A review by nathaniacalaee
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

adventurous fast-paced

4.0

This book was so good omg!! The way that this is the 10th fantasy book I've ever read and FINISHED in my life and it ate! Roshani Chokshi I LOVE YOU!! As much as I don't want to say it because this book should stand on its own, it reminded me of Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo. I have been searching for a book that would give me anything to cure my Six of Crows hangover and I have found the book! Although, as fun and great as I think the book is, I'm rating it a 4 star because I think I needed 100 extra pages to give me more worldbuilding (which I know I shouldn't fault because this is the first in a series, but I have no idea how the magic system even works lol... powder? mind affinity-- at least I think that's what it's called-- matter affinity? forging? WHAT DO THESE WORDS MEAN?!), less scenes between Severin and Laila (just so I would be able to soak up the previous scene and have time to long for another one between them... if that makes sense), and more down time so I could see how they reason through hatching another plan for a mission (this is just a personal thing because I want to go through the motions with them and I felt like there was minimal space between the plan and the mission being done). Critiques aside, I think this book was strong enough to make me want to continue the series and go along the fun ride!!