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A review by blakeandbooks
The Gilded Crown by Marianne Gordon
4.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Voyager for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I really enjoyed this book. It was such a cool concept that I wanted to continue to read. A sapphic, dark fantasy? Sign me up. Hellevir is the name of the FMC, she talks to Death, raises the dead, and has a raven? I loved it.
Every relationship Hellevir has is complicated and wrapped so thoroughly around her gift—the ability to travel beyond and claim back the dead. Her working relationship with Death was such a great point of view, and I was looking forward to her visiting him again to find out information bit by bit. I really liked the progression of the story, and how we get a good bit of backstory as she grows in age and the consequences and acceptance of her choices.
There is a lot of heartache, sadness, betrayal, and death. I’m definitely looking forward to book 2!
CW: death, death of parent, child death, murder, animal death, emotional abuse
I really enjoyed this book. It was such a cool concept that I wanted to continue to read. A sapphic, dark fantasy? Sign me up. Hellevir is the name of the FMC, she talks to Death, raises the dead, and has a raven? I loved it.
Every relationship Hellevir has is complicated and wrapped so thoroughly around her gift—the ability to travel beyond and claim back the dead. Her working relationship with Death was such a great point of view, and I was looking forward to her visiting him again to find out information bit by bit. I really liked the progression of the story, and how we get a good bit of backstory as she grows in age and the consequences and acceptance of her choices.
There is a lot of heartache, sadness, betrayal, and death. I’m definitely looking forward to book 2!
CW: death, death of parent, child death, murder, animal death, emotional abuse