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A review by thelibrarylady42
A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
4.0
I love a retelling/reinvention of a fairy tale we all know and love. There is something about re-imagining a story in a different time or with a different purpose. A Curse Dark as Gold is the retelling of Rumpelstiltskin, a story I have to admit I am not all that familiar with. I know the basics, spinning straw into gold and giving up babies and real names and that was enough.
Charlotte Miller is a young woman thrown into a difficult situation when her father dies. She is to take responsibility for the Mill that is the livelihood of the entire town. Stirwaters has never been an overly successful mill but they have gotten by. Now under Charlotte's watch the ill luck that has always plagued the mill threatens to destroy it. Charlotte must find a way to save the mill and the town. Enter Jack Spinner a mysterious man with some unique skills. Charlotte knows that entering into a deal with Jack is dangerous business but she might not have another choice.
The story was slow to start but once it got going it was difficult to stop.
Charlotte Miller is a young woman thrown into a difficult situation when her father dies. She is to take responsibility for the Mill that is the livelihood of the entire town. Stirwaters has never been an overly successful mill but they have gotten by. Now under Charlotte's watch the ill luck that has always plagued the mill threatens to destroy it. Charlotte must find a way to save the mill and the town. Enter Jack Spinner a mysterious man with some unique skills. Charlotte knows that entering into a deal with Jack is dangerous business but she might not have another choice.
The story was slow to start but once it got going it was difficult to stop.