The Gilded Ones

by Namina Forna

Book Overview

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY TEEN VOGUE

A dark feminist tale spun with blood and gold. Must read! -Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles

Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1984848690
• ISBN13: 9781984848697
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

This is my favorite adventure book

I absolutely fell in love with this story I was drown in just buy the cover I normally hate covers with characters on them, but this one is so pretty. I enjoyed the twist at the end. I don’t know if I’m just dumb, but I didn’t see it coming so it was worth it to me a recommend completely.

Very original

I was kind of disappointed by this book. It has everything I could want in a book, yet the characters didn't really come off of the pages as I expected them too. So it's 4 stars from me, nothing particularly wrong about it, just wasn't speaking to me. Also, the ending was odd for the first in a trilogy. It was very "happy ever after, all loose ends tied up" and I couldn't figure out what would be in future books with everything so "picture perfect."