A review by _quinceyjean
The Gilded Crown by Marianne Gordon

Did not finish book. Stopped at 22%.

I really like the premise of this, from the high-cost stakes that are set-up, the religious/political commentary, to the slight magic system interwoven. However, this book is slow as fuck!! the writing style really makes it drag - it’s dense language and structure, to the point of feeling marginally pretentious-not in the same way Emily Wilde did, as the Emily herself felt really out of touch and hard to mesh with (and I like Hellevir well enough), but just in the way everything is presented and the way the pacing and language is leveraged to tell the story. Real bummer, as I’m really into the whole concept and the rules and stakes that have been set up, the way it’s delivered just is too much of a drag and it’s putting me in a monumental reading slump.