The next full moon, the Erlking kidnaps her, demanding she spin the straw in the dungeon she's locked in to gold by dawn, or he'll kill her. She tells him she is out harvesting straw to spin into gold - and he remembers. But it's her clever tongue that gets her out of a tight spot when rescuing two moss maidens from the Erlking during the Wild Hunt. Serilda has been given the gift of storytelling, but everyone thinks her cursed, a liar, and no-one believes a word she says. But the god of fortune is also a trickster god, and the god of lies, so when Serilda was born, she was born with their mark on her golden wheels over the irises of her eyes.
Serilda is the daughter of a miller who was granted a wish by the god of fortune, and he wished to marry the girl he loved and have a family. A retelling of Rumplestiltskin, which I hadn't seen done often, but where Rumplestiltskin is the love interest? I was highly intrigued, and with this being Meyer's return to fairy tale retellings, I knew I would be in for a great story. I was so excited when I heard about Gilded by Marissa Meyer. And he agrees to help her, for a prince.īut love wasn’t meant to be part of the bargain. In despair, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious young man to her aid. The king locks Serilda in a castle dungeon and orders her to spin straw into gold, or be killed for lying.
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. He was going to kiss her.Ĭursed by the god of lies, a miller’s daughter has developed a talent for storytelling - but are all her tales as false as they appear? Serilda had never been looked at like that before. Published: 2nd November 2021 | Publisher: Faber & Faber | Source: NetGalley
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