Swoon Romance YA Wednesdays: Beautiful Curse by Jen McConnel Book Blitz with Giveaway #ReadSwoonRepeat
Welcome to this week’s
Swoon Romance YA Wednesdays!
This week features
Beautiful Curse by Jen McConnel
Be sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post!
Sixteen-year-old Mya
Jones is cursed.
She is, hands down, the
most beautiful creature on earth. But beauty can wound, and Mya finds herself
reviled and shunned by her peers. If there is even a chance that she could
start over, Mya longs to take it, no matter the risks.
So when the strange
Mr. Merk offers her a new life away from home, Mya is hesitant but
hopeful. Only she didn’t count on the mysterious Ross, or her feelings for
him.
BEAUTIFUL CURSE is a
contemporary retelling of the myth of Psyche and Cupid.
“Beautiful Curse is the perfect balance of mysterious and romantic. You’ll swoon over this imaginative retelling of Cupid and Psyche.” – Robin Constantine, author of THE PROMISE OF AMAZING
“A fun and fresh twist on a well-loved story! The Cupid and Psyche romance is my favorite myth and McConnel’s whimsical take did not disappoint. An absolute delight, I loved every moment of this love story and instantly wanted more.” – Rachel Harris, author of THE FINE ART OF PRETENDING
My Review (also posted on Amazon):
***I was given a copy of
this book for my honest feedback***
Beautiful Curse is a
retelling of the mythological story of Psyche and Cupid. Being a lover of all
mythological romances, I was excited to read this book. I thought it was
written very beautifully. The fact that I was able to finish the book in two
days despite my obnoxiously busy schedule can attest to that. The
romance between Ross and Mya was so cute that I was grinning from ear to ear as
I flipped the pages. And I loved the presence of each Greek god…even Aphrodite
despite her being cruel to Mya. This book gets 5 stars from me as I thought it
was a great read with a powerful message: Beauty can be a curse and to not let
it define you. You are beautiful as long as you are comfortable with yourself.
My only complaint for this book was that it ended. I thank the author for
recreating such a story and look forward to their future works.
Available for Purchase: 
Jen McConnel first began writing poetry as a child.
Since then, her words have appeared in a variety of magazines and journals,
including Sagewoman, PanGaia, and The Storyteller (where she won the
people’s choice 3rd place award for her poem, “Luna”).
She is also a former reviewer for Voices of Youth Advocates
(VOYA), and a proud member of SCBWI, NCWN, and SCWW.
A Michigander by birth, she now lives and writes in the beautiful
state of North Carolina. She’s a graduate of Western Michigan University, and
she also earned her MS in Library Science at Clarion University of Pennsylvania.
When she isn’t crafting worlds of fiction, she teaches writing
composition at a community college. Once upon a time, she was a middle school
teacher, a librarian, and a bookseller, but those are stories for another time.
Follow Jen on Twitter @Jen_McConnel, and visit www.jenmcconnel.com
to learn more.
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Thank you so much for the feature! I'm thrilled you enjoyed the book! :)
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