Title: Gilded
Author: Marissa Meyer
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Read: December 12-15, 2021
Book Read in 2021: 132
Format: Audiobook
Page Count: 512
Genre: YA Fantasy
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Synopsis: In Gilded, #1 New York Timesbestselling author Marissa Meyer returns to the fairytale world with this haunting retelling of Rumpelstiltskin.
Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller’s daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue.
Or so everyone believes.
When one of Serilda’s outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. He agrees to help her… for a price. Love isn’t meant to be part of the bargain.
Soon Serilda realizes that there is more than one secret hidden in the castle walls, including an ancient curse that must be broken if she hopes to end the tyranny of the king and his wild hunt forever.
Review: This had pretty consistently been a five star read. The entire story was entertaining and enjoyable that I kept thinking about it even when I wasn’t reading it.
Then it got to the final act and Meyer decided to do something that I completely hated and made me really upset. I can’t say what because it’s a massive spoiler.
I’m hoping the next book will somehow fix what I ended up hating about this book. If it does, I’ll likely come back and alter this review and rating.
But at the moment, I am not happy.
I am Caryn 