She’s so complex and it’s handled beautifully. I love the fact that you’re getting to discover everything as Deka does and it just makes you rot for her even more. But its all dealt within this fantasy world and its really cleverly done. She also has to deal with racism, misogyny, abuse and trauma. Deka, who has to deal with so much in a fantasy world, like not being ‘pure’, or deathshrieks. The Gilded Ones is full of fantastic characters. I’ve been struggling to read fantasy lately but I had no problem with this. I’d seen so many people love this one, so my expectations were high but this surpassed all of them. Nothing and no one are quite what they seem – not even Deka herself. But as she journeys to the capital to train for the battle of her life, Deka discovers the great walled city holds many surprises. The consequences force Deka to leave her village with a mysterious woman, destined to join an army of girls like her – the alaki, girls who are near-immortals with rare gifts, and the only ones able to stop the empire’s greatest threat. But on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold – the colour of impurity, of a demon. Synopsis: Deka lives in fear of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she can become a member of her village.
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