204 reviews for:

Gilded Princess

Penelope Black

3.63 AVERAGE

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

Gilded Princes is reverse harem. It’s also dark mafia romance. This is the first book in the Five Families series. We first meet Maddie in The Brotherhood series. She is Alaina’s cousin. Maddie is following in her cousin footstep. She has only been in love once that was with Matteo. But when they broke up she hasn’t felt the same chemistry or feelings for anyone. Now Matteo is head of the five mafia and Maddie is in danger. And Matteo puts Dante to protect her. Then there is Leo, he is the stranger she meet the coffee shop. And the last guy who Maddie couldn’t resist is Aries are that what he is being called. He is the mystery guy of all her guys. Their journey together has lots of twists and turns. Maddie growth in the book is incredible. But now she founds herself fall for all 4 guys.

Gilded Princess has incredible characters. Penelope Black gives us another great reverse harem story. Even though it ends in a cliffhanger it was definitely a must read book. I can’t wait to read for book 2 in this series.
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lilacdarling's review

4.25
adventurous challenging hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

klouiseg's review

2.0
dark tense medium-paced
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crottink's review

4.0
dark tense

This book dragged me in and didn't let me back out until I finished. Even then my mind is still with this series. That might have a little bit to do with the cliffhanger at the end. 😩

Maddie is a girl who knows what she wants and is going to go ahead and take it. I am here for it 👏🏻 The men. All mysterious, hot, and so so intriguing. There wasn't a lot of spice in this book, but I can't wait for what is to come. 

My mind was also whirling during this book. Trying to figure out who was who, and who was after who, and who is connected to who.

I honestly think I need to start book 2 immediately. 

Read if you like
🔪 Mafia 
🏔 Cliffhangers 
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cheyguyreads's review

5.0

OH. MY. GOD. THAT ENDING HAS ME SHOOKETH

baylie_durocher's review

3.5
challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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hollielovesromance's review

3.0
adventurous dark fast-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: Yes

Can we just skip to the why choose in the first bit instead of setting up a whole dang series?!? But seriously. There’s a lot of work put into setting up the rest of the series which is fine but it also limits how much we get in this first series. I don’t necessarily know if I’ll read on to find out what happens
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sarahseesthis's review

2.0
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

amberpalmerauthor's review

4.0

Fantastic Potential

This is the first book I’ve read by this author, so maybe I should have started in a different order. I felt like I was missing a lot of information because it kept referencing other events I had no idea about so I’m going to do some research into her other books.

I did enjoy the book though, even though I felt a bit lost on the story.