![]() ![]() I also appreciate the way foreshadowing was used. The winter setting is cozy, and the darkness of the story kept me on the edge of my seat. I would highly recommend the audiobook, which I listened to all the way through Rebecca Soler did a fantastic job as the narrator, making me feel like I was being read a fairytale before bed each night. The beginning of “Gilded” was promising, so much so that I was prepared to hand out a five-star rating. Will she find a way out of her predicament, or will she be forever bound to Erlkönig and Adalheid Castle?” It’s apparent that the Erlking will never be satisfied, and Serilda is quickly running out of currency to continue paying the price of magic. A mysterious boy comes to her aid the first time, but even though he’s slowly falling in love with her, his magic cannot be given away for free. Now she is at his mercy, forced to answer his call every full moon to enter his haunted castle and spin straw into gold. One night under the Snow Moon, she lies to the wrong person, the Erlking, and changes the trajectory of her small town life. Cursed by the god Wyrdith before her birth, Serilda’s eyes are covered by the golden wheel of fate and fortune, and she possesses the ability to spin fantatsical tales, earning a reputation as an impulsive liar. “Though 18-year-old Serilda Moller has lived in the town of Märchenfeld her whole life, most of the townsfolk choose to ostracize her. ![]()
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