Review / Release Blitz: Gilded Love: The Complete Boxed Set by Kilby Blades

Gilded Love: The Complete Boxed Set
by Kilby Blades is now live!

Money can buy them anything. Happiness might take a little work.
They're young, they're hot, they're filthy rich, and they're using their power to change the world. From finding love to fighting the establishment, they'll do it. On their terms.

Snapdragon
The rules are simple: unattached companionship, toe-curling sex, and a clean break whenever it ends. And either one can say the single word to end it: Snapdragon.

Chrysalis
When taking a promotion in Sydney proves to be the biggest mistake of his life, Michael must go to extremes to win Darby back. But how will he fight for their love and protect her from her crooked politician father from half a world away?

Vertical
Jasmine is in desperate need of extraction from a high-end human trafficking bust gone wrong, one she never should have taken on alone. But there's only one man who can help her: Avi. And she left him at the altar six months ago.

Loaded: A Holiday Romance
When his grandmother summons him to an urgent family dinner, Marsh is forced to do the one thing he's been avoiding: bring his woke Black girlfriend home to his stuffy old money family. With forced proximity and alcohol, what could possibly go wrong?

Sleigh My Name
Michael never forgave himself for the time he broke Darby's heart, no matter how fast he'd fixed his stupid decision to move away. Five years later, he has a shot at orchestrating a do-over of one fateful night. At the Jingle Ball, he'll pull off his grandest gesture yet.

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Listen to the audiobooks today!
Snapdragon (Narrated by Erin Mallon): https://bit.ly/snapdragon-audible
Chrysalis (Narrated by Sebastian York): https://bit.ly/chrysalis-audible
Vertical (Narrated by Jacob Morgan + Nicole Small): https://bit.ly/vertical-audible
Loaded (Narrated by Tim Paige and Nicole Lewis): https://bit.ly/loaded-audible

MY REVIEW

I originally read Snapdragon and Chrysalis back when they were released and fell in love with Michael and Darby.

Snapdragon: 4 stars
Two people meet. The attraction's there. But, someone always ends up wanting more, feeling more. And that is the conundrum, at least as far as both Michael and Darby can see it. So when they meet, neither wants the commitment, the strings, that an actual, real relationship brings. They want companionship and pleasure but not the feelings. So when they realize the other is of like mind, what else happens but an arrangement of no strings companionship. Yes, one of THOSE kind of arrangements. And everything is going along swimmingly because they're having fun, getting to know each other, actually finding they're becoming fast friends along with enjoying each other in bed.

Michael's everything, well almost, a woman could want in a good companion/friend - he's kind, he's thoughtful, he's hot, and a amazing lover. He's a tad controlling, but Darby can deal. After all, the rest of him is a dream. But, she (and he) know that this arrangement can, and will, end at any time with just one word spoken by either of them. SNAPDRAGON.

So when the ending was nigh and Darby walked into a home filled with...



This was me...



And now I'm anxiously waiting until I can read Chrysalis.

Chrysalis: 3 stars
I have to admit, unfortunately, that Chrysalis did not wow me as a conclusion to Darby and Michael's story. I liked it but it wasn't intense enough for me, and seemed to drag too much for my tastes. I am glad, however, they got their happily ever after, and I have warm feelings just thinking about it considering everything they went through to get there.

Vertical: 3.5 stars
Michael's friend (ahem *fixer*) Avi gets his own short story in Vertical. The woman he's always loved has just sent him a text with a codeword that lets him know she needs his help. Of course he'll help her, even if it means his heart will be even more worse for wear after seeing the woman who jilted him at the altar. Yep...

I admit to not liking Jasmine too much in this. I admired her passion and what she had passion for - taking down traffickers like the ones who did the same to her, but she was, self admittedly, a hot mess, and hurt Avi unnecessarily. I just couldn't connect with her. I did like the story, and can't wait for a more complete story for them.

Loaded: A Holiday Romance: 4 stars
Marsh is finally bringing his girlfriend to meet his family. Yikes. He hasn't told her much about them, but she's about to get a crash course in horrible, rich assholes who are incredibly racist, politically incorrect, and out of touch. Marsh will be lucky to keep her after this...

Jada is a badass woman, though, and conducts herself with class and sass. She just needs a minute to get past the fact that Marsh didn't tell her how awful his family is, AND that he's not exactly the working class stiff he portrays himself as.

Like Vertical, this one just made me want more of this couple and world. I can't wait to see what happens for them next.

Sleigh My Name: 3.5 stars
This is a quick bite showing how Michael gets a do-over of the horrible time he broke things off with Darby. It's short, sweet, and hot. Not exactly deep or anything, but sort of a fun epilogue to their story. I wish it had been longer, honestly, because these two are a great couple.

Meet Kilby Blades

Kilby Blades is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance and rom-com with a little bit of mystery and a lot of heart. Her debut novel, "Snapdragon", was a HOLT Medallion finalist, a Publisher's Weekly BookLife Prize Semi-Finalist, and an IPPY Award medalist. She's been lauded by critics for "easing feminism and equality into her novels" (IndieReader) and "writing characters who complement each other like a fine wine does a good meal" (Publisher's Weekly). She's an oenophile, a cinephile and, most of all, a glutton for a good story.

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