gilded marissa meyer book 2 release date

Marissa Meyer has this gift of being able to take a weird little idea and completely subvert a classic tale using that strange, odd hook. It means you’ve dominated every part of a reader’s senses and psyche, and temporarily hijacked their identity. Provoking that sensation means you’re a gifted writer, in my book. She had created a story world so distinctive and visceral that I literally forgot who I was and forgot I was reading until I’d put down the book, and realized I was in my seventh-period study hall. You know that first awareness of reality after waking up? Like that, except with fiction. I remember exactly where and when I was when I finished her debut, Cind er, and experienced the shocking yet satisfying sensation of being completely swept away by a book. Marissa Meyer is - pardon my pun - the golden standard for fairytale retellings. (Also, I don’t even necessarily find Gild - our Rumplestiltskin - particularly sexy but it’s just a fun phrase.) Let it be known that I did not have Sexy Rumplestiltskin on my 2021 bingo card.

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. Love isn't meant to be part of the bargain. In her desperation, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious boy to her aid. The king orders Serilda to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, or be killed for telling falsehoods. 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. 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. In Gilded, #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer returns to the fairytale world with this haunting tale.

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Gilded marissa meyer book 2 release date