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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
This is a fun little romp with excitement and not quite as much romance as I expected from the cover description.
However, I found some of the action sequences and descriptions confusing. Mostly I just overlooked the parts that didn't make sense, but two things brought me out of the story. First, the countdown to the big event didn't make sense. In one chapter it was three- weeks away, and then 4 days later it was one week away. I think the author may need a better editor to catch those discrepancies. Second, the book takes place along Lake Baikal, but the description keeps mentioning the "Ural Mountains" in the distance. No. The Ural mountains are two thousand miles from Lake Baikal. A quick look on a map would have easily cleared up that mistake. Every time the Urals were mentioned as a backdrop to lake Baikal, it took me out of the story. Again, I really suggest the author find an editor who can catch these details. Even in a fantasy, things need to make sense.
However, I found some of the action sequences and descriptions confusing. Mostly I just overlooked the parts that didn't make sense, but two things brought me out of the story. First, the countdown to the big event didn't make sense. In one chapter it was three- weeks away, and then 4 days later it was one week away. I think the author may need a better editor to catch those discrepancies. Second, the book takes place along Lake Baikal, but the description keeps mentioning the "Ural Mountains" in the distance. No. The Ural mountains are two thousand miles from Lake Baikal. A quick look on a map would have easily cleared up that mistake. Every time the Urals were mentioned as a backdrop to lake Baikal, it took me out of the story. Again, I really suggest the author find an editor who can catch these details. Even in a fantasy, things need to make sense.
I’d like to start off by saying that I won this ARC from a goodreads giveaway and I’m very thankful I was able to read this book and provide a review of it before its release. Now, onto the review!
The Gilded Wolves was thick with information that I quite frankly didn’t fully understand. I felt like a lot of things went over my head and I didn’t get a feel for who the characters really were. I rated it a 3/5 because it had the potential to get better.
The Silvered Serpents far surpassed my expectations and I could not put this book down. Since I’ve just finished this book that left off with quite the cliffhanger (and I’ll admit I almost threw this book across the room because of things that I can’t say because spoilers) here are some of my thoughts in bullet points because my brain is still trying to process what this book has done to me
• We get to learn more about Tristan and his past and how Tristan’s death is affecting Severin
• Hypnos is my favorite and should be protected at all costs. His banter with everyone just brings me so much joy and his need to belong breaks my heart
• There was so much more adventure and suspense in this book that just captured my attention. There was also less info dumping that made my brain happy
• Zofia should also be protected at all costs. I love seeing her develop as a character. You see her raw and real thoughts as she struggles to understand basic human emotion and interaction. She sees things in a way that others don’t and there is one part towards the end of the book that had me really cheering for this girl.
I came into this book very skeptical because I wasn’t a huge fan of the first book but here I am, eagerly awaiting the next book and this one hasn’t even officially come out yet. If you weren’t a huge fan of the first book, I highly recommend you at least give the second book a shot because it’s totally worth it.
The Gilded Wolves was thick with information that I quite frankly didn’t fully understand. I felt like a lot of things went over my head and I didn’t get a feel for who the characters really were. I rated it a 3/5 because it had the potential to get better.
The Silvered Serpents far surpassed my expectations and I could not put this book down. Since I’ve just finished this book that left off with quite the cliffhanger (and I’ll admit I almost threw this book across the room because of things that I can’t say because spoilers) here are some of my thoughts in bullet points because my brain is still trying to process what this book has done to me
• We get to learn more about Tristan and his past and how Tristan’s death is affecting Severin
• Hypnos is my favorite and should be protected at all costs. His banter with everyone just brings me so much joy and his need to belong breaks my heart
• There was so much more adventure and suspense in this book that just captured my attention. There was also less info dumping that made my brain happy
• Zofia should also be protected at all costs. I love seeing her develop as a character. You see her raw and real thoughts as she struggles to understand basic human emotion and interaction. She sees things in a way that others don’t and there is one part towards the end of the book that had me really cheering for this girl.
I came into this book very skeptical because I wasn’t a huge fan of the first book but here I am, eagerly awaiting the next book and this one hasn’t even officially come out yet. If you weren’t a huge fan of the first book, I highly recommend you at least give the second book a shot because it’s totally worth it.
A few months ago, my sister and I read The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi and fell head over heels in love, which is why when our good pal Erin (asthebookends) asked us to guest review an earc of the The Silvered Serpents, our answer was a very calm “yes”. *insert sounds of lie detectors going haywire*
The following review is also available on Erin’s blog.
The story picks up shortly after the events of The Gilded Wolves, with all the pain, heartbreak and angst that entails. Tristan is dead, Laila is dying, Enrique and Hypnos are in a relationship that may or may not be destined for doom, Zofia struggles with some complicated feelings. Through it all, a grieving Séverin is being an absolute prick (somehow making Chiara love him even more.)
It was interesting to step into a world that was extremely familiar and yet so much darker. Conflict ruled the narrative, both within the individual characters and in the relationships. Love, friendship, loyalty—everything was strained to a breaking point. The character development was incredibly done, and every member of the L’Eden group comes of out this book with new secrets, new revelations, new layers, making them incredibly real, relatable and just overall loveable.
A weaker book would have suffered our busy schedule and editing exhaustion, but Roshani Chokshi’s incredibly lush writing carried us through and kept us on the edge of our seats through every discovery, twist and turn. We will be honest, we thought the story was headed in a certain direction, but come the end of the book, everything we believed was turned against us and delivered one hell of a shocking finale. If you thought The Gilded Wolves was heartbreaking…this is worse. So much worse.
Naturally, this sequel could get no less than 5 glorious stars from both of us. We’re anxiously waiting for the book’s release in September to devour it again and we’re already counting down the days until the third book. Or at least an arc because the pain is real.
The following review is also available on Erin’s blog.
The story picks up shortly after the events of The Gilded Wolves, with all the pain, heartbreak and angst that entails. Tristan is dead, Laila is dying, Enrique and Hypnos are in a relationship that may or may not be destined for doom, Zofia struggles with some complicated feelings. Through it all, a grieving Séverin is being an absolute prick (somehow making Chiara love him even more.)
It was interesting to step into a world that was extremely familiar and yet so much darker. Conflict ruled the narrative, both within the individual characters and in the relationships. Love, friendship, loyalty—everything was strained to a breaking point. The character development was incredibly done, and every member of the L’Eden group comes of out this book with new secrets, new revelations, new layers, making them incredibly real, relatable and just overall loveable.
A weaker book would have suffered our busy schedule and editing exhaustion, but Roshani Chokshi’s incredibly lush writing carried us through and kept us on the edge of our seats through every discovery, twist and turn. We will be honest, we thought the story was headed in a certain direction, but come the end of the book, everything we believed was turned against us and delivered one hell of a shocking finale. If you thought The Gilded Wolves was heartbreaking…this is worse. So much worse.
Naturally, this sequel could get no less than 5 glorious stars from both of us. We’re anxiously waiting for the book’s release in September to devour it again and we’re already counting down the days until the third book. Or at least an arc because the pain is real.
- I was able to enjoy and understand this book more than the first book in the series
- I had more of an understanding of the world and the characters this time around
- I appreciate that you get to see all of the main characters insecurities in this book and they just seem more fleshed out
- I understand Severin was struggling a lot with grief but he was really hard to read in this book and I hated the way he treated the other characters
- I really love the other four characters and how much they all love each other
- I had more of an understanding of the world and the characters this time around
- I appreciate that you get to see all of the main characters insecurities in this book and they just seem more fleshed out
- I understand Severin was struggling a lot with grief but he was really hard to read in this book and I hated the way he treated the other characters
- I really love the other four characters and how much they all love each other
Popsugar Reading Challenge 2020: A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title
(More of a 4.5/5 stars.)
I regret reading this... only because now I have to wait an entire year for the sequel.
God, how will I survive?
(More of a 4.5/5 stars.)
I regret reading this... only because now I have to wait an entire year for the sequel.
God, how will I survive?
I didn’t enjoy this as much as the first- there is strange violence against women with no real resolution why and the whole sexual connection with blood forging was just…. I don’t know… not healthy. There’s also the revelation that a character in the first book had significant violent mental health issues.And then the cliffhanger- I get why but not really. Finally, as with my review with the first book, the characters act much older than the supposed late teens/early 20s. There behavior is more late 20s/30s but the banter is not.
I’ll read the next book because I need to know how it’s going to wrap up but I wanted a bit more…
I’ll read the next book because I need to know how it’s going to wrap up but I wanted a bit more…
~i got to stop leaving in denial that ROSHANI CHOKSI couldn't hurt us anymore than she did in THE GILDED SERPENTS~
ahahahahahahahahahah in your face, GAYATRI
this book killed me and i am not okay. i was on my toes the whole time and i kept wishing and praying for all the characters and fuck i have never done that.
everytime a story ended in a cliffhanger i dreaded to start the next chapter because 'you know,T'
ahahahahahahahahahah in your face, GAYATRI
this book killed me and i am not okay. i was on my toes the whole time and i kept wishing and praying for all the characters and fuck i have never done that.
everytime a story ended in a cliffhanger i dreaded to start the next chapter because 'you know,T'
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My most favourite of the trilogy. I liked the setting and the mystery in this one. Still the same gripes as the others, but I was more invested in the world and the winter palace.
I liked this book a lot more than The Gilded Wolves. I think partly it is because I went into this with the right expectations, so I knew there wasn’t going to be a lot of explanations about how the world and the magic system worked. It’s still a pretty cool world and magic system even things are not really explained in detail.
The main characters are still amazing and the relationship between them got so angsty and so much more complex in this book, because all the characters are trying to deal with their grief over what happened in The Gilded Wolves and some are not handling it well, which is messing with all the relationships. Also, there’s so much longing in this book, everyone is longing for someone else and not only in a romantic sense, and it was very painful to read at times. Zofia and Eduardo are my favorite characters and their relationship is the best, I can’t wait to see where it goes in the next book.
This is another heist book and it isn’t outstanding but it’s interesting enough. Mostly, I was invested in everything that was happening because I didn’t want anything bad to happen to the characters, and this book did such a good job of keeping me at the edge of my seat for the last chunk because so much happens. While there were some predictable aspects, the plot was overall more engaging than the plot in The Gilded Wolves, I think partly because there weren’t as many things happening, so it was easier to follow and be engaged in the story. There’s a change of setting and the characters end up in a strange and magical place and it was interesting seeing them explore it, which is something I really appreciated about the story.
Overall, The Silvered Serpents was an angsty story full of complex relationships, longing and grief, but also a fun adventure with twists and turns that will keep you at the edge of your sit.
The main characters are still amazing and the relationship between them got so angsty and so much more complex in this book, because all the characters are trying to deal with their grief over what happened in The Gilded Wolves and some are not handling it well, which is messing with all the relationships. Also, there’s so much longing in this book, everyone is longing for someone else and not only in a romantic sense, and it was very painful to read at times. Zofia and Eduardo are my favorite characters and their relationship is the best, I can’t wait to see where it goes in the next book.
This is another heist book and it isn’t outstanding but it’s interesting enough. Mostly, I was invested in everything that was happening because I didn’t want anything bad to happen to the characters, and this book did such a good job of keeping me at the edge of my seat for the last chunk because so much happens. While there were some predictable aspects, the plot was overall more engaging than the plot in The Gilded Wolves, I think partly because there weren’t as many things happening, so it was easier to follow and be engaged in the story. There’s a change of setting and the characters end up in a strange and magical place and it was interesting seeing them explore it, which is something I really appreciated about the story.
Overall, The Silvered Serpents was an angsty story full of complex relationships, longing and grief, but also a fun adventure with twists and turns that will keep you at the edge of your sit.