Review Arcs #2

THE PRICE OF SILENCE by Elle Mae  

“I am Rosie Miller and at the age of ten, I was cursed.

Because of my parents' debt, I was forced into silence and now every word, every laugh, was a weapon used against me.

By nineteen I had come to understand that I would have no choice but to follow in my parents' footsteps. Get a soul-sucking job reserved for low-levels like me, keep my head down, and die alone.

That was until I got a letter one day welcoming me to the most prestigious demon academy in the entire country.

I knew that when I opened that letter, it was too good to be true. There was no way after thousands of years of separation between high-levels and low-levels that I would ever be given such a golden opportunity.

Meeting them only proved my suspicions to be correct.

A bloodthirsty gangster.

A child of a high-ranking demon official with a penance for blackmail.

And last but not least a witch who seems to be called by the power my curse exudes.

Becoming tangled with them will probably be the most reckless thing that I have ever done in my life, but will it be worth finally breaking my curse after nine years?


Before moving forward, please note that the themes in this book can be dark and trigger some people. The themes can include but are not limited to: sexual assault, death, gore, toxic relationships, domestic abuse, and violence.” - GoodReads Synopsis



Thank you to NetGalley and Elle Mae for allowing me to give an honest review.

So I’m torn with this book. I like the idea of the story, I like (most) the characters. I’m not really sure how I feel towards the bully-ish nature of the relationships but what really got me was the story seemed to be a little - scattered. Not necessarily bad, just there were moments where I felt like the story was lagging with said plot. It wasn’t until near the end where I even truly understood what was happening. Aside from talk of the curse, that was essentially it. But like I said, I do like the story for the most part. I would read the second book to find out what happens with the characters. My only big critique would be that there were times where the sentence structures had me a little confused by what the author meant or the pronoun didn’t match the character. Nothing too crazy but I had to read a few more sentences to understand the referenced sentence. But I’m sure that’s just an editing issue and not the story itself. It was more so my experience with it.


Overall, I did have a decent time reading the story and would like to see where these characters go from here. As of right now, I’m most curious about Rae and her back story. Poor Daxton too.

My Rating: 3 stars! 🌟🌟🌟 (also posted on NetGalley and GoodReads)