After the events of The Deceiver’s Heart, Kestra and Simon find themselves separated but sharing the same goal: killing Lord Endrick and restoring peace to Antora. But they have different ways of doing it. The newly exiled Kestra is struggling with fighting off the corruption of her magic, while the newly crowned Simon is struggling with his love for Kestra. Both their paths lead to the same place, but the journey there is very different. When the time comes, will they do what is necessary, or will Antora suffer from their choices?

This book was a disappointing finale to the trilogy. I found it to be plot driven more than character driven. Many of the characters were one dimensional and they didn’t have very complex personalities. I feel like I only knew the characters on surface level. Many of the choices that characters made and things that happened to the characters were very predictable, and I didn’t find any of the characters very compelling or relatable. The one character arc that I liked reading was what the corruption was doing to Kestra. I did like some parts of the plot. I enjoyed the beginning and the middle, but after that, it started to feel repetitive. I felt like the lead up to the climax of the book and the climax itself was a bit predictable. I didn’t like this book as much as the first two books in the trilogy. Despite this, the ending was a good conclusion to the series. 

Some fantasy books that I liked more than The Warrior’s Curse are Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo and Hunter by Mercedes Lackey