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Gilded Cage

The Dark Gifts Trilogy, Book 1

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A modern Britain. An age-old cruelty.

Britain's magically skilled aristocracy compels all commoners to serve them for 10 years - and now it's the Hadleys' turn. Abi Hadley is assigned to England's most ruthless noble family. The secrets she uncovers could win her freedom - or break her heart. Her brother Luke is enslaved in a brutal factory town, where new friends' ideals might cost him everything.

Then, while the elite vie for power, a young aristocrat plots to remake the world with his dark gifts. As Britain moves from anger to defiance, all three must take sides. And the consequences of their choices will change everything forever.

©2017 Vic James (P)2017 Macmillan Digital Audio Dystopian Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Heartfelt
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I very well structured and thought provoking book. The split viewpoints kept things interesting and there was just enough light and shade in the storyline......looking forward to the next story!

Tremendous!

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I really enjoyed this book but was somewhat disappointed that it isn’t a stand alone book but apparently part of a trilogy!! I should have read more of the reviews. However it is very enjoyable and the narration was brilliant

Very good

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Intriguing concept and good story but such boring narration! It was fine when she was doing the characters’ voices but the descriptive passages almost had me falling asleep. This current weird VoiceOver-style of rising/mid tone inflection after each and every sentence becomes so tedious to listen to. Such a pity because if it’s the same narrator for the second book, I won’t be buying it.

Marred by monotonous narration

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I loved everything about this book. The narrator was so easy to listen to and the story kept me engrossed from start to finish. I'm about to purchase the second book in the trilogy.

magical and moving

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When I got this I thought foolishly it was an adult fantasy - didn’t read the synopsis properly and think it was a daily deal. However I listened in the car on my from job to job and it was ok.
Definitely hunger gamesey for the Brit’s. As a girl born in Manchester I cringed at the accent (I don’t have one being what the book would called being privileged and being sent to boarding school in the West Country ) but I did have one and I have lots of family from Manchester and the vicinity and ugh!! Why make them sound sound pathetic and maudlin!! All of the Mancunians sounded drippy and Whining and I hated that most of everything g of this narration. The characters were good though if not predictable and I felt a whole host of plagiarism from other novels creeping in. Which is fine, because one idea can take lots of forms but this felt contrived and trying to grab as much from pop literature as possible. Throw in a large helping of the hunger games, a dollop of the handmaidens take, a pinch of Orwell’s 1984, some Game of Thrones and bake for 30 mins on a high heat and this is the result. Quite palatable with a cup of tea but I won’t rush back for more as I’ve tasted better.

Not bad. Definitely for a teenager reader

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