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Jan 19, 2012

Brooklyn rated it:

Reviewed by BF, age 12

From Bad to Cursed is the sequel to the first book in the Bad Girls Don't Die series, Bad Girls Don't Die. Alexis' younger sister, Kasey. has returned home from a mental hospital after being possessed by a pugnacious and grudge-holding ghost who wreaked havoc on Alexis' town. Now, she tries to give Kasey a second chance and is ecstatic when she joins the Sunshine Club, where she is able to socialize with other girls who do not hold her unfortunate past against her More...

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Nov 03, 2011

Krista rated it:

I found this sequel to be better than the first book. Even though I still felt that the main character holds her sister emotionally at arm's length all the time, by the end of the book I felt they were getting emotionally closer. I had a hard time with how she treated her younger sister in the first book, especially before she became possessed. In the second book here I understood why she was always suspicious of her behavior, but I am so happy they were able to overcome that weirdness by the en More...

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Aug 10, 2011

Geraldine rated it:

How do you give half a star? Haha, just to be clear, I give this book 4.5 stars. Not .5

When I got my hands on this, I was super happy! As usual, I devoured it like a maniac. This book didn't send chills as much as Bad Girls Don't Die did, but it's just as well written. I liked the unusual twist that she actually KNEW what was going on and didn't try to stop whatever was happening to here because she had seemed oblivious to the fact that they're worshipping something supernatural and r More...

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Jul 24, 2011

Eileen rated it:

Evil teenagers. Isn’t that redundant? Oh, just kidding.

Anyway, Bad Girls Don’t Die: From Bad to Cursed is full of evil teenagers. A sequel to Bad Girls Don’t Die, a book I absolutely loved, the story brings back pink-haired Alexis Warren, and her formerly possessed sister Kasey who has just been sprung from a mental institution.

Kasey’s reappearance has Alexis on edge (she did try to kill the entire family) and threatens to derail what had been shaping up to be an excellent More...

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Jul 04, 2011

Deborah rated it:

I bought this book while halfway through its predecessor, Bad Girls Don't Die. I paused my reading of another excellent book, Feed by Mira Grant, to read this book when it reached me.

I love these books' protagonist, Alexis. She's smart, relatable and passionate--the kind of gal I'd be delighted to see as the heroine of a movie! When she's wishy-washy or confused, it's in a way that's as genuine as it is understandable. She takes action appropriate to not staying in a "confused" More...

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Jun 27, 2011

Erin rated it:

Not what I was expecting. I just finished the first book yesterday and was expecting something very similar, I still loved the book, but I did get really upset with Lexi. I had a respect for her from the first book that I kind of lost when I read the second book because of some stupid choices. I realize that Lexi did what she thought was right, but I wish that she had gone for some help when it started instead of letting herself get pulled in and making the situation worse.

Its sad wha More...

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Dec 20, 2011

Lauren rated it:

let's get one major precept clear from the get-go: these are not proust. they will not speak to your soul, call into question your understanding of your world, or even resonate so profoundly that you are moved to tears.

but you will read them in about three hours. by god, you will read them.

From Bad to Cursed is the return of pink-haired photographin' alexis and her ghost-riddled lil sister kasey. this time, the ghost in question is aralt, a spirit concerned with the 1950s-esq More...

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Jul 14, 2011

Allison (The Allure of Books) rated it:

From Bad to Cursed by Katie Alender is the second book in the Bad Girls Don’t Die trilogy. I found a lot more depth and meaning in this novel than I expected to find! Beyond just containing a really creepy ghostly mystery, I think the characters’ experiences added extra layers to the story.

Teenagers have a long history of searching for a way to feel beautiful and popular. The lengths some will go to (especially girls) can get really out-of-hand. That is definitely true in this novel! More...

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Jul 17, 2011

Ashlyn Rae rated it:

From Bad to Cursed = OH. MY. GOSH. This book was so intense! There were so many twists and turns! When I thought I made a pretty good prediction on what was going to happen next, something even better happens. Katie Alender wrote a really good sequel to her Bad Girls Don’t Die Series! Plus, instead of Kasey getting into paranormal trouble, this time it was Lexi. And I liked that; it was different in a good way!
All the things that you know about Lexi, Kasey, and the rest of the Bad Girls Don More...

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Jan 16, 2012

706Emma rated it:

Alexis has had run ins with ghosts before. Just look at her little sister- in a mental ward for trying to kill her whole family after a crazy ghost doll possesed her. So when her sister gets out, and tries to reenter normal society, you can't really blame Alexis for being a little worried. She tries her best, but she has trouble relating with Kasey, when Kasey isn't even really ready for normal human contact again. But when Kase joins the Sunshine Club, Alexis suspects something fishy... and dea More...

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Jan 18, 2012

Kait rated it:

The reason I give this book a two is because I thought the characters were so static, it took three hundred pages before I felt interested, and then at the end I felt like there were too many unsolved questions, and that Alender had gotten lazy and just tossed together some ideas for a quick solution to the conflict in the novel. Again, I felt like Carter was just a toy in the story, something to add a bit of ramance to the plot, because what young adult book these days doesn't have romance? I More...

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Nov 04, 2011

Bailey Jane rated it:

For some reason, the second book didn't quite stack up to the first one. Possibly because the first revolved around an antique doll being the power center for the demon intruding upon their lives and antique dolls are always spooky, or maybe because I felt that the names given to some of the character seemed contrived or overtly fake. Also, I never knew how to pronounce "Aralt," which bothered me throughout the entire book. Is it "Air-ALT, AIR-alt?" But disregarding all of t More...

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Sep 05, 2011

April rated it:

Originally on From Book to Hooked.

It has become apparent to me that while reading Katie Alender's books empty rooms are safest. After this second installment to the Bad Girls Don't Die series, simply avoiding dolls won't protect you. Not from the ghosts Alexis has to deal with.

When Kasey tells Alexis about the new club she's joined and the oath she made to someone named Aralt, Alexis starts to worry Kasey got involved with something she couldn't handle... again. In an eff More...

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Jun 18, 2011

Jessica rated it:

The book prior to this one, Bad Girls Don't Die, was good. It was spooky but fun and a very light, quick read. From Bad to Cursed is even better. It seems like Katie has really hit her stride with this book. I won it from The Divining Wand and it arrived on Tuesday as promised (thank you!). I was so excited I stayed up way to late reading it, and as soon as I got off work Wednesday I finished it. This book was just wonderful. It was nice to see the heroine of the book being a non-rebellious rebe More...

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Aug 22, 2011

Sarah rated it:

I feel like I've just watched an entire season of a really edgy, well thought out, carefully pieced together series after reading this book. In fact, I feel like it is probably the most 'complete' novel I have read in a long time, despite that it is clearly part of a series.
So little about this story was predictible. Nothing was rushed. Everything was so well developed: the plot, the characters, the setting... It is no wonder the pictures in my head reminded me of watching a movie.
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Dec 15, 2011

Joy rated it:

2.5 stars. GR should have half stars too.

I didn't enjoy this as much as Bad Girls Don't Die. It didn't hold my interest like I expected it too. I found myself irritated at Alexis and losing my interest by the time I was almost halfway through. And I did the guilty thing - I sped read the rest. Urgh! Alexis was so, so, so self-absorbed, smug and downright snobbish (in a way) in the book. I got so irritated with her and all my liking for her in the first book flew out the window. Poor More...

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Feb 02, 2012

706amelia rated it:

This book was good. I read the first one in June of 5th grade, so I didn't think I would remember much, but I did, bcs the author made it very easy to remember things, and reviewed the plot of book 1.
I love Lydia as a character, she is very well developed, and that Alender did a really good job of turning Lydia, a once conceited goth, into a sudden popular, preppy sunshine girl. One of the last scenes, where Alrat killed Lydia, was very well-written, and I also enjoyed the mix of paranorm More...

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Sep 05, 2011

Kate rated it:

I enjoyed the first book in this series so much, and was a little let down by "From Bad to Cursed." In "Bad Girls Don't Die," Alexis is intelligent, bitingly sarcastic, and ballsy. It reminded me of Veronica Mars with ghosts. "From Bad to Cursed" loses a lot of what made Alexis so interesting. She makes some unbelievably bad choices from the get-go, and then refuses to reach out for help. Mostly, I found myself frustrated with her. Looks like there will be at least More...

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Feb 01, 2012

Lynn rated it:

Well just when you think everything is getting back to normal, leave it to Kasey to screw things up again. Boy does she ever. EVERYTHING could have been avoided in this book if Kasey just told the truth eariler then when she did. The book was REALLY good. It was a lot better and more orginal then the first one. I liked the first also. My only thing about this is sometimes, it was almost to unbelieveable. I rolled my eyes with some of the stuff with the Ouija board. Still a very good book and a s More...

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Aug 29, 2011

Anne rated it:

2.5 stars
Looking at all of the rave reviews this book got, I feel like I must have missed something when I read it. I didn't like it all that much. I mean it was readable, it just wasn't that good.
The story never really went anywhere. <spoiler> She gets possessed by this spirit, and then proceeds to fight the possession. Then she gives in. Then she sort of fights it. Then she gives in. Then her sister helps her fight it. Then she gives in. Then she breaks the spell. Then she ge More...

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Sep 10, 2011

Danna rated it:

Then we were moving together-not quite in formation, but in a well-defined group, an army of the prettiest, brightest, best girls. We came around the side of the bleachers like a school of sharks: glamorous and dangerous and sleek, stepping in time to a beat only we could hear. The hum in the stands dipped slightly as people noticed us, admired us, wished they could be like us. I soaked it in. My hair was perfect, my clothes were perfect, my best friend and my sister walked perfectly at my side. More...

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Aug 08, 2011

Catiebug rated it:

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When I read Bad Girls Don't Die, I didn't think there were going to be more books because of the way it ended, there was no cliffhanger. I was so excited to see that there was going to be another book coming out.

The roles seemed to switch in From Bad to Cursed and Alexis is now the one who got caught up with a ghost and Kasey needs to save her. It's nice to see what really goes on in the person's head and to More...

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Oct 15, 2011

Courtney rated it:

What would you be willing to give in order to have everything you've ever wanted? Money? Your time? Your soul?

Kasey is finally home from the mental hospital, and she's having a difficult time making friends. Afterall, who wants to be friends with a girl who was possessed, and tried to murder her parents? Hesitant to build a new relationship with her little sister, Alexis decides to hang back to see if Kasey can survive the "survival of the fittest" atmosphere of high schoo More...

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Aug 05, 2011

Sarah rated it:

More like a 3.5 that a 3, but I'm not willing to give it a 4 just right now. Caveat: this rating is because of the story, not the main characters. I found our beloved main protag Alexis extremely selfish and irriating - and this was before she started hobnobbing with the Sunshine Club. Plus her boyfriend is boring, and then he turns Cullenesque without reason and the in-text explanation is rather dull as well. I'd rather have a book with the little sister Kasey as the main protag, to be honest, More...

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Aug 26, 2011

Mercedes rated it:

Yess! I finally got my hands on this book which I've been waiting like two years for. :)

If you haven't read the first book, this review may have some spoilers from Bad Girls Don't Die.

From Bad to Cursed takes place a couple of months after Bad Girls Don't Die and everything is going good for Alexis. She has an awesome boyfriend, Carter and a best friend, Megan. But when her sister, Kasey, comes back from the mental ward Alexis feels like something bad is bound to happen a More...

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Apr 19, 2011

Reading rated it:

I know it seems like every book I've read here lately has been
amazing. Well I guess I have just been hitting the jackpot because
From Bad To Cursed was great.
I loved Katie Alender's first book, Bad Girls Don't Die,
And I loved From Bad To Cursed even more!
Actually a lot of the book reminded me of the movie, The Stepford Wives.
The whole creepy zombie-like perfection all the girls in the Sunshine Club had.
I thought it was great how Kasey was a much stronger charact More...

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Mar 18, 2011

Alicia rated it:

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Aug 15, 2011

Stories & Sweeties {Becky} rated it:

I read Bad Girls Don't Die before my blogging days, but I absolutely loved it. It was incredibly creepy, the characters were strong, eccentric, and stepped away from many of the usual stereotypes we see so much of today. It hit on two things that absolutely freak me out---hauntings involving children and creepy possessed dolls (when i was growing up, my mom collected antique porcelain dolls---my imagination got away from me a few times late at night!). I had no idea this would be a series, as Ba More...

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Jun 08, 2011

Amber rated it:

Blending horror and humor, From Bad To Cursed is sure to be unforgettable. Taking all the amazing elements of the first installment and amping up the stakes for this newest addition, it is the perfect novel to read just after dark, with every single light in the house on. From it's characters to it's break-neck plot, From Bad To Cursed is original and yet, somehow, completely familiar.

I mentioned before in my review of the first novel, Bad Girls Don't Die, that horror novels are tric More...

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Jun 23, 2011

Yan rated it:

Things are finally looking up for Alexis: her family is in no immediate danger, she has a sweet boyfriend, and her best friend still has her back. Finally her sister, Kasey, is back from the mental hospital after a murderous run with an evil spirit. But rumors start to spread and rejoining some old classmates after the first week of school can be tough for any girl. When Kasey and a couple of odd friends join and form The Sunshine Club, Alexis is a little more than weary. After all, with one evi More...

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