History Literature / CursedWorld

* PintsizedPowerhouse: Verde is a tiny blonde and, per the author's own statements, is medically a little person. This does not stop her from referring to herself as "the brawn" in her relationship with Rei. [[spoiler: or from becoming a powerful wizard.]]

** ThePowerOfBlood: [[spoiler: In addition to the above mentioned BloodyMurder, Ella is revealed as a Sanguimancer during the climax. In addition to being able to tell fortunes by reading people's blood with contact, Ella can drink blood to vastly enhance her physical attributes and senses, though as it also causes extreme bloodthirst she loathes to do it.]]

* MurderByCremations: [[spoiler: Rei is forced to kill Kestral in the climax by striking him with a blast of fire hot enough to completly destroy his entire body, including his scrap-metal prosthetic arm, in an instant.]]

The first book, ''Initial Sparks'', was published on Amazon on June 10th, 2020.

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* ArcNumber: A lot of stuff in initial sparks is said to have happened "five years ago."

** A member of the AlphaBitch posse that Chloe hangs out with is named [[Theatre/{{Heathers}} Heather]]

** However, Rei's home of Laketown is 'not' an intentional reference to literature/TheHobbit, per the author in a forum thread on Giant in the Playground.
** Chloe: A member of the AlphaBitch posse that Chloe hangs out with is named [[theatre/{{Heathers}} Heather]]

* AlphaBitch: Chloe Nichols,Rei's former best friend from five years ago, is presented as such. [[spoiler: But in actuality, they had a fight when Rei admitted to having a crush on Chloe and Chloe's parents split them up and made Chloe hang out with a group of other alpha bitches who dominate her and she's been suffering under them for so long that she thinks that putdowns are normal expressions of friendship.]]

** ExtraOredinary: [[spoiler: Kestral is a Ferromancer, able to control iron... Even the molecular iron in people's blood, which can be done to painfully paralyze them or create a spike of their own blood to stab them from the inside.]]

** ThePowerOfBlood: [[spoiler: In addition to the above mentioned BloodyMurder, Ella is revealed as a Sanguimancer during the climax. In addition to being able to tell fortunes by reading people's blood with contact, Ella can drink blood to vastly enhance her physical attributes and senses, though as it also causes extreme bloodthirsty she is loathe to do it.]]

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[spoiler: Ella is a pale, regal girl who becomes a physical powerhouse when she drinks blood but develops a potent thirst for blood by doing so.]]

** [[spoiler: Rei twice in Initial Sparks gives someone a flaming uppercut that lifts her into the air and sends the opponent flying, a clear reference to the Shoryuken from Franchise/StreetFighter.]]

* MegaCorp: ONY makes everything and more or less runs the government. [[spoiler: They're even making Artificial Humans and training super soldiers, and President Yamata is also Lord Orochi, the big bad.]]

Cursed World is an UrbanFantasy series by Aya [=McHugh=] starring Rei Scios, a semi-openly bisexual gamer girl on the cusp of her eighteens birthday who discovers that she has powers of [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and shortly afterward finds herself in a life or death world of intrigue and secrets... Including some that are closer to home than she thinks.

The first book, Initial Sparks, was published on Amazon on June 10th, 2020.

** [[spoiler: Rei twice in Initial Sparks gives someone a rising uppercut that lifts her into the air and sends the opponent flying, a clear reference to the Shoryuken from Franchise/StreetFighter.]]

** [[spoiler: Rei twice in Initial Sparks gives someone a playing uppercut that lifts her into the air and sends the opponent flying, a clear reference to the Shoryuken from Franchise/StreetFighter.]]

* OurGolemsAreDifferent: They're called puppets. We see two, metallic puppets that resemble robots and "Mnemonic Puppets" that are red crystal skeletons that use blood to grow flesh and take on the appearance and mannerism of people from the memories of those whose blood they've absorbed.

* NamesToRunWayFromReallyFast: [[spoiler: Orochi Yamata]]

* BloodyMurder: Midway through the story, a cop turns up dead of a mysterious stab wound. IT's later clarified that he as stabbed to death from the inside with a shard of crystallized blood.

** ThePowerOfBlood: [[spoiler: In addition to the above mentioned BloodyMurder, Ella is revealed as a Sanquinmancer during the climax. In addition to being able to tell fortunes by reading people's blood with contact, Ella can drink blood to vastly enhance her physical attributes and senses, though as it also causes extreme bloodthirsty she is loath to do it.]]

* OurGolemsAreDifferent: They're called puppets. We see two, metallic puppets that resemble robots and "Memonic Puppets" that are red crystal skeletons that use blood to grow flesh and take on the appearance and mannerism of people from the memories of those whose blood they've absorbed.

* PintsizedPowerhouse: Verde is a tiny blonde and, per the author's own statements, is medially a little person. This does not stop her from referring to herself as "the brawn" in her relationship with Rei. [[spoiler: or from becoming a powerful wizard.]]

Cursed World is an UrbanFantasy series by Aya McHugh starring Rei Scios, a semi-openly bisexual gamer girl on the cusp of her eighteens birthday who discovers that she has powers of [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and shortly afterward finds herself in a life or death world of intrigue and secrets... Including some that are closer to home than she thinks.

** The Power of Blood: [[spoiler: In addition to the above mentioned BloodyMurder, Ella is revealed as a Sanquinmancer during the climax. In addition to being able to tell fortunes by reading people's blood with contact, Ella can drink blood to vastly enhance her physical attributes and senses, though as it also causes extreme bloodthirsty she is loath to do it.]]

** ExtraOredinary: [[Spoiler: Kestral is a Ferromancer, able to control iron... Even the molecular iron in people's blood, which can be done to painfully paralyze them or create a spike of their own blood to stab them from the inside.]]

* OurGolemsAreDifferant: They're called puppets. We see two, metallic puppets that resemble robots and "Memonic Puppets" that are red crystal skeletons that use blood to grow flesh and take on the appearance and mannerism of people from the memories of those whose blood they've absorbed.
* OurVampiresAreDifferant: [[spoiler: Ella is a pale, regal girl who becomes a physical powerhouse when she drinks blood but develops a potent thirst for blood by doing so.]]

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