Cursed: Kat Colmer Shares the Inspiration Behind the Curse in The Third Kiss

Cursed: Kat Colmer Shares the Inspiration Behind the Curse in The Third Kiss

Stories woven around curses continue to captivate us. Need proof? Just look at the recent remakes of Sleeping Beautyand Beauty and the Beast. The idea for the curse in The Third Kissmay not have come from a fairy tale, but its origins are in the Old Testament story of Amnon and Tamar. In this tragic tale,Kind David’s beautiful daughter Tamar is shamed and cast out of her father’s palace, all because her half brother Amnon felt she was his for the taking. Waiting for a happy ending? There is none; Tamar goes mad after the ordeal. So this got me thinking… What if she didn’t go mad? What if she got mad instead? Then… Bam! A completely different ending to Tamar’s story formed in my mind, one where she sought the help of a sorcerer to curse Amnon’s descendants so they would suffer the same fate as her. And so Love’s Mortal Coil was born: a curse to endure a test of true love or forever be alone. A curse passed down to Jonas, the relationship phobic hero of The Third Kiss. Let’s hope he’s learned something about breaking curses from all the stories that have come before his!

Liked this post from Kat? Now check out a funny moment from Cora when she learns that Jonas has been cursed:

“You living out an ancient love curse? Anyone who believes that kind of rubbish is missing crucial elements from their periodic table.”

About The Third Kiss (Love’s Mortal Coil, #1):

Love curses don’t exist. At least that’s what Jonas, master of the meaningless hookup, tells himself when a letter warns him he’s an Eros Guardian cursed to endure a test of true love or forever be alone. His levelheaded longtime friend Cora figures it’s a revenge prank by an ex. The way Jonas stamps each girlfriend with a weeklong use-by date, it serves him right.

But when an impulsive kiss between the two friends reveals potential for more, Cora becomes the target of the Groth Maar: demons sent to wipe out the Eros Guardian line. And suddenly the curse becomes dangerously real.

Breaking the curse means Jonas’s biggest challenge yet. Failure guarantees Cora’s death. But success may cost him his own life…and the loss of his carefully guarded heart to the one girl far too sensible to fall for him.

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