Review: Golden by K. M. Robinson

Hola mi amigos! (I know I don’t speak Spanish, but I do have some Spanish blood actually!) If you don’t know what that translates to, it means “Hi my friends!” Two more days til SE-YA!!! I am super excited! You might be tired of hearing me talk about SE-YA, but I am super excited! There are so many authors I want to meet, like David Arnold, Mindy McGinnis, Sharon Cameron, Tobie Easton, M. Tara Crowl, Brittany Goodwin, Shaila Patel, and Jennifer M. Eaton! But for now, here is my review of Golden by K.M. Robinson, which is one of my most anticipated reads of 2017!

Disclaimer: I received a free e-ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. This will not affect my review in any way.

Goodreads Summary: When the girl with the golden hair betrays everyone, not even she has hope of surviving.

The stories say that Goldilocks was a naïve girl who wandered into a house one day. Those stories were wrong. She was never naïve. It was all a perfectly executed plan to get her into the Baers’ group to destroy them.

Trained by her cousin, Lowell, and handler, Shadoe, Auluria’s mission is to destroy the Baers by getting close to the youngest brother, Dov, his brother and sister-in-law and the leaders of the Baers’ group. When she realizes Dov isn’t as evil as her cousin led her to believe, she must figure out how to play both sides or her deception will cause everyone in her world to burn.

If her allegiances are discovered, either side could destroy her…if the Society doesn’t get her first.

Rating: 9/10 Stars

Overall Thoughts: Golden was really one of my most anticipated reads of 2017 (along with Blood Rose Rebellion, These Ruthless Deeds, Caraval, The United Continuums, The Traitor’s Kiss… where was I?) I had really high expectations for this book, but it reached it like 211 degrees Fahrenheit. It was really good, like hot, but it didn’t exactly reach that boiling point to make it a new favorite. Regardless, I really liked it. There were times when I couldn’t put the book down and my eyes were glued on my device’s screen!

Retelling: So this book is a retelling on Goldilocks. I think I would prefer this book over the original fairy tale any day! It infuses the original naïve girl with romance, action, secrets, and espionage; it was really unique! Now everyone is human in this book, just a bit of a head’s up. It was a little hard for me to transition from actual bears to the human Baers, but it catches onto you after a while.

Action: This book will definitely give you thrills and chills. The author packed the book with some plot twists, and my jaw dropped at a few of them. I actually screamed once because I was like “Oh my goodness!” and “I knew it!” (I made a prediction and I was right! First one! Yes!) Those plot twists, oh my! I just love whenever a book includes them!

Plot: There were a few parts that didn’t exactly click with me. There were some things that were so sudden or so fast I was wondering where in the world did that element come from. I did think there were some scenes in the middle and end that could have been removed because it stalled the plot and some scenes that were a bit confusing to me. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it!

My Review in a Nutshell: I really liked this book. No doubt. I was hooked from the beginning! There’s not that many Goldilocks retellings out there, yet this one definitely put a unique spin on Goldilocks! This is a great start to K. M. Robinson’s writing career!

What are your favorite fairy tale retellings? What are you most anticipated reads of 2017? Comment below, and we’ll chat soon!

+ J.M.J.

Happy Reading!

~ Kester