457 reviews for:

The Gilded Crown

Marianne Gordon

3.7 AVERAGE

wasteland_opera's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-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: Yes

cmitch819's review

4.25

emotional reflective medium-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

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I am a sci-fi/fantasy enjoyer but specifically character-driven sci-fi/fantasy and this absolutely delivered. The world felt so interesting and real to me as well, I think it would be very easy to set multiple stories in this world especially because this story focuses so closely on one character (which worked really well, but I also would love to learn more).

kayla_kamldecker's review

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bubblebearcj's review

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

clairekobe's review

3.5

adventurous hopeful mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jennamalena's review

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dragonswornniamhn's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

rotten_potato_books's review against another edition

4.0

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I enjoyed The Gilded Crown! I think this would be good if you’re a fan of The Nightshade Kingdom, The Wilderwood or The Shepherd King.

Hellevir has a special gift- she can go to Death and bring people and animals back. This does come at a cost to her but that’s where Death’s bargain comes in. He’s looking for treasures and since Hellevir is the only who can do what she does Death needs her. With Hellevir having this gift it doesn’t take long for someone in power to learn of it.

For this first book I really like the balance of Hellevir looking for Death’s treasures and the pressures of being used for her gift with the living. This balance allowed everything to move well and kept me from getting bored.

I will be interested to see how Hellevir navigates everything in the next book. I wouldn’t call the end a cliffhanger but it definitely is left open for the story to continue.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for a copy of The Gilded Crown to read and review!

bethie73's review

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

nikki7976's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced