Gilded: Signed Edition
Paperback Published on: 02/11/2021
Price: £8.99
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Fresh and engrossing
This is a fresh approach to the tale of Rumplestiltskin that is tightly crafted, brimming with folkloric elements, and woven through with compelling charac... READ MORE
A highly magical tale.
3.5 /5
A magical YA Fantasy. A rumplestiltskin retelling.
A really enjoyable read, a great book to escape into.
Gilded is a tale of love and magi... READ MORE
My first Marissa Meyer book, and it certainly won't be my last!
Thank you to FaberChildrens for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review.
Surprisingly, this was my first ever Marissa Meyer book. I’d heard so ... READ MORE
Perfect addition to the Teen Fantasy Scene!
What a whirlwind of a book!
A book filled with magic, fantasy, romance and an evil villain (but I can’t wait to go into his background in the sequel of... READ MORE
Loved it
Meyer, has gone very classic fairy tale in Gilded and it's lovely. I feel very much like Meyer's is continually attempting to show other authors that you c... READ MORE
Fantastical Read
A wonderful read for anyone looking to escape to a well-built fantasy world. Serilda is a great lead character - the perfect amount of curious, determined ... READ MORE
The Queen Of Retellings Does It Again!
I’ve become obsessed with Marissa Meyer since my lovely Canadian bestie screamed at me until I read Heartless, but I fear Gilded may have topped that and t... READ MORE
Synopsis
All magic comes at a price, but love was never part of the bargain...
The look he was giving her. Serilda had never been looked at like that before... The intensity. The heat. The raw astonishment. He was going to kiss her.
Cursed 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? 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. The king locks Serilda in a castle dungeon and orders her to spin straw into gold, or be killed for lying. In despair, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious young man to her aid. And he agrees to help her, for a price. But love wasn't meant to be part of the bargain.
A compulsive read, and as bewitchingly good as you'd expect from a YA bestselling author. You will stay up all night reading this.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- ISBN: 9780571374083
- Number of pages: 512
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 30 mm
- Weight: 420g
- Languages: English
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Beautifully done fully immersive.
The Queen of the fairytale retelling takes on Rumplestiltskin in her new series, kicking off with Gilded - in which a girl gets caught up in the dark plans... READ MORE
Vibrant Retelling
An emotional and vibrant re-imagining of the Rumpelstiltskin fairytale, Gilded is a fast paced and slightly Gothic read. Serilda is a gifted storyteller -... READ MORE
A brilliant, dark retelling
I'm not sure where to even start, this book is brilliant, but holy moly it is so dark! I was already somewhat familiar with the tale of Rumplestiltskin fro... READ MORE
Surprisingly gripping!
What’s the last book the surprised you?
For me it was Gilded by Marissa Meyer. I almost DNF’d this one on Sunday at about 20% in because it wasn’t holdin... READ MORE
Fell flat in comparison to what I already love from Meyer.
Everything about this book felt like it was made just for me. But I was still disappointed.
The pacing felt... off. The first 60% of the book moved slowly... READ MORE
Fantasy retelling let down by its second half
aving read Marissa Meyer's 'Lunar Chronicles' several years ago, I was looking forward to see how she would re-interpret the fairy tale of Rumpelstiltskin.... READ MORE
Dark and magical
Gilded is an engrossing and riveting story of magical creatures, ghosts, a cruel king, and fairytales with a fantastic and engaging heroine.
The protagoni... READ MORE
I so wanted to love this
I really wish I could say I loved this book, especially with it being over 500 pages long. I felt like it could have been A LOT shorter and I didn't really... READ MORE
A captivating retelling of Rumpelstiltskin
Serilda has been mistrusted and ostracised all her life because of the golden wheels in her irises—a mark of the god of lies. But she can’t resist telling ... READ MORE
3.5 stars
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This is a series...
Plot is golden
Story is long
I have mixed feelings coming out of Gilded and some of it is applause-worthy but other bits pu... READ MORE
Marvellously spun yarn
Fancy a curl up, snuggle down read as Autumn descends, hot chocolate optional?! Then this book may fit the bill!
This is a magical and enchanting retell... READ MORE
Magically dark and enthrallingly twisty YA!
Captivatingly magical and phenomenally written, the queen of fairytale retellings is back,with a spectacular reimagining of Rumpelstiltskin—and it’s an abs... READ MORE
Enchanting!
Gilded by Marissa Meyer
I give this book 4.5 stars
Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller's daughter has developed a talent for spinning sto... READ MORE
Evilly good
I am on the fence with fairy tale retellings some I love and a lot are boring or worse badly done. Let me tell you this one did not disappoint and is defin... READ MORE
A wonderful reimagining
I can't believe that I have never read any novels by this author before. I have missed out!
Gilded in a twisty, dark re-telling of the story of Rumpelstil... READ MORE
If you love fairytales, this is the book for you...
Thank you to Faber and Faber Ltd for gifting me an earc of this book for an honest review.
I really loved the world that Marrissa Meyer has built, the fa... READ MORE
A Dark, gothic, haunting retelling
Gilded is an imaginative retelling of Rumplestiltskin and the German tale of the Erlking. The heroine, Serilda, a miller's daughter was born cursed by the ... READ MORE
Review
Gilded by Marissa Meyer
This was not the first Marissa Meyer book I’ve read. I’m a huge fan of her work and to date have loved everything she has written.... READ MORE
Long Rumplestiltskin Retelling
Really struggled with this one! It’s a retelling of Rumplestiltskin that’s drawn out across 500 pages then meets an abrupt and unsatisfying cliffhanger end... READ MORE
My first Meyer book
I was excited to see an Exclusive Sampler of Gilded available on NetGalley since I am a new bookstagramer who had never read any of Marissa Meyer’s books! ... READ MORE
a marvellous retelling
Gilded is the first book in an as yet untitled series by NYT best-selling American author, Marissa Meyer. Rumpelstiltskin. You remember, don’t you? That B... READ MORE
A tale spun from beginning to end that haunts you like a Grimm Brother's story
A tale spun from beginning to end that haunts you like a Grimm Brother's story. For in all happy tales there lingers a darker truer version, and I can genu... READ MORE
A fantastically dark mismash of tales all wrapped up into one great story and I'm glad I read it.
It's been a while since I've read a fairytale retelling seeing as though you basically already know how the story is going to end up.
However this was a fa... READ MORE
Another great retelling!
Another fantastic retelling from Marissa Meyer!
Gilded is a thrilling fantasy full of magic, storytelling and mystery. As always the world building and wr... READ MORE
A Deliciously Dark Retelling With A Fae Twist
‘And I want to be clear that it wasn’t entirely my fault, either. Not the bad luck, not the lies. Certainly not the curse.
Well.
Maybe some of th... READ MORE