The Plated Prisoner series by Raven Kennedy is a dark and mesmerizing fantasy inspired by the myth of King Midas. The author reimagines the classic legend into a modern tale of power, manipulation, and freedom. At its heart stands Auren, a girl with golden-touched skin, whose journey toward strength and independence has captivated readers worldwide.
This is the story of King Midas. Or that's what we're always told. The Golden King with his palace of riches and me, the girl he turned to gold. Upon the snowy mountains in the Sixth Kingdom of Orea, I'm locked away in Highbell Castle. It's for my safety, I'm told. Away from the dangers of the world below. No one can get in. Apart from him
For ten years, I lived in a gilded cage inside King Midas's golden castle. Now I'm the prisoner of the Fourth Kingdom's army, with no hope for escape. And behind all of my worries, there is Commander Rip: the renowned brutal warrior of Orea
King Midas made me the woman I am today. Notorious. Unattainable. His. The thing about being confined is that you believe it's to keep the bad out. ...Until you realize it's about keeping you in. I'm now in a strange kingdom surrounded by liars, with no allies of my own, but I won't sit idly by and let myself wither. No, there's something that's bloomed from the pit of my repression. Something dark. Something angry. But the last thing I expected was for my anger to call out to him. King Ravinger -- Amazon.
I have burned down the court of King Midas and from those flames, I will rise and wield my own power. The problem is, the world won't let me. Because when you turn against a King - everyone turns against you. But with Slade by my side we will fight the monarchs that come for us. And if we need to become the villains, then so be it. Because as long as I live in this world, I won't be used again. I must be strong. I must be undefeatable. I will shine like the sun - and blind my enemies
Every end is also a beginning.I was going to die. If it weren't for Slade, I would have. But he ripped the world open for me and I went through it.To Annwyn.To home.Annwyn is the realm of the fae, a magical place full of beauty and danger.Here, I am known as Lyari Ulvere - the golden one gone.And there are people in this world who want to keep me that way.But I am not that girl in the gilded cage anymore, and no one is going to use me again. Or stop me from finding my way back to Slade.I am my own woman. And I will find him.In this world, or the next.
One king caged my body. Another has caged my mind. War has broken out between Annwyn and Orea, though that's not the only battle being waged. There's a fight inside me, and it's one I'm determined to win, no matter how much they try to strip me down and hollow me out. Yet they've forgotten one thing. The ancient magic of the pair bond. One can never truly be lost when two souls are already bound. Because Slade and I? We are connected by more than just fated magic, and we will always find each other. In any life. The fae king is trying to destroy me. My heritage. My memory. But what he hasn't realized is this: gold bends, but stone breaks. And a Goldfinch does not fall. It flies.