The Gilded Crown, Marianne Gordon
The Gilded Crown, Marianne Gordon
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The Gilded Crown
A Raven's Trade Novel

Author: Marianne Gordon

Narrator: Kristin Atherton

Unabridged: 17 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Harper Voyager

Published: 07/02/2024

Synopsis

The Witch’s Heart meets The Foxglove King in this spellbinding dark fantasy debut about a young woman with the extraordinary power of necromancy, and the ill-fated princess whose life she is determined to save, no matter the cost.The first time Hellevir visited Death, she was ten years old…Since she was a little girl, Hellevir has been able to raise the dead. Every creature can be saved for a price, a price demanded by the shrouded figure who rules the afterlife, who takes a little more from Hellevir with each soul she resurrects.Such a gift can rarely remain a secret. When Princess Sullivain, sole heir to the kingdom’s throne, is assassinated, the Queen summons Hellevir to demand she bring her granddaughter back to life. But once is not enough; the killers might strike again. The Princess’s death would cause a civil war, so the Queen commands that Hellevir remain by her side.But Sullivain is no easy woman to be bound to, even as Hellevir begins to fall in love with her. With the threat of war looming, Hellevir must trade more and more of herself to keep the Princess alive.But Death will always take what he is owed.

About Marianne Gordon

Marianne Gordon is the author of the Raven’s Trade duology. She is a dark fantasy writer living with her partner and cat in Edinburgh. When she’s not reading or writing, she enjoys riding around the countryside on her motorbike (nicknamed Beastie). 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Greekchoir on August 29, 2024

I pray do NOT pay attention to the people upset that this is not a YA romantasy dominating the reviews of this book. I was originally going to rate The Gilded Crown a cool 4/5 for "good, but not doing anything new." But the more I read and the more I found myself unable to stop thinking about it, I'......more

Goodreads review by Phoe on October 14, 2023

The title and the cover art made me think it would be a romantasy: but it isn’t. Neither is it YA. This is a story of a woman, blessed - or cursed - with a power that will cause her, in turn, to be blessed and cursed in equal measure; to be courted by the royals and reviled by the priests; to be the......more

Goodreads review by Brend on September 09, 2024

This is in great part because I can't deal with characters I cannot relate to at all when it comes to personality. The stars are for the good world building and great writing/ So spoilers? If I can do something that's rare and extremely useful, YOU are the one listening to demands, not me. ''Oh you'll......more

Goodreads review by Ceinwen on December 03, 2024

The publisher has done this book such a disservice in its romantasy/dark romance style cover. It's a mind-boggling marketing decision that, judging from the reviews on here, launched it straight over the heads of its target audience and into the hands of people who are looking for something else. Th......more

Goodreads review by Sophia on September 06, 2023

3.5 ⭐️ rounded up This review is a mess and just a bunch of random thoughts and feelings mashed together but it’s all I can manage right now 😅 Possible spoilers ‼️ I really enjoyed this! I liked the writing from the beginning and thought Helliver was an interesting MC. Even if I didn’t like some of the......more

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