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Gold by Raven Kennedy

4 reviews

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I wanted to read this book because the first four books in this series was gifted to me by Michael Joseph Penguin Publishing and I thought this was going to be the last book and was very excited especially with how big it was, but it just fell flat, and it’s not the last book in the series.  

This book is still based on Auren. She thought she was going to die and she would have if it wasn’t for Slade. The only way he could save her was to open a rip between worlds. The only way for her to save herself was to go through it. Sometimes, fleeing one dangerous place just brings you to another. Annwyn. The realm of the fae. There is magic and beauty here, through around every corner, threats lurk. But Auren knows she is a threat too. She is not the girl in the gilded cage anymore, and no one is going to stop her from finding her way back to Slade. But returning home means facing danger and secrets. So she will have to burn bright enough to light her own way or else she might be swallowed by the dark.  

You’re telling me I read 630 pages and there was no reunion between Auren and Slade and Auren’s memory is gone. Are you kidding me? This book could have been 200 pages and I think I would have liked it more. It was just a filler book where nothing happened to our main characters who we all wanted to see reunite. All the drama and actioned was going on between the side characters and it was the characters I just didn’t care about. I only wanted Auren and Slade. I didn’t care about Malina and her love story – I'm glad she’s not a shit Queen anymore, but she doesn’t deserve the love story she is getting. Osrik and Rissa, I also don’t care about especially with how much of a bitch Rissa has been in the past books. I found myself skimming over those chapters and wanting to get back to Auren and Slade.  

They were the chapters I liked, Slade not giving too shits about the politics and just wanted to get revenge for Auren and was working his butt off to get the rip open. I liked the aspect that they are bonded together and that Auren using her power could potentially kill Slade and she doesn’t even know because they are separated. 

Overall, it felt like Raven didn’t want to give this series up yet so decided to try and drag this book on and then got too carried away with the side characters. I probably won’t remember this book in a week or two and hopefully the last book of the series will be worth it.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Death

Minor: Infertility, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

winterwoodbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

For my taste, this is the perfect fantasy book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Hate crime, Torture, War, Addiction, Body horror, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Self harm, Genocide, Violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Sexism, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Sexual content, Slavery, Cursing, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Blood, Death, Sexual violence, Excrement, and Gaslighting

kayanoelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

What was this book😭
I loved the multiple POVs because all of the perspectives were interesting and gave us information to fathom the situation all over Orea (and elsewhere).
Malina’s point of view was my favorite in this book, ngl. That’s a redemption arc right there. You go, Queenie.
My mind is still a jumbled mess after having just finished this book and I’m trying to gather my thoughts haha.
Auren is honestly so great and the ending????? What?? WHAT?

honestly, I can’t go through another amnesia trope anytime soon because I already read two of those this year and I always feel like they take years off of my life because of how stressful they are

Kaila deserves every bad thing that could possibly happen to a person and I mean that with everything I have.
To use one of my favorite quotes: “I wouldn’t wish that upon my worst enemy, unless we’re talking about my enemy Kaila. Fuck you, Kaila, you know what you did.”
I’m pretty sure “Goldfinch” is gonna give me like 20 almost-heartattacks but at least we still have loads of time to recover til then.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Torture, and War

Moderate: Vomit and Kidnapping

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book wrecked me and is probably the best one in the series. There’s so much emotional growth and grief. We get to see these characters really struggle through some of the most difficult challenges they’ll face.

Malina really surprised me and I’m happy and proud of her redemption arc. I think it was done really well.

the plot moved along nicely and the changing povs felt like I was watching a tv show. The cliffhanger had my jaw dropping. I can’t wait for the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Sexual content, Violence, War, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Gaslighting, Vomit, Gore, Infidelity, Terminal illness, and Child abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child death, Drug use, and Infertility