Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

"Unputdownable... This is how stories were meant to be read––compulsively and with cheeks that hurt from smiling. Step into Cursed Ever After’s lush, ridiculous world and you’ll never want to leave, even on a Bad day!" —Dana Swift, author of When Dealing with Dragons

"A wickedly fun, heartfelt adventure. Risa Porto is cursed, clever and cunning, in a world as dazzling as it is deadly. With biting humour, Naranjo stakes her claim in the fantasy genre. If you love snark, romance and subverted fairytales, this is your next obsession." —Mikayla Bridge, author of Of Flame and Fury

"A charming mashup of all my favorite fairytale adventures! Love, magic, danger, and curses with a found-family ensemble sure to traverse straight into your heart. If Shrek and Ella Enchanted had a baby, it’d be this beautiful book." —Vanessa Montalban, author of These Vengeful Wishes

"Original, energetic and genuinely funny. If you love bold, no nonsense heroines, you’re going to love Risa Porto and the vibrant world she explores." —Anna Fiteni, author of The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire

"Naranjo’s debut romantic fantasy blends wry humor with a sweeping epic adventure... A funny, heartfelt fantasy for fans of The Princess Bride movie and Stephanie Garber’s Caraval." —School Library Journal

"A richly imagined and thoughtful fantasy where questions of luck, love, and personal power shape a memorable emotional journey, this book will delight fans of character-driven stories with heartfelt romance and imaginative magic." —Booklist

"A charming, humor-filled fantasy that reads like a fairy tale." —Kirkus

"Debut author Naranjo blends swashbuckling adventure with wry humor in a romantic fantasy that juggles charm and peril." —Publishers Weekly