Golden by Melinda Michaels
Publisher: REUTTS Publication, LLC
Publication Date: March 24, 2015
Format: ebook ARC
Source: From the Author in exchange for an honest review. This in no way altered my opinion or review of the book.
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Goodreads Synopsis:
High school senior
Hanna Loch just suffered a blackout in front of her entire homeroom
class. She hasn't had one in over ten years, and she’s terrified—the
last time she blacked out, she woke up with no memory of her life
before. To make matters worse, no one can explain why it happens. For
Hanna, bad things tend to come in threes.
And that doesn't even begin to cover it . . .
When she learns she could be a descendant of someone who lived once upon a time,
Hanna must put her trust in William Vann, a descendant of one of the
most hated villains ever known. Their histories are intertwined in more
ways than she expected, and he has answers about her past, answers even
her family won’t share.
But is it safe to put her trust in
someone who appears to be danger reincarnate, while trying to escape the
darkness that tried to kill her ten years ago?
A loose fairytale retelling, GOLDEN is a story that’s just right, weaving together lost secrets, vengeful enemies, and what happens when fiction becomes reality.
Review:
I am a sucker for a great
cover and this one pulled me in, but the synopsis was what really got me – a
loose retelling alluding to Goldilocks… UM YES! Please! It took me a while to
start the book but within one sitting I was hooked.
Hanna is the main character,
a teenage girl with crazy problems like no one else – she blacks out, and not
from drinking or drugs, which would be common in this age group- but from
something she can’t understand. Sometimes when she comes back to, she can’t
remember anything and no one can tell her why.
Hanna is a strange
character, she is likeable enough as a female lead, but she is also frustrating
on SO many levels – she takes a lot of chances but at the same time likes to be
careful. It is a weird mix of personality – one day she is not wanting to drive
in fear of passing out behind the wheel, and another, she is standing in front
of a moving train playing chicken. It is just strange.
With that being said it is
not every day you get a retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, or a world
with descendants of fairy tale people. I loved this world building. There were
stones left to be turned in the end but it felt complete.
The plot was captivating
and there was a lot to it but it all wrapped itself nicely around Hanna and her
blackouts, which is how the story begins. I look forward to reading more from
Melinda Michaels and I hope they continue featuring the descendants.
