(They think they mean she’s bad luck, and are quick to blame her when anything goes wrong in town.) A chosen child of Wyrdith, the god of lies and stories – for what is a story if not an especially well-told lie? – Serilda loves telling tales (tall or otherwise) and sports gold wheels in her irises that make her neighbors uncomfortable.
Like the original tale, Gilded does follow the story of a miller’s daughter, though here her name is Serilda, and she’s been blessed – or cursed, depending on how you look at it – by a literal god.
And in her latest novel, Gilded, she turns the story of Rumpelstiltskin on its head, crafting a propulsive tale of ghosts, revenge, and star-crossed love. Heartless reimagined the origin story of the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland. Her Lunar Chronicles series dropped several traditional fairytales heroines like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Snow White into a futuristic world where humans, androids, and cyborgs all exist. Though author Marissa Meyer’s latest efforts have been contemporary YA romances and dystopian superhero tales, she’s still best known for her fairytale retellings.
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