I'm very happy to be returning to Marissa Meyer's writing style! This is such a good story so far and is so well paved that it just has me hooked. This seems like a really quick fantasy read that I'm just all here for. Honestly, like most of her books, this seems to have an amazing story written in a more relaxed writing style which makes for a fun reading experience. Ultimately, I'm hoping to pre-order this book as soon as possible because I just can't pass up on a story about Rumplestiltskin by Marissa Meyer!

This sample convinced me that I absolutely need to preorder Gilded. I've never read anything by Marissa Meyer, but I was blown away with the effortless prose and compulsively readable story. I love a good twisted fairy tale, and this one is going to be amazing. The writing is amazing - writing style is a huge reason for me to read or dnf a story, and this is definitely going in the read pile. So many details are packed into such a short bit of story, without feeling the least bit like info-dumping because they're expertly woven in to the story as it progresses. I need to know more.

I read all of Marissa Meyer’s other retellings and the way she brings those classic fairytales to life through her original storytelling is so fascinating. This one is no different. Even though the sampler only has a few chapters, I’m already loving the way she spun the story of rumplestiltskin. I can’t wait to read the whole book!

The sampler made me so excited to get this book and read it. I’m so excited to get a rumplestilskin story!

I loved this first look into the characters and world of Gilded. Marissa Meyer certainly has a talent for fairytale retellings, perfectly exemplified by her series The Lunar Chronicles, and I'm really loving how she's taking the Rumplestiltskin fairytale in a fresh and interesting direction. Serilda is a compelling protagonist, and the side character pull their own weight in being interesting on their own and making a world that feels inhabited. I'm so excited to see what happens next in Gilded. As always, I love anything Marissa Meyer writes.

reading this sample makes me so excited to read gilded!

it is automatically intriguing and seems like it will be a very fun read. meyer’s writing style is gorgeous as always!

i will definitely be reading gilded when it comes out, and i have a feeling it will become a favorite!

I received the first 10 chapters of this book via Netgalley and I flew through them. It’s a Rumpelstiltskin retelling and I already love the world of magical characters

Serilda loves to help with the children in her village. They love that she can spin wild and magical tales from the superstitions and lore of the village. But Serilda’s stories have caused her to have a reputation for lying. When one of her stories seems to come to life, no one believes her.

Serilda’s story has gotten her into more trouble than she can imagine with the undead Erlking. She must spin straw into gold or risk her family and possibly her village from being destroyed.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this SAMPLER.

Well, color me intrigued. I feel like I really need to brush up on the tale of Rumpelstiltskin. I remember the trails of three rooms/piles of straw into gold. I remember the promise of a first-born child. After and before.? I’m not too sure of. Anyways, this story is definitely interesting. I love Winter as a backdrop for a story. The Hunt is always fascinating to read about. Everything was melding together perfectly. Of course, my sampler had to end right when it gets going. *woe is me*. But, I suppose it did it’s job. I feel like I definitely need to preorder this book to see what happens. Fairyloot did just announce a gorgeous edition.

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!