Hi Habib,
The Dark Gifts series has been on TBR Wishlist for a while, when I realised that Vic James is going to YALC and the last book in the series Bright Ruin is coming out 26th July, I could not think of a better time to read the books. The first book in the series is called Gilded Cage.
Britain is split into two types of people, the Equals the aristocracy people that have magical abilities that they refer to as skills. The second type of people are the commoners, people that have no magic abilities. To live in the Equals world the commoners much give up 10 years of their life, to be come slaves for the Equal. The Haldey family have decided to do their 10 years together, they want to get their slave days over as they are only partial citizens until its completed. Abi the oldest child has applied for the family to work for the most powerful and ruthless Equal family, saving them from the Slave towns. Everything doesn’t go to plan when her brother is sent to the slave town.
Britain Equals and commoner are on the brink, Equals are via for more power where commoner just want equal rights. Choices and sacrifices will be made as people being to fight to reshape Britain.
Gilded Cage is a fascinating story, that kept my gripped from one page to the page 405. I loved the mixture of family and political drama, with the a rebellion mixed in for good measure.
The world that Vic James has created is a dark Orwellian world, where not all are free. When you start reading the book, you think that the Equals are the only ones that are truly free, but it as you slowly get to know them you realise that they are in a cage of their own creation. Vic has been cleaver in creating character that you should hate on principle but you don’t. I know that Silyen is probably up to know good, but there is something about he I can’t hate. I can’t wait to find out what he is up too.
Although I do hate Bouda and Lord Jarvine, I can’t find redeeming characteristic in either, I want to like Bouda just for her dedicated to become the first female Chancellor but I cant.
Thank you to Pan Macmillan for sending me a copy of this book for a fair and honest review.
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