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A Cure Ever After
Kitt has completed his financier training and returns to Lundain. The street urchin has transformed into a polished young man whose touch turns everything to gold. Os, meanwhile, has flunked his methic exams—but a unique talent brings him to the attention of the financier’s Guild Master, who enlists him to develop a feeling that will grant Midas-fingers to every financier. But his greed results in a terrible accident in which Lundain is consumed by toxic feelings ...
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Angharad Walker
3 books36 followersAngharad grew up on various military bases in the UK, Germany and Cyprus, where stories were often being told about far-flung places, past conflicts, and friends and family. She studied English Literature & Creative Writing at the University of Warwick and University of California Irvine. She now lives in London.
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March 15, 2024
A wonderful bittersweet conclusion to Once Upon a Fever. I loved getting to know the new character, Os, and following him through Lundain. I also enjoyed watching Kitt mature and grow up in this story and see in things from his perspective. If I’m honest, I’d have liked a bit more Ani and Payton because I really felt like we got to know them in the previous book and I was a bit surprised that this wasn’t a continuation of their stories - at least not from their POV. I do get that this was more of the boys’ story, though, and we still got to see a bit of Ani and Payton. The wilder boy seemed to have disappeared, though (but I suppose that’s because he was part of Ani’s story, and this isn’t really her story any more).
I’d say it matched up pretty well with Once Upon A Fever for drawing the reader in and immersing you in the world, although I didn’t think the jumps in timeline worked as well as the condensed timeline in OUAF. However, it is a brilliant ending to the duology. My only question is; what happened to their mum?! Don’t leave us hanging like that, Angharad!
I’d say it matched up pretty well with Once Upon A Fever for drawing the reader in and immersing you in the world, although I didn’t think the jumps in timeline worked as well as the condensed timeline in OUAF. However, it is a brilliant ending to the duology. My only question is; what happened to their mum?! Don’t leave us hanging like that, Angharad!
July 30, 2024
3.5* rounded up
(I read this as a standalone, and I feel like though it is a sequel, it works well on it own too)
I'm surprised by how interesting the story and lore of the world was. The characters were rightly flawed, and though the book is very fast-paced so we don't have quite that much time to get to know them, it is still just enough.
(I read this as a standalone, and I feel like though it is a sequel, it works well on it own too)
I'm surprised by how interesting the story and lore of the world was. The characters were rightly flawed, and though the book is very fast-paced so we don't have quite that much time to get to know them, it is still just enough.
April 12, 2024
A CURE EVER AFTER is a companion novel set five years after ONCE UPON A FEVER that explores the two surviving guilds and answers the question of what caused the Turn in the first place.
Where ONCE UPON A FEVER really focused on the methics and the disbanded wild guild, this book looks at the financiers. Kitt is inducted into them because of his gold-touch and through him we see their inner workings. Through Os, we see the less savoury parts of the guild and how it uses others. I also loved getting an answer to what caused the Turn.
This book has two new narrators, Kitt and Os. Kitt is a familiar character from ONCE UPON A FEVER, but Os is new and was really fun to get to know. He's struggling with feelings of inadequacy and just wants to help people, even if he's not the best methic. He was a nice foil for Kitt, whose past means his first instinct is to look out for himself.
Ani and Payton are present in this book, but they are not major characters. They have roles to play, but the focus is on Kitt and Os trying to find their place in the world. It meant that there was a thread of continuity to ONCE UPON A FEVER but gave Kitt and Os the space to lead the story.
I doubt there will be another book, given the big secret is out of the bag (and that it changed the world.) But it is a pleasing duology that looks at feelings and how we cope with them - or don't.
Where ONCE UPON A FEVER really focused on the methics and the disbanded wild guild, this book looks at the financiers. Kitt is inducted into them because of his gold-touch and through him we see their inner workings. Through Os, we see the less savoury parts of the guild and how it uses others. I also loved getting an answer to what caused the Turn.
This book has two new narrators, Kitt and Os. Kitt is a familiar character from ONCE UPON A FEVER, but Os is new and was really fun to get to know. He's struggling with feelings of inadequacy and just wants to help people, even if he's not the best methic. He was a nice foil for Kitt, whose past means his first instinct is to look out for himself.
Ani and Payton are present in this book, but they are not major characters. They have roles to play, but the focus is on Kitt and Os trying to find their place in the world. It meant that there was a thread of continuity to ONCE UPON A FEVER but gave Kitt and Os the space to lead the story.
I doubt there will be another book, given the big secret is out of the bag (and that it changed the world.) But it is a pleasing duology that looks at feelings and how we cope with them - or don't.
September 5, 2025
Like others have mentioned, I did not realise this wasn't the first book in the universe; I feel that this was a huge mistake by the publisher and could have been made far more obvious on the front cover/blurb. I think the plot was fairly decent, but felt very rushed and rather predictable. The characters also suffer due to the length of the book and I ended up not caring about their fate one bit. It does appear that most of the main characters from this book are in the first, so this may have something to do with the reason their personalities and relationships don't feel as fleshed out. The universe the author has created is definitely intriguing and the magic system is unique; I will get around to reading the first book and would read more from this universe, as I do feel there is a lot of potential here.
July 18, 2024
I’m still indecisive or rather this is a 3⭐️ or 3.5⭐️read.
I didnt know before hand that this book wasn’t the first in its world/universe so maybe that’s why the impact wasn’t as great. This book has such a stellar plot and magic world but sadly I thought it was wasted on such a short book(it has so much potential🫶). I really think this book would be so much better if there was just more of it. More explanations etc.(take in mind I haven’t read the others so this opinion may vary when I do!) I just finished reading A Little Life so this short, quick, fun read was exactly what I needed after A Little Life!!!
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POOR OS
I didnt know before hand that this book wasn’t the first in its world/universe so maybe that’s why the impact wasn’t as great. This book has such a stellar plot and magic world but sadly I thought it was wasted on such a short book(it has so much potential🫶). I really think this book would be so much better if there was just more of it. More explanations etc.(take in mind I haven’t read the others so this opinion may vary when I do!) I just finished reading A Little Life so this short, quick, fun read was exactly what I needed after A Little Life!!!
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POOR OS
November 1, 2024
I was not expecting this book to be as good as it ended up being.
I should've read the first book but honestly, I'm not sure if that would've made a big difference, I still understand the plot and who the characters were. I'd recommend this book to nearly anyone as long as they aren't too stuck up to read a childrens' book.
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I definitely wasn't expecting main character death, I had always assumed books made for kids weren't allowed to do that. I was certain he'd be brought back but he seems gone for good.
I should've read the first book but honestly, I'm not sure if that would've made a big difference, I still understand the plot and who the characters were. I'd recommend this book to nearly anyone as long as they aren't too stuck up to read a childrens' book.
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I definitely wasn't expecting main character death, I had always assumed books made for kids weren't allowed to do that. I was certain he'd be brought back but he seems gone for good.
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October 5, 2024
It's nice to revisit worlds from a different perspective. I love Os, he is an amazing character and has spent his life being told he's one thing only to find out he's something completely different and good at it (of course! That's what he was born to do. And his family... man alive!) And I liked seeing this Kitt as well. Fantastic story, raced through it as I couldn't put it down.
August 20, 2025
I am devastated, sitting in my bed with tears forming in my eyes but not yet falling.
Two chapters. God damn two chapters. Chapter 17 and the epilogue. They turned around the entire atmosphere of the book and I feel heartbroken. Such sweet poison and I swallowed it all at once, not even able to think during it.
Two chapters. God damn two chapters. Chapter 17 and the epilogue. They turned around the entire atmosphere of the book and I feel heartbroken. Such sweet poison and I swallowed it all at once, not even able to think during it.
February 26, 2024
3.5 very Harry Pottery - quite gripping throughout and some powerful imagery, I’m unsure if there was a book before this though because I feel like I’m missing a bunch of info? Also felt like the ending was rushed but I enjoyed the story
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August 7, 2024
shattered my heart into a million tiny pieces. "without thinking, he took off one of his gloves and gripped os's hand. for the first time in the longest time, kitt felt the warmth of skin. it was better than any gold or medallion in the world" I SOBBED
October 9, 2024
An entrancing story from the first page. I absolutely loved the concept of feelings creating illnesses. The characters were believable and just complex enough. A bittersweet ending.
January 3, 2025
When I fell into the dystopia that is an alternative London created by Angharad Walker the first time I was both hooked, horrified and fascinated in equal measure. This is what all good dystopian creations should do to their reader and with this one feeling so very familiar (even if you don’t know London the references will make sense and the urban setting is recognizable.) What is so very alien, the concept we were introduced to in Once Upon A Fever is the concept that feelings can cause supernatural illnesses and need to be medicated. This is a world turned upside down from anything we know or think we know. This is a world where there is illness generated from feeling, where there are sprawling gothic hospitals with secrets dark and sinister hidden deep in their walls and endless, winding corridors. This is a world that prompts philosophical questions to work their way into the mind of the reader and now, in A Cure Ever After we have the opportunity to explore further.
Is there really a cure for all the illness spreading around this alternative London, in Lundain? Five years have passed since we first entered this world and hope now lies on the shoulders of two boys and a disaster they have to navigate. The sisters we met in the first book are here too but now it is the stories of Kitt and Os that we are following. Kitt is the boy with Midas-fingers, always wearing gloves because whatever he touches will turn to gold and there could be disastrous consequences – we will discover just how disastrous. Kitt is taken from the hospital where he has been ‘treated.’ The Guild Master himself has taken Kitt under his wing. Why is something we will learn as the story progresses. Os on the other hand is a young doctor without much hope, he has failed his methic exams but when he is also taken under the wing of the Guild Master suspicions rise. Os has a rare ability too. He can read the feelings of others. The Guild Master’s intentions are not kind, they are greedy and when a terrible accident leaves Lundian consumed by toxic feelings Kitt and Os must work together to save them all. Captivating, a little heart-breaking but breathtakingly beautiful too.
Merged review:
When I fell into the dystopia that is an alternative London created by Angharad Walker the first time I was both hooked, horrified and fascinated in equal measure. This is what all good dystopian creations should do to their reader and with this one feeling so very familiar (even if you don’t know London the references will make sense and the urban setting is recognizable.) What is so very alien, the concept we were introduced to in Once Upon A Fever is the concept that feelings can cause supernatural illnesses and need to be medicated. This is a world turned upside down from anything we know or think we know. This is a world where there is illness generated from feeling, where there are sprawling gothic hospitals with secrets dark and sinister hidden deep in their walls and endless, winding corridors. This is a world that prompts philosophical questions to work their way into the mind of the reader and now, in A Cure Ever After we have the opportunity to explore further.
Is there really a cure for all the illness spreading around this alternative London, in Lundain? Five years have passed since we first entered this world and hope now lies on the shoulders of two boys and a disaster they have to navigate. The sisters we met in the first book are here too but now it is the stories of Kitt and Os that we are following. Kitt is the boy with Midas-fingers, always wearing gloves because whatever he touches will turn to gold and there could be disastrous consequences – we will discover just how disastrous. Kitt is taken from the hospital where he has been ‘treated.’ The Guild Master himself has taken Kitt under his wing. Why is something we will learn as the story progresses. Os on the other hand is a young doctor without much hope, he has failed his methic exams but when he is also taken under the wing of the Guild Master suspicions rise. Os has a rare ability too. He can read the feelings of others. The Guild Master’s intentions are not kind, they are greedy and when a terrible accident leaves Lundian consumed by toxic feelings Kitt and Os must work together to save them all. Captivating, a little heart-breaking but breathtakingly beautiful too.
Is there really a cure for all the illness spreading around this alternative London, in Lundain? Five years have passed since we first entered this world and hope now lies on the shoulders of two boys and a disaster they have to navigate. The sisters we met in the first book are here too but now it is the stories of Kitt and Os that we are following. Kitt is the boy with Midas-fingers, always wearing gloves because whatever he touches will turn to gold and there could be disastrous consequences – we will discover just how disastrous. Kitt is taken from the hospital where he has been ‘treated.’ The Guild Master himself has taken Kitt under his wing. Why is something we will learn as the story progresses. Os on the other hand is a young doctor without much hope, he has failed his methic exams but when he is also taken under the wing of the Guild Master suspicions rise. Os has a rare ability too. He can read the feelings of others. The Guild Master’s intentions are not kind, they are greedy and when a terrible accident leaves Lundian consumed by toxic feelings Kitt and Os must work together to save them all. Captivating, a little heart-breaking but breathtakingly beautiful too.
Merged review:
When I fell into the dystopia that is an alternative London created by Angharad Walker the first time I was both hooked, horrified and fascinated in equal measure. This is what all good dystopian creations should do to their reader and with this one feeling so very familiar (even if you don’t know London the references will make sense and the urban setting is recognizable.) What is so very alien, the concept we were introduced to in Once Upon A Fever is the concept that feelings can cause supernatural illnesses and need to be medicated. This is a world turned upside down from anything we know or think we know. This is a world where there is illness generated from feeling, where there are sprawling gothic hospitals with secrets dark and sinister hidden deep in their walls and endless, winding corridors. This is a world that prompts philosophical questions to work their way into the mind of the reader and now, in A Cure Ever After we have the opportunity to explore further.
Is there really a cure for all the illness spreading around this alternative London, in Lundain? Five years have passed since we first entered this world and hope now lies on the shoulders of two boys and a disaster they have to navigate. The sisters we met in the first book are here too but now it is the stories of Kitt and Os that we are following. Kitt is the boy with Midas-fingers, always wearing gloves because whatever he touches will turn to gold and there could be disastrous consequences – we will discover just how disastrous. Kitt is taken from the hospital where he has been ‘treated.’ The Guild Master himself has taken Kitt under his wing. Why is something we will learn as the story progresses. Os on the other hand is a young doctor without much hope, he has failed his methic exams but when he is also taken under the wing of the Guild Master suspicions rise. Os has a rare ability too. He can read the feelings of others. The Guild Master’s intentions are not kind, they are greedy and when a terrible accident leaves Lundian consumed by toxic feelings Kitt and Os must work together to save them all. Captivating, a little heart-breaking but breathtakingly beautiful too.
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