Reviews with content warning for Sexual violence - Gild

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Gild by Raven Kennedy

502 reviews

spazzcats's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I'm going to give the second book a chance (only because its on KU) but I cringed throughout most of this book. It was frequently gross and kind of predictable. I just didn't enjoy it much. Wouldn't compare this to Maas books.

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stephanie_w11's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This is an intense read. I’m not sure what I expected but this did surprise me. I do really love Auren and am excited to see how her character continues to develop. I also really enjoyed the dual narration of this audiobook version. Still the violence against women in this story is a lot so it’s not going to be for everyone

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emmawickum's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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texasmama2's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I really enjoyed this book. Just when you think Auren will get a bit of a chance at some freedoms in her life, things change. Auren’s life is thrown off kilter and she must find the strength to survive and help the other saddles survive as well. Auren reveals something about herself that she’s kept secret all her life. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg! How will Auren find her way back to her beloved King without revealing anything else?

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delaney_johnston's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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marleyellise's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The one thing I would say about this book so far is that I was looking for the ‘Rhysand’. It must be like an ACOTAR effect or something…
Auren is with King Midas and she adores him.. but SURELY there’s someone coming protect her and to sweep her off her feet, right?

This series is a lot darker and VERY adult compared to some other romantasy series, but I am really intrigued into what Aurens future holds and ultimately, who is going to be feuding with who, what other information will we learn about the fae, is Auren going to make friends with the other saddles, who is her final love interest.. there’s so many unanswered questions!
This is a 4 book series so I could tell in the way this first book was written/structured that there will be room for lots of world and character development.

Overall considering I have put off starting this series for over a year now, I’m pretty pleased with this first book 😅.

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abbylouisef's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

i’d been warned this was a very “set the scene” book so i knew it was going to be a bit slow but i think it did a good job of dropping lore, introducing characters and enticing you to read the next

i honestly wasn’t sure if i was going to read the next until the end, then i knew i was going to

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