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readingthroughinfinity's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I read the Gilded Wolves in 2019 and I deserve, quite frankly, to step on lego for not having read the sequel until THREE years later. Three years? For shame.
Anyway, I finally listened to it on audio and, although it was missing some of the panache and energy of the first book, I did enjoy it. I really liked the found family vibes of book one, so I was happy to the group back together for another quest, but it was sad to see Séverin so emotionally removed from everyone else.
Roshani Chokshi really said, I see you were invested in the romances from book one, well here's nothing but pain in book two. Laila and Enrique, my queen and my soft cinnamon roll, I'm so sorry you both deserved better. I also felt like the plot wasn't always clearly narrated, but this might just be because I was listening to the audiobook. Curious to see how book three ends the trilogy!
Content warnings for parental abandonment, grief and mentions of a past death, violence, internalised ableism, prejudice towards sex workers, mentions of antisemitism.
Anyway, I finally listened to it on audio and, although it was missing some of the panache and energy of the first book, I did enjoy it. I really liked the found family vibes of book one, so I was happy to the group back together for another quest, but it was sad to see Séverin so emotionally removed from everyone else.
Roshani Chokshi really said, I see you were invested in the romances from book one, well here's nothing but pain in book two. Laila and Enrique, my queen and my soft cinnamon roll, I'm so sorry you both deserved better. I also felt like the plot wasn't always clearly narrated, but this might just be because I was listening to the audiobook. Curious to see how book three ends the trilogy!
Content warnings for parental abandonment, grief and mentions of a past death, violence, internalised ableism, prejudice towards sex workers, mentions of antisemitism.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Violence, Ableism, and Abandonment
Minor: Antisemitism, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail
karambit's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, Blood, Death, Violence, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Gore, Alcohol, Confinement, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Infertility, Cultural appropriation, and Self harm
humanmosquito's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
it was decent, just underwhelming. Chokshi tends to write for a younger audience and that shows in the narrative.
I found the book less focused than The Gilded Wolves, and I can’t decide if that was intentional on the writer's part. Regardless made it hard to connect to the characters emotionally.
The plot was a good concept and had a near decent execution.
I didn’t like Laila and Séverin. It seems to be a common criticism but they just did nothing here. Laila on her own could have had a good storyline but Sèverin is a dead weight holding her back.
What I did like: Enrique and Zofia’s separate character arcs, as a couple they’re nearly as boring as Laila/séverin. Hypnos was just wasted potential. He shouldn’t have been there just to make Zofia/Enrique look better, it cheapened the whole bullshit love triangle.
I don’t think any of these characters like each other romantically.
I found the book less focused than The Gilded Wolves, and I can’t decide if that was intentional on the writer's part. Regardless made it hard to connect to the characters emotionally.
The plot was a good concept and had a near decent execution.
I didn’t like Laila and Séverin. It seems to be a common criticism but they just did nothing here. Laila on her own could have had a good storyline but Sèverin is a dead weight holding her back.
What I did like: Enrique and Zofia’s separate character arcs, as a couple they’re nearly as boring as Laila/séverin. Hypnos was just wasted potential. He shouldn’t have been there just to make Zofia/Enrique look better, it cheapened the whole bullshit love triangle.
I don’t think any of these characters like each other romantically.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Antisemitism, and Violence
Minor: Homophobia and Racism
kamibeanz's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
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