Cursebound
core novel 2025 Faebound
Record
| First published | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.80 (7,493 ratings, collected 2026-08-28) |
| Page count | 352 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780593723050 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Cursebound picks up after the events of Faebound, with the elven sisters Yeeran and Lettle no longer held as prisoners by the fae but each facing a new set of complications. Yeeran, a skilled warrior, struggles with her unexpected feelings for the fae queen Furi and sets out to warn her own homeland of the dangers gathering in the ongoing conflict between the two peoples. Lettle, meanwhile, has risen to prominence at the fae court as a diviner and companion to the half-fae king Rayan, and undertakes a perilous quest to break an ancient curse binding all fae to the land of Mosima, a task complicated by the fates falling mysteriously silent whenever she tries to consult them. The novel follows the sisters as they chart increasingly divergent paths, one through romantic and political entanglement and the other through prophecy and curse-breaking.
Where it sits
- Universe: Faebound
- Series: Faebound core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Saara El-Arifi
Notes
- From the series record (Faebound): A completed adult romantasy trilogy following an elven outcast and orc warriors in a fae-and-orc-inspired secondary world; concluded with Earthbound's 2026 release.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Faebound: position 2 of 3: previous Faebound (2024) · next Earthbound (2026)
Sources
- Series listing on the project's rating platform, Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
- Penguin Random House listing, Earthbound by Saara El-Arifi
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730795/cursebound-by-saara-el-arifi/
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