Lord of the Empty Isles One curse. Two sworn enemies. Thousands of lives in the balance.

Cursed Space Pirates

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4.25⭐ In "Lord of the empty Isles" Remy places a withering curse on Idrian Delaciel, famous outlaw and murderer of his brother. This backfires spectacularly, because Remy turns out to be fatebound to Delaciel and thus cursed with him. The only way to slow the curse is to be in close proximity, so Remy joins the space pirate crew to buy himself time and find a way out of this mess. Soon he realizes that there is more at stake than his own life, much more... Sci-Fi is not usually a genre that I read, but this book had me intrigued and I'm so glad I picked it up! I really enjoyed the complex magical system and world building! The idea of bonds connecting people who have never met reminds me of Asian mythology and I liked how diverse the bonds could be. The characters were likeable and complex. The main cast of characters was limited to a handful of people, which I could all keep straight! (The last few books I read had such a large cast of characters that I've gotten confused at several points in the story. ) I really liked to explore Remy relationships and how they changed throughout the story. This is one of the few books where the enemies really start as enemies - well, one sided enemies. The books starts with high stakes due to the withering (aka death) curse Remy casts and they just get higher and higher the further the story unfolds. The atmosphere was tense and I couldn't put the book down! I just needed to know what would happen next. The ending sadly was a little weak, but I still had a fantastic time! I received a complimentary download of this audio book via Netgalley. Thank you. The book is read by Georgina Sadler, which did an amazing job bringing the story to life. I especially enjoyed the in-world poetry/song lyrics excerpts at the beginning of some of the chapters. I just wish that this book with two MALE main characters would have been voiced by a man...