A review by sweetlittleredw
Gild by Raven Kennedy

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

1.5

I wanted to like this book. I wanted to enjoy this book and for a moment for about 45-60 percentage wise I was like “aye it’s finally getting good! It’s finally worth my time!” Then BAM plot twist! And it made the book burn more. I could get behind the first main plot with Midas’s deal, and I was really thinking “okay maybe this is when she realizes he is a POS and we meet her next true love interest”. Nope. Then at the end, I start to think “well maybe this will be the turn around for book two like ACOTAR”, but we get the Midas POV in the end. And GROSS. I hate this man. I think he is disgusting. “My precious” is the most disgraceful thing to call a woman. I was REALLY hoping for some good smut. That’s what I heard about this book - that there were some really good steamy scenes. We got TWO explicit scenes. One of which was boring as hell with very little detail and lasted about as long as your typical man does. The other was a
rape
scene. A very very detailed scene that had NO right being that detailed or upsetting. 
Am I gonna read the rest of the series? Yes. Why? Because I want to see Auren get some kinda redemption. I want Rissa to get some kind of revenge. I want to know what happens to Digby. And I desperately want Midas to get his  d!(k cut off 
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