From Bad to Cursed

From Bad to Cursed
author: Katie Alender
published: June 14th 2011 by Hyperion
pages: 442
my rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

This review will contain spoilers for the first book in the series. If you haven't read it yet, check out the review here:
Bad Girls Don't Die review

Alexis is the last girl you'd expect to sell her soul. She already has everything she needs--an adorable boyfriend, the perfect best friend, and a little sister who's finally recovering after being possessed by an evil spirit, then institutionalized. 
Alexis is thrilled when her sister joins a club; new friends are just what Kasey needs. It's strange, though, to see how fast the girls in The Sunshine Club go from dorky and antisocial to gorgeous and popular. Soon Alexis learns that the girls have pledged an oath to a seemingly benevolent spirit named Aralt. Worried that Kasey's in over her head again, Alexis and her best friend Megan decide to investigate by joining the club themselves. At first, their connection with Aralt seems harmless. Alexis trades in her pink hair and punky clothes for a mainstream look, and quickly finds herself reveling in her newfound elegance and success. 
Instead of fighting off the supernatural, Alexis can hardly remember why she joined in the first place. Surely it wasn't to destroy Aralt...why would she hurt someone who has given her so much, and asked for so little in return?

This is the second book of Katie Alender's Bad Girls Don't Die series and even though it's probably my least favourite in the series I still enjoyed it a lot.


What became clear really fast is that the "happy end" from the last book can't last long. This book has the same eerie vibe the first book has, despite it not taking place in a creepy mansion and with no dolls in sight. And again Alexis little sister Kasey seems to be in trouble.

This time though, it's not a big secret who the spirit is but rather what he's going to do.
 What drove me crazy was how little Alexis and Kasey seemed to have learned from the last evil spirit and how they just end up doing so many mistakes over again. Sure, the situation they're in this time is really different but still they should know better.

Frustrations aside, this book was amazing. The Sunshine Club is really weird and it's pretty obvious that there's something dark going on. It was fascinating to read about this club and how everyone gets insanely perfect while knowing that it won't last. Following Alexis while knowing she was making a huge mistake but also knowing she wasn't going to notice anytime soon was extremely frustrating but also made the story more thrilling.

I was also thrilled to see that Alexis love for photography also made it into this book. It's one of my favorite things about Alexis and a huge part of her character and I was really happy that that passion wasn't forgotten about and instead made more prominent.

Overall this is a really good sequel and a suspenseful read worthy picking up this Halloween

(I read it during summer break but I wish I'd waited till now)