I love this Rumpelstiltskin retelling! We all know that short fairy tale but this had a little more woven into it... The German tale of the Erlking.

Serilda is a very good storyteller (some call her a liar) with golden spokes around her eyes. When she rescues two moss maidens from the Erlking's hunt, she ultimately tells a lie that makes the Erlking want to steal here each hunt. She says she can spin straw into gold.

When she is forced to do that very thing, she is surprised by a ghostly boy that can ACTUALLY do it. He helps her in exchange for trinkets and stories.

I love Marissa's way of storytelling. This book may look big (and it is at 500 pages) but it goes by quickly. I read almost 300 pages in one sitting! I could clearly see in my minds eye all that Serilda saw and I could feel all she felt. The end had a great set up for book 2 and I cannot wait until they day comes!

The Erlking is frightening in what he does and who he is. I want Serilda to take him down. It will be exciting.