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King Midas once had the ability to turn all he touched into gold. But after his gift--or curse--almost killed his daughter, Midas relinquished The Touch forever. Ten years later, Princess Kora still bears the consequences of her father's wish: her skin shines golden, rumors follow her everywhere she goes, and she harbors secret powers that are getting harder to hide.
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So, definitely not my favourite book. Not even the one that I more or less liked.
My main problem with it is the absence of something special. At least one thing. But nada. It was so bland, that even now I can barely remember what happened in the book. Except for the moments where I did facepalm so eagerly, that my head hurt.
Here are my “most loved” quotes from the book.
I decide air is what I need after being stuck in the stuffy cabin all day. I know Rhat said not to leave the cabin, but nothing too bad can happen if I only step outside our door.
I can only imagine they're are talking about me. What else on this ship is worth talking about in the dark in the middle of the night?
I hear more footsteps pounding toward us, but I'm froze. My future is tied to Aris. The world won't start again unless he's in it. I don't feel the breeze. I don't smell the smoke from the fire. I only feel coldness seeping through my skin and heading straight for my bones, for my heart, as I watch the water.
I can't speak on how great the whole book is because I couldn't get past chapter 5. It was not for lack of trying though. I really wanted to be invested into this world! It could have been such an intriguing exciting take on a well-know classic tale, but instead it was so badly predictable that I could guess where the story was going within the few chapters I read, and I was almost 100% percent accurate because I skipped to the end of the book to find out.
It's not always a bad thing that you can guess where a story is going as long as the story is well written, but this was just boring. The characters fell in love way too quickly, I didn't like any of them, the world doesn't feel properly fleshed out, and the pacing was atrocious! In just 5 chapters! I think this story could have been amazing, but instead it was dull. A story about GOLD PEOPLE was dull.
Series
2 primary booksA Touch of Gold is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by Annie Sullivan.