Book Review: Curse Keepers Collection by Denise Grover Swank

curse keepers collectionIf you are fan of paranormal stories and love the “Da Vinci Code”, then “The Curse Keepers Collection” by Denise Grover Swank should be in your reading list!

A set of 3 full novels and 3 short stories, the “The Curse Keepers Collection” follows Ellie Lancaster and Collin Dailey, direct line descendants of Ananias Dare, an Englishman and Manteo, a Native American who lived at the infamous 1585 Roanoke Colony a.k.a. the Lost Colony which disappeared without a trace in 1590.

In the “The Curse Keepers Collection”, author Denise Grover Swank gives readers a very believable yarn on why and how the Roanoke Colony became lost. Melding Native American deities and 16th century superstition with today’s mythical beliefs and urban legends, the story grabs you from the moment Ellie and Collin meet, which happens on the first page!

Fast-paced, mysterious and scary, it’s a total adrenaline rush from beginning to end. I cannot turn the pages fast enough!

Told in a first person account, readers easily identify with Ellie. And as you get to know her and Collin, you also meet the Native American deities. I am not very familiar with Native American mythology, but I can also honestly say that though this book is fiction, I know more about them after reading the “The Curse Keepers Collection”. This is a well-researched book!

And though it looks like that the trilogy has been concluded, I hope that Ms. Swank write another trilogy continuing the story and written from Collin Dailey’s point of view.

The “The Curse Keepers Collection” is Rated M for Mature due to supernatural violence and sexual content.

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Description

The Curse Keepers series, now offered in a single collection containing the full text of all three novels and three prequel novellas, plus:

• An all-new introduction by the author, Denise Grover Swank
• All six works presented in the author’s preferred reading order

The wall between our world and a world full of vengeful spirits has protected humanity for more than four hundred years . . . and it’s about to come crashing down. In New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank’s epic paranormal romance series, the Curse Keepers, two reluctant yet brave heroes are all that stand between the world’s survival and its total destruction.

The Curse Keepers (The Curse Keepers #1)

The wall between our world and that of vengeful spirits has protected humanity for more than 400 years. It’s about to come crashing down.
Ellie Lancaster has lived her whole life by the site of the mysterious Lost Colony of Roanoke, the Virginia settlement that vanished without a trace around 1590. Only the descendants of the two men who banished the spirits of an enemy tribe from the material realm know what really happened to the colony. Ellie is one of those descendants—a Curse Keeper. Her father took pains to teach her what he knew of the curse and the responsibilities of its guardians. He taught her that if the two Curse Keepers ever meet, the curse will be lifted, the gate will open, and the raging Native American spirits will be unleashed to seek their revenge.

Despite her father’s seriousness, Ellie has always taken the legend for a harmless fairy tale. Until she meets the darkly handsome, but downright infuriating, Collin Dailey and realizes everything she was told is true. For when they meet, it’s like the air is sucked from the room. Collin’s presence is electrifying… and it’s not just attraction Ellie feels, but the inexorable pull toward her destiny. The prophecy is real, and now Ellie and Collin must battle supernatural forces and their loathing—and passion—for each other to set things right.
The Curse Keepers are all that stand between the world and its destruction.

The Curse Breakers (Curse Keepers #2) April 29, 2014

For more than four hundred years, the Curse Keepers guarded the barrier between the human and spirit realms. All that changed the day Ellie Lancaster met Collin Dailey. Prophecy demanded they defend the world from evil…even as it ignited a passion that threatened to consume them both.

Now Ellie faces a frightening new life, abandoned by the man she loves and tormented by malevolent spirits unleashing their vengeance upon the earth. Her only shot at protecting humanity—and herself—from the demon scourge is to claim the mark of the god Ahone as her own. Finding it means trusting Dr. David Preston, a handsome professor of Native American studies whose skepticism is surpassed only by his attraction to Ellie. Together they must finish what the Curse Keepers began, defying the forces of darkness to face hell on earth—and unlock the truth of Ellie’s destiny.

For centuries the gods have waited—for the betrayal that will release them, for the traitors who will defend them, for the warrior who will challenge them. Now at long last the gate between the human and spirit worlds is open, and with it, an army of vengeful demons poised to swarm the earth. Only the Curse Keepers, Ellie Lancaster and Collin Dailey, can stop it…if they can break free from a tangled web of treachery, jealousy, and lies.

The Curse Defiers

Torn between two men—her heart belongs to David, yet her soul is bound to Collin’s—Ellie no longer knows who she can trust. Demons slipping through the gate are leaving a trail of bodies in their wake, each death a chilling reminder of the power of the ancient spirits to bring humanity to its knees. Faced with an unimaginable future, Ellie realizes the time has come to turn her back on prophecy and choose her own destiny—even if it means defying the gods themselves.

In the thrilling conclusion to the Curse Keepers trilogy, humanity faces its final battle for survival!