Once Upon a Time... discussion

Hello Fellow Fairy Tales Readers,


Welcome to our discussion about Gilded (Gilded #1) by Marissa Meyer.
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Summary

Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller's daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue.

Or so everyone believes.

When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim world where ghouls and phantoms prowl the earth and hollow-eyed ravens track her every move. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. He agrees to help her... for a price.

Soon Serilda realizes that there is more than one secret hidden in the castle walls, including an ancient curse that must be broken if she hopes to end the tyranny of the king and his wild hunt forever.

I got my copy from the library on Friday and decided that it was too thick for my hands to handle right now. So I'm going to do this one as an audiobook. I will probably start it on Tues or Weds.

I've been listening to this one, I'm about half way through. I was excited to read another book by Marissa Meyer because I loved the Cinder series so much. I can't say that I'm not enjoying this but I am not enjoying it as much as I expected to. I will finish it, maybe the best part of the story is still ahead of me.

I just finished it last night. That's funny, Gem, simply because I actually didn't like the Cinder series, even though I liked the writing style, but really enjoyed Gilded! I immediately borrowed Cursed from Hoopla because I can't leave the characters the way they were at the end of Gilded.
I found the story within a story aspect of the book very entertaining and the fact that her "lies" or stories become the truth just added to my enjoyment.

Oh my, lol. I loved Cinder but I didn't like this one. That's funny how we're completely opposite. I felt this story moved so slowly and the ending?!?! It "felt" to me like she didn't resolve anything just to sell another book. I hate to say that given how much I loved Cinder but...

I'm thinking of listening to Cursed just to get some resolution. Not having any is making my brain itch.