Gold

Raven Kennedy — 2023

PRE-ORDER THE HEART-POUNDING FINAL INSTALLMENT IN THE PLATED PRISONER SERIES Praise for The Plated Prisoner Series 'This series has stolen my heart, my breath, my regard for anything else. I've never been so immersed in a story before-never read characters that have felt so real. I've cried, laughed, screamed, thrown my kindle across the room, picked it up again, swooned . . . These characters, this WORLD . . . it's everything. Raven has written a story for the ages, destined to go down as one of the epics' Sarah A Parker, author of To Bleed a Crystal Bloom 'Raven writes with a magic that comes to life on the page. Every single word gleams like gold' Beck Michaels, author of Divine Blood 'This is one of those series that started off phenomenal, and only gets better with every subsequent book' Laura Thalassa, author of The Bargainer Series 'Get ready to be enthralled from the first word, and begging for more by the last. Raven Kennedy crafts an astonishing world that's filled with captivating characters and a story you won't be able to put down' Ivy Asher, bestselling author of The Osseous Chronicles and The Lost Sentinel Series 'This series is amazing and I can't recommend it enough. It is one of the best New Adult Fantasy books out there' Kay Thatcher, author of Prince of Blades 'TEN GILDED STARS! Remarkably original . . .and the prose, people . . . gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous' Olivia Wildenstein, USA Today Bestselling Author 'An emotional rollercoaster' Elizabeth Brown, author of Blood Crown 'What I've enjoyed so far about this series is how it's a metaphor about real, emotional issues' Day Leitao, author of Kingdom of Curses and Shadows Series 'I devoured [the] first book and it ended on such a nice cliff-hanger that I am thirsting for the next one' Emmie Hamilton, author of Chosen to Fall

Reviews

Syrina@syrinaina

May 27, 2024

Meh

Quinnie@ghostkingsss

Apr 8, 2024

What do you mean I have to wait until August for the next book?

Honestly, this one is definitely the weaker book of the series. It felt very slow and was mostly boring in the middle. I also wasn't a fan of all the POV jumping around this book, I felt like it was more than usual.

It definitely picked up towards the end, and I enjoyed the few plot twists we got at the end there. Regardless, I'm excited and nervous for the final book. Auren and Slade better have a good ending, I swear, lol.

Laura Wilson@bookswithlaura

Mar 28, 2024

This felt like so many pages for really not that much that much story progression…. there also is not a chance I remember what’s going on when the next one drops.

Miranda Hall@mhall22

Mar 10, 2024

Had to force myself to keep reading and even then i skimmed a lot of it

Megs@cheeebs

Jan 28, 2024

Kennedy owes me therapy after those last 10 chapters

June@bookedbyjune

Dec 31, 2023

Gold was a fantastic addition to The Plated Prisnor series, this book was everything I'd hoped for. I loved following Auren's story, while she didn't get nearly enough chapters I still had a great time reading them

I liked the new world building in Annwyn and the characters that Auren met, especially Nenet and Emonie. For the most part I enjoyed reading this book, the writing was far better than the previous books and I liked Auren's character alot more. I wasn't a huge fan of Slade though, to be honest I didn't enjoy his chapters as much as I'd thought and his character doesn't really feel the same to me anymore

Overall this book was the perfect setup for an epic finale and after the ending I'm so ready for the sixth book

Lucille@lucille_and_books

Dec 23, 2023

I love this series, but these book has some flaws. I was hesitant going into it because I was let down by the last. This book was okay at first, but as we get closer to the end we get less and less of Auren. This was disappointing. This was made worse by the romance building between Malina and the Assassin. Malina's chapters became interesting but were overshadowed but their rushed romance. This romance interrupting a important battle scene so they can confess their feelings and do it in an alleyway while the city is under attack. Finally Auren forgetting everything makes me entirely unexcited for the next. This series started going down hill after the third book and I'm not sure if the sixth book can make up for it. I'll give it a chance but making the main character forget everything feels like lazy writing.

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