The Gold-Son

Name: The Gold-Son
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Carrie Anne Noble
ISBN: 9781536628661

Author: Carrie Anne Noble

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Unabridged: 6 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 06/20/2017

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

“The story is, simply, beautiful.” —Fictionist MagazineAll sixteen-year-old Tommin wants is to make beautiful shoes and care for his beloved grandmother, but his insatiable need to steal threatens to destroy everything. Driven by a curse that demands more and more gold, he’s sure to get caught eventually.When mysterious Lorcan Reilly arrives in town with his “niece,” Eve, Tommin believes the fellow wants to help him. Instead, Lorcan whisks him off to the underground realm of the Leprechauns, where, alongside Eve, he’s forced to prepare to become one of them.As Lorcan’s plans for his “gold-children” are slowly revealed, Tommin and Eve plan their escape. But with Tommin’s humanity slipping away, the fate-crossed pair has everything to lose unless they can find a way to outsmart a magical curse centuries in the making.

About Carrie Anne Noble

Carrie Anne Noble is the author of the highly acclaimed novel The Mermaid’s Sister, which won the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award for Young Adult Fiction in 2014. She is also the recipient of the 2016 Realm Award for Speculative Novel of the Year. A member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Carrie Anne enjoys hosting spectacular tea parties, watching British TV, and spending time with family and friends.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hannah

Sixteen-year-old Tommin is cursed by a compulsion to steal at regular intervals. All he wants is to be free of the curse, so when a stranger named Lorcan Reilly arrives in town with his niece, Eve, and claims he can break the curse, Tommin willingly follows Lorcan to the underground city of Neathgil......more

Goodreads review by R.Q.

I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I really wanted to like it. The cover is gorgeous and the description great. Seemed like it would be a fun read. For starters, the story should have been centered around Eve instead of Tommin. He never changes or takes initiat......more

Goodreads review by Kit (Metaphors and Moonlight)

4 Stars Review: I wasn't sure this would be my kind of book, but it's about leprechauns, and I love reading about uncommon paranormal creatures/beings, so of course I wanted to read it. And I'm so glad I did because I really liked it! For starters, I was delightfully swept away by the 1800s Ireland set......more

Goodreads review by Rachel

Charming and delightful, THE GOLD-SON reads like a classic fairytale but with a modern day twist. From its traditional opening, to its quaint setting, to its folkloric characters, to its heroic protagonists, to its evil antagonist, to its innocent romance, it is an enchanting and magical and whimsic......more