![]() ![]() Was this as fantastic of a book as people say it is? No. It comes off as sexist but also discusses what it’s like to be a woman living in a mans world. Gild is a King Midas retelling with hints of fae, a chapter of smut and some very triggering scenes. It was trending on both BookTok and Bookstagram so beyond some aesthetic reels and people raving about how great it was, I went in blind. ![]() When I started Gild, I admittedly had no idea what it was about. Please Note: This book contains explicit content and darker elements, including mature language, violence, and non-consensual sex. But the monsters on the other side might make me wish I’d never left. And I realize that everything I thought I knew about Midas might be wrong.īecause these bars I’m kept in, no matter how gilded, are still just a cage. ![]() Until war comes to the kingdom and a deal is struck. And even though I don’t leave the confines of the palace, I’m safe. He gave me protection, and I gave him my heart. ![]() I’m the woman he Gold-Touched to show everyone that I belong to him. Dug me out of the slums and placed me on a pedestal. In Highbell, in the castle built into the frozen mountains, everything is made of gold. Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes. ![]()
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