I only have 3 words to describe this sampler: I. Need. More!

Marissa Meyer has always had a way with words that has drawn me in, making it easy to picture the world and characters she describes. I stumbled across Gilded not too long ago and between the cover and the summary, I knew this was going to be a book I needed to read - and I wasn't wrong. November can't get here soon enough so I can get the completed book!

i'm not a big marissa meyer fan. i loved her lunar chronicles series and ever since i've been trying to relive that love for her books, but it just doesn't work for me. i've started reading heartless, renegades, and instant karma and dnfed all of them. i want to like her books so bad, which is why i picked up this sampler.

it's not doing for me.

from the first chapter, we're thrown into a conversation with zero context and zero world building, expected to know what's going on. i was immediately lost and struggling to figure out what was going on and that made it really hard for me to get through the rest of the sampler.

while i very much respect meyer's work and i do think it's incredible that she is loved by so many readers, her work (especially this one, it should seem) is just not for me.

Thank you to Macmillan and NetGalley for this ARC - Extended Chapter Sampler.

This chapter sampler has me dying to finish this book. I can't wait to get more into the story and explore this world. Marissa Meyer is known for her retellings, and I know this will be just as amazing as her previous work.

I was already hungry for this, but now I'm STARVING.

I love Marissa Meyer's writing style. I can't wait to read more!

I decided to try this sampler, as I have this one on my list of upcoming books of interest, and I wanted to further gauge my interest since I haven’t read any books by this author yet. (I know. This is shocking and sad and something that needs to be remedied.)

The synopsis of the book really appeals to me and now that I’ve gotten a taste for the story, I do feel certain this is one I’d like to read! The writing isn’t overly complicated, which I struggle with in fantasy (I’m just so lost with some fantasy worlds!) and it really has a fun tone to it. Will it be fun all the way through? I do not know. But now I know that I’d really like to find out!