Cursed by the god of lies, a miller's daughter has developed a talent for storytelling - but are all of her tales as false as they appear?
When one of Serilda's stories draws the attention of the devastating Erlking, she finds herself swept away into a world of enchantment, where ghouls prowl the earth, and ravens track her every move. The king locks Serilda in a castle dungeon and orders her to spin straw into gold or be killed for lying. In despair, Serilda unwittingly summons a mysterious young man to her aid. And he agrees to help her, for a price. But love wasn't meant to be part of the bargain.
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All right. I will tell you the tale, how it happened in truth.- PROLOGUE
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(Faber & Faber, 2 November 2021, e-book, 435 pages, borrowed from Glasgow Libraries via OverDrive, #POPSUGARReadingChallenge, a modern retelling of a classic)
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I'm a huge fan of the author and I loved Gilded. It's send on a bit of a cliff-hanger so I need to read the second book in the duology to find out what happens next. I'm familiar with the stories that the author has rewritten in this book including The Erlking and Rumpelstiltskin. Like her other books, the author takes the bones of these stories and uses them to create something truly original and unique. I really loved this.