Gilded

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Marissa Meyer

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• eBook ISBN:
  9780571371570
• Year: 2021

All magic comes at a price, but love was never part of the bargain . . .

The look he was giving her. Serilda had never been looked at like that before . . . The intensity.
The heat. The raw astonishment. He was going to kiss her.

Cursed by the god of lies, a miller's daughter has developed a talent for storytelling - but are all of her tales as false as they appear?

When one of Serilda's stories draws the attention of the devastating Erlking, she finds herself swept away into a world of enchantment, where ghouls prowl the earth, and ravens track her every move. The king locks Serilda in a castle dungeon and orders her to spin straw into gold, or be killed for lying. In despair, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious young man to her aid. And he agrees to help her, for a price. But love wasn't meant to be part of the bargain.

A compulsive read, and as bewitchingly good as you'd expect from a YA bestselling author. You will stay up all night reading this.

Table of contents

• Landing Page
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Prologue
• New Year’s Day: The Snow Moon
• The Hunger Moon
• The Crow Moon
• Eostrig’s Day: The Spring Equinox
• The Chaste Moon
• The Awakening Moon
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Copyright