4
stars
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Blurb:
“In
modern-day Britain, magic users control everything: wealth, politics, power—and
you. If you’re not one of the ultimate one-percenters—the magical elite—you owe
them ten years of service. Do those years when you’re old, and you’ll never get
through them. Do them young, and you’ll never get over them.
This is the darkly decadent world of Gilded Cage. In its glittering milieu move the all-powerful Jardines and the everyday Hadleys. The families have only one thing in common: Each has three children. But their destinies entwine when one family enters the service of the other. They will all discover whether any magic is more powerful than the human spirit.
Have a quick ten years. . . ”
This is the darkly decadent world of Gilded Cage. In its glittering milieu move the all-powerful Jardines and the everyday Hadleys. The families have only one thing in common: Each has three children. But their destinies entwine when one family enters the service of the other. They will all discover whether any magic is more powerful than the human spirit.
Have a quick ten years. . . ”
Review:
'Gilded
Cage' is a brilliantly written, frighteningly plausible dystopia set in Britain
with both magic and government-permitted slavery. While I’m still not comfortable with the
slavery aspect of this series; the politics, secrets, and magical skill are too
intriguing for me to stop reading.
The
'Dark Gifts' trilogy was completed with the publication of 'Bright Ruin' on
October 9, 2018. Check for 'Gilded Cage,' 'Tarnished City' and 'Bright Ruin' at your local library or bookseller.
I
voluntarily read a Review Copy of this book. I received a free book from Penguin Random House in exchange for this review. All opinions stated are
solely my own and no one else’s.
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