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The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
5.0
4.75 stars rounded up
Plot: After being coerced by the powerful Order of Babel to 'acquire' an artifact for them, Severin (a wealthy man whose rightful inheritance was stolen from him) gathers a group of unique individuals to help him with his task - his brother in all but blood, a dancer with a serious secret, an engineer with strong abilities and a troubled past, and a historian who was banished. This takes place in Paris in 1889 in a version of the world where a type of ability called forging exists.
Review: This book really blew my mind - I wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as I did, and I was literally on the edge of my seat some of the time. The switched POVs really helped (we get a number of perspectives from the different members of the crew) and I believe gave the book a different feel. My only potential poing of constructive criticism is that it felt a bit long at places, however there was never a point where I felt bored or tuned out. The different representation in this book was great too - people from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds, an autistic character (as an autistic woman myself it is great to see someone who displays neurodiversity in a way books often shy away from), as well as LGBT representation. Each character felt distinct and though it took me a minute to get used to the large cast, it didn't take too long before I was invested in every single one and their story. Overall an absolutely brilliant read and I am so happy to have received this book!
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Narrators: The narrators of the audiobook did a brilliant job of portraying the different emotions and the personalities of different characters as we went through the story. Our male narrator took the segments in the POV of male characters and our female narrator did the reverse, and yet all the characters had a similar 'voice' throughout. There are many accents which had to be done for this audiobook, primarily French, which I think is incredibly difficult but was executed I think quite well. I truly have to congratulate them on making me feel like I knew where each charater was in the room in the way they spoke - a combination of good story and good narrating!
Highly recommend and I cannot wait for the next installment in the series to be translated into audiobook format as I have started the series in audiobook and would value continuing it in the same format!
I have been provided with this audiobook complimentary via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, which I leave voluntarily.
Plot: After being coerced by the powerful Order of Babel to 'acquire' an artifact for them, Severin (a wealthy man whose rightful inheritance was stolen from him) gathers a group of unique individuals to help him with his task - his brother in all but blood, a dancer with a serious secret, an engineer with strong abilities and a troubled past, and a historian who was banished. This takes place in Paris in 1889 in a version of the world where a type of ability called forging exists.
Review: This book really blew my mind - I wasn't expecting to enjoy it as much as I did, and I was literally on the edge of my seat some of the time. The switched POVs really helped (we get a number of perspectives from the different members of the crew) and I believe gave the book a different feel. My only potential poing of constructive criticism is that it felt a bit long at places, however there was never a point where I felt bored or tuned out. The different representation in this book was great too - people from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds, an autistic character (as an autistic woman myself it is great to see someone who displays neurodiversity in a way books often shy away from), as well as LGBT representation. Each character felt distinct and though it took me a minute to get used to the large cast, it didn't take too long before I was invested in every single one and their story. Overall an absolutely brilliant read and I am so happy to have received this book!
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child abuse, torture and deathNarrators: The narrators of the audiobook did a brilliant job of portraying the different emotions and the personalities of different characters as we went through the story. Our male narrator took the segments in the POV of male characters and our female narrator did the reverse, and yet all the characters had a similar 'voice' throughout. There are many accents which had to be done for this audiobook, primarily French, which I think is incredibly difficult but was executed I think quite well. I truly have to congratulate them on making me feel like I knew where each charater was in the room in the way they spoke - a combination of good story and good narrating!
Highly recommend and I cannot wait for the next installment in the series to be translated into audiobook format as I have started the series in audiobook and would value continuing it in the same format!
I have been provided with this audiobook complimentary via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, which I leave voluntarily.