. Everyone lies. You can only save yourself.”

It was supposed to be a Friday night like any other for Lana and her best friends. Three girls out to cause a little trouble. Break a few hearts. And try not to get caught. Except on this night, Lana Peri is the sole witness to a horrific crime, and she can’t say a word. Not if she wants to protect her friends. No one will believe her word over his, so he gets away with it. And she’s forced to pay for her silence.

Instead of serving time in juvie, Lana is sentenced to a boarding school for privileged teens. Removed from everyone she knows and cares about, she’s abandoned at Blackwood School in Vermont, where everything is an illusion, including the lives of those who attend the elite institution. Lana isn’t wealthy or privileged. The only thing she has in common with the sons and daughters of celebrities and politicians is that she’s a delinquent, just like them. And they’ve all been forced to grow up much too fast.

Just when Lana begins to feel accepted, mysterious notes start showing up in her belongings and ominous threats are painted on her wall. Only someone she knows could have done it. Someone she thought was a friend. As the pieces fall into place, secrets begin to emerge, leaving Lana with too many questions and not enough people to trust.

The Cursed Series is a thrilling and tangled mystery that explores the sacrifice of love and the secrets kept to protect friends. How do you know who to trust when no one is telling the truth?

©2019 by Rebecca Donovan. (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

The Cursed Series, Part 1 & 2

First things first I knew going in it was going to be teenage dramalama. So I am not mad about that in fact I don’t know if it is because I did a re-listen of Rebecca’s other series but I was looking forward to this audio.
I really like Lana and her curses, the way she looks at the world and tell the truth it’s refreshing. I like that if she isn’t willing to say the truth she doesn’t speak at all.
There is some mystery going on and we don’t ever really get “answers” just more questions and I will admit it is frustrating but also I get it we have 2 more books to get through what fun would it be if it was all given away in the beginning of books 1 and 2.
So I will continue listening because I have to know!!
Great narration too, I like that she sounds young but not too young that wouldn’t fit Lana at all.

4 stars

f I'd Known (Cursed #1):

4 stars

AHHHHHH, the drama! I was not expecting these chain of events. Onto the next one!

Knowing You (Cursed #2):

4 stars

Of COURSE there is a cliffhanger of sorts. I sorta guess by the end where this was going. Lana for me at times was getting annoying. Just got to stick with it to find out what happens next.

Narrator Phoebe Strole is actually doing a great job. I believe this is also my first listen by her.

Very enjoyable read.

Loved the first 2 parts and I can’t wait to see what happens in parts 3 and 4!

Great story-terrible narration

The story was intriguing, and really the only reason I kept listening. Phoebe strole made it nearly unbearable to listen to because of the long, drawn out pauses between literally every sentence. I had to speed it up, and even then it was dragging.

great listen

I liked the way the author intertwined the fmc's story with the story she wrote.