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Title	:	Curses and Smoke
Author	:	Vicky Alvear Shecter
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	May 27th 2014 by Arthur A. Levine Books (first published February 6th 2014)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Romance. Fiction

Curses and Smoke

Vicky Alvear Shecter

Hardcover | Pages: 336 pages

Rating: 3.72 | 1123 Users | 260 Reviews

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When your world blows apart, what will you hold onto?

TAG is a medical slave, doomed to spend his life healing his master's injured gladiators. But his warrior's heart yearns to fight in the gladiator ring himself and earn enough money to win his freedom.

LUCIA is the daughter of Tag's owner, doomed by her father's greed to marry a much older Roman man. But she loves studying the natural world around her home in Pompeii, and lately she's been noticing some odd occurrences in the landscape: small lakes disappearing; a sulfurous smell in the air. . . .

When the two childhood friends reconnect, each with their own longings, they fall passionately in love. But as they plot their escape from the city, a patrician fighter reveals his own plans for them -- to Lucia's father, who imprisons Tag as punishment. Then an earthquake shakes Pompeii, in the first sign of the chaos to come. Will they be able to find each other again before the volcano destroys their whole world?

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Original Title:	Curses and Smoke: A Novel of Pompeii
ISBN:	0545509939 (ISBN13: 9780545509930)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 3.72 From 1123 Users | 260 Reviews

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Two stars means "it's okay." And that's what I felt upon completion. It's not bad, but it's not fantastic. It falls short of a three star rating because the characters felt very underdeveloped. The historical fiction side of it was FANTASTIC--Pompeii was an as-yet unexplored niche for me. Natural disasters have always fascinated me (EXCEPT TORNADOS, those things scare me silly), and this was very thoroughly researched. But the characters. The pacing. I wasn't impressed. There's no spoilers in

"What we do in this life echoes into eternity."- Gladiator Setting:Pompeii, Italy; 79 ADCoverly Love?:Not particularly. Girl, WHY THE HELL ARE YOU WATCHING THE VOLCANO ERUPT? YOU SHOULD BE RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE!!! Plot:Lucia Titurius is a beautiful but funny girl. Not content with doing the traditional tasks a Roman lady should, she would much rather be outdoors exploring the natural phenomena's of the world. All of that is about to change for her when she finds out that her father has

Pompeii. The name says it all. We think of volcanic eruptions, Pliny, and the heartbreaking scenes we've seen from history shows on television and movies. This book has much more to offer. We are introduced to Lucia. She is the daughter of Lucius, owner of a gladiator school in Pompeii. When we meet Lucia, she is becoming betrothed to a man 45 years older than herself. She will be the young trophy wife of an old man who can infuse money into her father's gladiator school. Sad but true, women

He shook his head. Poor little rich girl, he mumbled.I am not a poor little rich girl, she shot back, frustration turning into anger. I am being sold [into marriage] and used, and I dont like it.But you are still free, he insisted. I don't think I'm alone in being fascinated by Pompeii. It's the site of a vast volcanic eruption that happened in 79 A.D. The city and its inhabitants were caught mostly unaware. Many of them died right there, holding their loved ones. Buried and burned alive under

I just...why? Why did it have to end that way? Everything was going perfectly, they were going to be fine, and then that happens? Really!? So this book was pretty good considering it's historical fiction. I really don't like historical fiction, like at all, but I think I'd read this book again, but only after I get over that ending. I mean that just wasn't fair.

Warning about the ending: (view spoiler)[ not a Happily Ever After ending - more of a My Heart Will Go On ending (hide spoiler)]Curses and Earthquakes would have been a better title because there are a lot more earthquakes here than actual smoke. This version of Pompeiis last days advocates the theory that there were many, many natural signs beforehand that Vesuvius was about to blow its top. My understanding is that most times volcano eruptions dont give you a whole lot of advance warning, but

Okay, first of all I loved Vicky Shecter's book, Cleopatra's Moon. Seriously, it was great. I'm into historical stories, and she does them so well for YA. (Fun fact: Cleopatra's Moon was one of the first books I reviewed on my blog.) Secondly, this is POMPEII. Which is absolutely fascinating all on its own, but once you include that in a story? Historical fiction?Sign me up right now, please!