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A review by danaleelin
The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi
5.0
St. Martins Press, Wednesday Books and Netgalley are the source of all my joy in this time of unknown.
While Gilded Wolves is a warm sensual adventure in the land of Paris. Silvered Serpents is the chilling and thrilling follow up in the ice covered land of Russia. And let me tell you it shattered my heart like a icicle falling to an unforgiving ground. (Read: GREAT AMAZING IM DYING. ITS FINE)
Picking up a short time after the devastating conclusion of Gilded Wolves, the beginning of the book takes us on a painful journey of healing. Nothing is forgotten and moving forward seems near impossible. There is a hollowness and desperation from all the characters that makes you as the reader feel your heart squeeze.
But what I absolutely love about Roshani Chokshi is that she blends action adventure heartbreak and humor like a forged item that only she can control.
You will be in the middle of a tense moment and a character will have a perfect one liner that will make you laugh aloud and then worry for their safety in the next breathe. Because I love all of them, and no one is ever safe.
There is something so scientific and poetic about the writing too. Many times words were used that I had never heard and then when I realized their meaning saw that they fit perfectly in a tale of this world. A world we’re magic, science and the divine are a tethered chord.
I just finished it and I am uncertain if my blood pressure will ever be the same until the next installment comes into my life.
5/5
While Gilded Wolves is a warm sensual adventure in the land of Paris. Silvered Serpents is the chilling and thrilling follow up in the ice covered land of Russia. And let me tell you it shattered my heart like a icicle falling to an unforgiving ground. (Read: GREAT AMAZING IM DYING. ITS FINE)
Picking up a short time after the devastating conclusion of Gilded Wolves, the beginning of the book takes us on a painful journey of healing. Nothing is forgotten and moving forward seems near impossible. There is a hollowness and desperation from all the characters that makes you as the reader feel your heart squeeze.
But what I absolutely love about Roshani Chokshi is that she blends action adventure heartbreak and humor like a forged item that only she can control.
You will be in the middle of a tense moment and a character will have a perfect one liner that will make you laugh aloud and then worry for their safety in the next breathe. Because I love all of them, and no one is ever safe.
There is something so scientific and poetic about the writing too. Many times words were used that I had never heard and then when I realized their meaning saw that they fit perfectly in a tale of this world. A world we’re magic, science and the divine are a tethered chord.
I just finished it and I am uncertain if my blood pressure will ever be the same until the next installment comes into my life.
5/5