Forged: A Novella

Golden #0.5

by K.M. Robinson

Before Lowell sent Auluria on a mission for his master plan of destruction, before Shadoe trained her to be a vicious and deceptive fighter, before she ever met Dov Baer and his family, Auluria was a young girl merely trying to survive. Once she is brought into Lowell’s fold after the death of her aunt, Auluria is placed under the supervision of Shadoe, a cruel and careless mentor. She must learn to fight to further her cousin’s mission to destroy the Society that persecutes their own people. As her training continues she finds herself in growingly dangerous situations, all leading to her greatest mission yet: to destroy Dov and Berwyn Baer and become the deceptive fighter Lowell has made her to be.

Unknown Binding

First published August 8, 2017

About the author

K.M. Robinson is a storyteller who creates new worlds both in her writing and in her fine arts conceptual photography. She is a marketing, branding and social media strategy educator who is recognized at first sight by her very long hair. She is a creative who focuses on photography, videography, couture dress making, and writing to express the stories she needs to tell. She almost always has a camera within reach.

Reviews

[Yentl · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite book by K.M. Robinson so far, I just loved it!

In Forged - basically the prequel to Golden - we learn what happens to Auluria during her training. Each character introduced in this book has a purpose, which I thought was great because sometimes characters are just there in certain books and don't do anything else. My favorite part was her dynamic with Shadoe.

This is a fun, quick read full of action and intriguing scenes!

[Sissy Lu {Book Savvy Reviews} · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ahhh, so I thoroughly enjoyed this read. We gain insight in regards to how Auluria was trained for her mission, how she was prepared and even a little more insight on Shadoe, who is the right-hand man to Auluria's cousin, Lowell.

We see her grow as far as enduring training methods and how she has prepared for the ultimate mission, which is infiltrating the Baer Family's household, gaining their trust and procuring sensitive information. We see what she must do to stay alive.

With the guidance of Shadoe, Auluria is well on her way, but there are some difficulties along the way.

If you haven't read GOLDEN by KM Robinson yet, this is a great place to start. It leads up to the book and explains more in regard to the relationships between Lowell, Shadoe, and Auluria...and what went down before the Baer's.

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[Jess (bookwyrmbella) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received an ARC copy. This is my honest opinion.

If you loved Golden, then this is a MUST read! You get to see how Auluria was trained and you get more insight into her relationship with Shadoe and Lowell. You get to see even more of Lowell's manipulations - the Puppet Master pulling all the strings. This helps you see exactly who Auluria is and how she became the person we meet in Golden. Then choices make even more sense once you read this. You even get a fun glimpse of a character from Golden if you're paying close enough attention.

[Joy · Rating 3 out of 5]

My review on Forged (The Golden Trilogy Book 0)

I have read Golden and have made a longer review on that book which you’ll be able to get to for my profile? For this reason I’ll not repeat myself in the below and suggest you read the Golden review.

Nothing much as change on this book from the review I’d left on Golden. I was going to bypass this book, but it was 99p and I was hoping that maybe I’ll get a little more back history on what was going on in that world other then just her long hair and training, however this was not the case.
It is suggested on Amazon that you read this after Golden and before you read Locked, which is meant to be the follow on from the first book.

I do feel this book should have been part of Golden it’s not giving that much of the new, just more of the rinse and repeat that you find in the first book; but her history with her Lowell and Shadoe; told with some added characters, but other then that it’s Golden with new names.

It’s not long, ten chapters that are very short. For that reason along I just cannot understand why the writer could not have added them within Golden the day-dreaming flashbacks that Auluria had in the first book. I may have rated Golden higher for content.