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[wally-b-feed]

Anthony Fineran, Hanani Grey Gild, 2024

#Hanani #Grey #Gild #Art #Google Images #Anthony Fineran

[sydneymack]

Auren and Slade - Gild

Artist: @_skye.design_

#aurip #auren #commander rip #slade ravinger #gild #tpp #the plated prisoner #raven kennedy

[elettraml]

𝑮𝒊𝒍𝒅

#gold #glow #gild #glint #the plated prisoner #auren x slade #auren x rip #king ravinger #raven kennedy #fantasy book #drawing #illustration #comic style #markers

[moplayspoke]

I just finished Gild and… what the ever loving fuck was that?

I mean I couldn’t put it down but I feel so fucking… violated and debased? What is wrong with me?

2.75 stars ⭐️ Read below.

I also went into this story COMPLETELY blind, nevermind knowing it ticked almost every trigger warning I could think of. I was only a few pages in when my first reaction was just a loud expletive.

And while I couldn’t put the book down, I felt my skin crawl the entire time I was reading this. It was disgusting, offensive, misogynistic, devious and just had a general… sense of utter depravity. Check your trigger warnings because this entire book felt like one giant, heaping pile of red flags.

But again, I couldn’t put it down despite how uncomfortable I felt. It was like watching a car crash in slow motion — you feel your lowest for looking but you can’t look away either. That’s how I felt for 90% of this. I still feel pretty icky.

While I can confidently say I will probably never reread this again purely because of the content, I am very much interested in what will happen next.

This is NOT the book for everyone. This one is going to be a book you either hate or it becomes a guilty pleasure. I think I am the latter if only because I like what happens from here on out. Despite the content I was thoroughly entranced the whole way so I will give credit where credit is due.

#gild #romantasy #moplayspoke book review #moplayspoke reads #the plated prisoner

[sandythereadingcafe]

REVIEW:

GILD (The Plated Prisoner 1) by Raven Kennedy at The Reading Cafe:

'intriguing and disturbing story'

#books #reviews #Gild #The Plated Prisoner #Raven Kennedy #The Reading Cafe

[thereadingcafe]

#Raven Kennedy #gild #The Plated Prisoner #Romance #Fantasy #Folklore #review

[teenageread]

Review: Gild

Synopsis:

The fae abandoned this world to us. And the ones with power rule.

Gold.

Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes. In Highbell, in the castle built into the frozen mountains, everything is made of gold.

Even me.

King Midas rescued me. Dug me out of the slums and placed me on a pedestal. I’m called his precious. His favored. I’m the woman he Gold-Touched to show everyone that I belong to him. To show how powerful he is. He gave me protection, and I gave him my heart. And even though I don’t leave the confines of the palace, I’m safe.

Until war comes to the kingdom and a deal is struck.

Suddenly, my trust is broken. My love is challenged. And I realize that everything I thought I knew about Midas might be wrong.

Because these bars I’m kept in, no matter how gilded, are still just a cage. But the monsters on the other side might make me wish I’d never left.

Plot:

For the past 10 years she had lived in a golden cage within Highbell. As the King’s favorite, only he had keys to her cage, a cage she willingly went into 10 years ago. Despite being locked away, Auren knew it was for her safety as King Midas locked her in there for her own protection, so that no other man could hurt her. This, he did out of love, as he loved her and she loved him. So as she watched him have sex with his six royal saddles, she craved him to touch her like that, to love her, like he had in the past. As a victim of child trafficking, Auren needed Midas to keep her safe and protected. Giving her only Digby, a stern old guard who never participated in her drinking game, even Midas’s cage could not protector from the slurs other men and saddles shot her way. And why wouldn’t they? After all, she was Midas’s favorite, his golden touch girl. As Midas is known to turn the things he touched into gold, no one thought he could do things that were alive, until Auren showed up with him. All but the whites of her eyes, and color of her teeth, everything else about her was shiny, metallic gold. She was happy, until Midas sold her. One night with her, in exchange for their ally of the Fifth Kingdom to move their army to match Midas’s on the border on Forth. Despite her begging, claiming that she was his and his alone, Midas took their years of trust and tossed it out the window. With the hopes that Midas is not selling her to the wolves without a reason, Auren begins to realize that where her cage is golden, it is still the cage, and her life is still being controlled by men who claim to love her, but actions prove otherwise. 

Thoughts:

Raven Kennedy started this book advising readers to be over the age of eighteen, and oh boy was they right! This story was wild in terms of sex, abuse, greed, and all things wrong within the patriarchy. The plot is addicting for its ugliest, as Kennedy went dark every single chance they got. Thus the trigger warning prior to the novel, which was placed there in for a very good reason and should be adhered to! For sexual scenes there were only three that really stood out - one that was just a lot, one kind of sweet, and one that will give me nightmares for years to come. Otherwise it is a lot of sexual banter, some kind, others not so nice, that leaves this novel with a very erotic taste. Moving past all of that, the plot was really strong and the characters quite vivid in their goals and aspirations. The story takes place from the point of view of Auren, a girl who is in love with a not so loving guy (Midas), who does not have many friends, yet always tries to see the bright side of things.  Her bright optimism really made the story pop, as our girls had to go through some dark times, so her witty jokes and positive attitude made you really want to root for her. She is also clearly in love with someone that does not care about her, because the way Kennedy wrote Midas to see Auren as a possession and not someone who cares about her well being. Midas as a king is hard to figure out, where he is power hungry and loves the throne, he has some sort of twisted way of caring for Auren, as he built her an elaborate and luxury cage system, but still a cage. With some wild twists and turns throughout the novel, Kennedy does a great job at keeping the plot moving with a focus on Auren, while telling us about the history of Orea, the kingdoms, and her and Midas’s history. With this the first part of an epic series, and a cliffhanger to boot, this sexualized story will grab hold of you with its dark content, and not let you go until the very end, with a craving to continue on.

Read more reviews: Goodreads

Buy the book: Amazon

#Gild #The Plated Prisoner #raven kennedy #book reivew

[studioneiro]

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[highladyofterrasen7]

Auren signed the note to Midas “your precious” and all I can think about is:

#the plated prisoner #glint #gild #auren #midas #tpp #gollum #lord of the rings

[sydneymack]

Slade and Auren - Gild

Artist: @fendersdraws

#aurip #auren #commander rip #slade ravinger #gild #tpp #the plated prisoner #raven kennedy

[fmarkets]

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#News #Stocks #Market #Earningsreport #GILD

[captain-watercress]

Me: so what would you do if an evil king had trapped me in a deal to marry him because I had tried to trick him and then as punishment he killed everyone I loved or he would never let me return to my body that he had hidden somewhere in his castle that is only visible in its true form on full moons?

My partner: what the fuck is happening in the book you’re reading right now?

#if you’re wondering #this is specifically about gilded by Marissa Meyer #serilda #Gild #captain talks #but seriously what would my partner do? #it better be nothing less than what gild does #gilded Marissa Meyer

[grantvaleska]

Sunglasses: Marni - Balenciaga Glasses Earrings: Comatosed - Realism Earrings Top: Malediction - Voldis Top Scarf: Gild - Groovy Stole Gloves: Gabriel - Studded Gloves NEW @ ALPHA! Pant: MACA - Tomy Jeans NEW @ ACCESS! Shoes: SEUL - Bulldzr Boots Hairbase: BRABOS - Josh Fades

#Marni #Comatosed #malediction #Gild #Gabriel #MACA #SEUL #BRABOS #Access #Alpha #SL #Second Life

[fusillisarah]

I am so into the way that Raven Kennedy does the whole “chosen one” with Auren. Like I was COMPLETELY blindsided by it in Gold!! It’s so refreshing to have someone not be super taken with the idea of being the chosen one at first but coming around to make a people better. Huge fan. Love it when that trope is used in a way I’m not expecting (not being a factor for 4 books) and then all the pieces falling into place. Raven Kennedy you are a star!!!!

#raven kennedy #auren x slade #auren #gild #gold #the chosen one