3.5 stars

I don't know that this is intended to be a King Midas re-telling, but the story is mentioned in this book, so I'm going to assume it is.

This book is a weird one for me. While I was reading it, I was completely engrossed. But then when I would set it down, I didn't feel any need to go back to it and find out what was going to happen. I'm not exactly sure why.

The premise is interesting, and I enjoyed the pacing, action, and characters. I don't know that it did anything so completely unique, but it was enjoyable. Also, the ending made me want to pick up the second book, so that is definitely in it's favor.

The reason it isn't a four from me is because it took me forever to go back and finish this book. I just didn't feel any urgency in finishing it, even though I was satisfied once I did.

One last note: I own and read the majority of this physically. I did attempt to listen to the audiobook because I like to have one going while I drive and do things around the house, but I had to stop because I did not like the voice actor. Specifically the way she did the voice of Loom. It just didn't work for me at all. It you're going to ask a voice actor to read a book and do different accents, you should make sure that they can actually DO the accents! Just saying...