A review by beckyyreadss
Gold by Raven Kennedy

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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