Curse Breaking Historical Fantasy Books
21 historical fantasy books that use the curse breaking trope — someone is cursed — and the plot is how to break it. Top picks: Sorcerer to the Crown (2015), Magic Lessons (2020) and Splendors and Glooms (2012).
21 books

Sorcerer to the Crown
Zen Cho

Magic Lessons
Alice Hoffman

Splendors and Glooms
Laura Amy Schlitz

Firelight
Kristen Callihan

Daughter of the Forest
Juliet Marillier

Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
R. L. La Fevers

The Witch Hunter
Virginia Boecker

Land of Love and Drowning
Tiphanie Yanique

Touch of Desire
Susan Spencer Paul

The Mummy's Curse
Roger Luckhurst

The Innamorati
Midori Snyder

Everlasting Enchantment (Relics of Merlin, #4)
Kathryne Kennedy

Toads and Diamonds
Heather Tomlinson

The witches of Dredmoore Hollow
Riford McKenzie

Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus
R. L. La Fevers

Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris
R. L. La Fevers

The Crowfield curse
Pat Walsh

Lucy at Sea
Barbara Mariconda

Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh
R. L. La Fevers

The Emerald Shore
Barbara Mariconda
The hob and the Deerman
Pat Walsh