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15.6k reviews for:

Gild

Raven Kennedy

3.49 AVERAGE

dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

"I know what you are" well thats one way to end book 1, because now I wanna know too.
The book is easy to read and Auren is a character to say the least she has good energy and clearly she has her reason for choosing to seperate from the masses. (I might not agree with the folks she trust)
There is a hypersexuality to the book that makes me think it might be vital to the plot or just over kill. Such as royal harem being referred to as "saddles" and the overuse of the "c" word. It is almost like the author is using the hypersexuality and sexual violence as part of the world building to set the basic understanding of the world or in some way it ties into the plot in future books either way it is disappointing.
This is a King Midas retelling so greed is the over all theme, that the author does well because there is greed and gluttony everywhere.
adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
adventurous dark mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Terrible. Such a basic plot not even done well. I genuinely regret giving money to this book which openly depicts scenes of SA. There felt like minimal progression and so truly disempowering to women. 

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

cjacks4550's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 1%

Dark and Explicit first scene that made be already not want to read… might come back to it but lowkey don’t think I’m that dark of a reader
dark slow-paced
adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes