Gild
Author: Raven Kennedy
Genre: New Adult Fantasy
Rating: 3 / 5 stars
Gild is the introduction to a NA Fantasy series written by Raven Kennedy, inspired by the legend of the Greek King Midas who has the ability to turn everything he touches into gold.
The main character Auren is the King’s favourite. His Precious, gold-touched pet who for the last 10 years of her life has lived in a cage, never setting foot outside the Golden Palace. Why? Because she is the one who the King ‘blessed’ with his gift and turned to gold. Her skin, her hair, her body and eyes – everything about her is golden. As a way of ‘protecting her, the King has built a cage inside the castle where she spends her days and nights. Somewhere along the line, she has convinced herself that this is what she wants, that Midas is keeping her safe because he loves her and wants to protect her from the cruel world. Their story dates way back to when Auren is just a homeless little girl living on the streets and struggling to survive. Until one day the great saviour Midas rescues her and she becomes his symbol. Young Midas eventually becomes King through marriage to the princess of the Sixth Realm. However, he still keeps his gold-touched girl living inside her cage.
“Does it really matter if your cage is solid gold when you aren’t allowed to leave it? A cage is a cage, no matter how gilded.”
Blinded by her love, Auren slowly, VERY slowly, starts to realise that he caress more about his power than her actual well-being. The veil starts to lift and the truth shines through. Though Midas has managed very well to manipulate and groom her. The first book is a very long prologue to the actual story. Near the end we meet the greatest enemy – the army of the Forth Realm, ruled by a vicious ruler, King Ravinger. Auren finds herself captive to the army’s commander – Rip, who is willing to negotiate her to King Midas in exchange for something else.
Overall thoughts.. Well nothing really happens? The first book reads as a very long prologue and picks up at around 70-80%. The main character is very hard to like as she is extremely naive and being inside her mind is honestly such a torture.
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