opfdeep.blogg.se - Gold by raven kennedy

Midas has the King of the Fifth Kingdom killed before he can ever truly touch Auren. However, we don’t learn until after the ‘battle’ that it was a trick to take out the other King. So, him allowing this to occur is the destruction of that relationship the two have had for a decade. He’s never let anyone get near or say anything negative about Auren before. All in exchange for that King to attack a rival kingdom (the Fourth Kingdom that belongs to King Rot).

And her trust in him is destroyed the following day when he agrees to give her away for a night to the Fifth Kingdoms King. However, Auren doesn’t get that attention from Midas.

As we learn, the two have a romantic history before he turned her to gold and locked her away in a cage. And desperately wishes Midas would solely pay attention to her instead. She’s not going to be into what’s going on as she doesn’t want to be there. So, the scene is disinterested to reflect the character’s inner thoughts. She has to watch the entire thing, but not join in on the action. This scene is told from the perspective of Auren, who is locked away from what’s going on. The scene itself comes off more like stage directions than any real spice. Women are treated like objects to be used and discarded by men. The book starts out with an orgy between King Midas and his saddles, which starts the tone for the book.

Warnings: 18+, Mature Language, Violence, and Non-Consensual Sex.

My love is challenged, and I realize that everything I thought I knew about Midas might be wrong.īecause these bars I’m kept in, no matter how gilded, are still just a cage.īut the monsters on the other side might make me wish I’d never left. Until war comes to the kingdom and a deal is struck. And even though I don’t leave the confines of the palace, I’m safe. He gave me protection, and I gave him my heart. I’m the woman he Gold-Touched to show everyone that I belong to him. Dug me out of the slums and placed me on a pedestal. In Highbell, in the castle built into the frozen mountains, everything is made of gold. Gold floors, gold walls, gold furniture, gold clothes. The story takes place ten years after she was locked away in the cage, where she finds herself on the other side of the cage where there’s no protection for the first time. She is the prized possession of King Midas and locked away in a gilded cage where no one, so no one but him can touch her. Everything about her is gold even down to the two dozen ribbons that come out of her back.

The Plated Prisoner series is told from the perspective of Auren, who has been turned into gold from her hair, skin, eyes, etc. Gild is a reimaging of the King Midas myth, the individual who can turn anything to gold with the touch of his hand. These help support the blog, so I can keep creating content. This post may contain affiliate or referral codes, for which I receive a small compensation and you get a discount in exchange.