Like her other books, the author takes the bones of these stories and uses them to create something truly original and unique. I’m familiar with the stories that the author has rewritten in this book including The Erlking and Rumpelstiltskin. It’s send on a bit of a cliff-hanger so I need to read the second book in the duology to find out what happens next. I’m a huge fan of the author and I loved Gilded. (Faber & Faber, 2 November 2021, e-book, 435 pages, borrowed from Glasgow Libraries via OverDrive, #POPSUGARReadingChallenge, a modern retelling of a classic) I will tell you the tale, how it happened in truth.

But love wasn’t meant to be part of the bargain.Īll right. In despair, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious young man to her aid. The king locks Serilda in a castle dungeon and orders her to spin straw into gold or be killed for lying. When one of Serilda’s stories draws the attention of the devastating Erlking, she finds herself swept away into a world of enchantment, where ghouls prowl the earth, and ravens track her every move. He was going to kiss her.Ĭursed by the god of lies, a miller’s daughter has developed a talent for storytelling – but are all of her tales as false as they appear? Serilda had never been looked at like that before. she does a good job of staying faithful to the original work and the cultural background while putting her own spin on it.The look he was giving her. he was fine by the end of the book, but somewhere in the middle, i just wanted to slap him.įrom what i’ve gathered (through my very scientific research), marissa meyer is the queen of fairytale retellings. i loved him in gilded, but found him a little annoying in cursed. Gild was the only one who changed in a way that i didn’t quite like. he did some things that had me questioning what i knew of him (i’m keeping it vague for the spoilers!). the only one i was a little concerned about was the alder king. while there was development, it wasn’t unexpected. The characters were much the same from gilded. marissa meyer truly knows how to captivate a reader! there’s a couple of plot twists that had me on the edge of my seat. The last 25% was action packed with lots of revelations and tying off of loose ends. that being said, cursed is medium to fast paced book where there’s always something happening. at nearly 500 pages, you’re bound to come across parts that seem to drag out. my issue was mostly due to the size of the book. This audiobook demands to be binged, so listeners should block out some time once. I was looking at rating this book somewhere between 3 and 4 stars but that ending really blew me away. Rebecca Soler brings this YA adaptation of Rumpelstiltskin to life. If you haven’t already, you can read my review of gilded here.

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