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bxboricua7 's review for:
The Silvered Serpents
by Roshani Chokshi
3.5 - most of the setup was in the first book so this one was easier to follow.
Basically, the group is looking for The Divine Lyrics, an ancient artifact that may save Laila’s life and which Severin hopes will turn them into gods, so he never has to lose them. Severin is haunted by Tristan’s loss and pushes the others away.
They find the Sleeping Palace (an ice mansion in Siberia) and the Divine Lyre (not lyrics and not a book as they thought.
It turns out you need to have blood of the Lost Muses (women who were exposed to Babel fragments) to use the Lyre. Everyone believes it is Laila since she was Forged, but it’s really Severin. When their new allies turn out to be agents of the Fallen House, Severin fakes Enrique and Zofia’s deaths and leaves with the Fallen House. He leaves Laila behind- who thinks Severin has killed their friends. Hypnos must help rescue them and get to Severin before the Fallen House get a chance to use him for their own agenda.
Plot threads:
- Will the Lyre save Laila or will it destroy her?
- What was the strange letter Zofia received near the end? Did something happen to her sister Hela, who was sick? Or is it a marriage invite since Hela met a man that she liked?
- we need Kahina’s backstory. How did Severin come to be? Is she really dead?
- also, Tristan was a serial killer? I thought Severin killed their foster fathers but it was apparently Tristan (who also had help from Delphine, matriarch of House Kore).
- Delphine has loved Severin as if he was her child this whole time, secretly supporting him as the original patron of L’Eden and watching over their terrible foster parents. She made sure he didn’t pass the House test because everyone would find out he was from the lineage of the Lost Muses. She had promised Kahina to look out for him. She sacrifices herself to save him in the end.
Basically, the group is looking for The Divine Lyrics, an ancient artifact that may save Laila’s life and which Severin hopes will turn them into gods, so he never has to lose them. Severin is haunted by Tristan’s loss and pushes the others away.
They find the Sleeping Palace (an ice mansion in Siberia) and the Divine Lyre (not lyrics and not a book as they thought.
It turns out you need to have blood of the Lost Muses (women who were exposed to Babel fragments) to use the Lyre. Everyone believes it is Laila since she was Forged, but it’s really Severin. When their new allies turn out to be agents of the Fallen House, Severin fakes Enrique and Zofia’s deaths and leaves with the Fallen House. He leaves Laila behind- who thinks Severin has killed their friends. Hypnos must help rescue them and get to Severin before the Fallen House get a chance to use him for their own agenda.
Plot threads:
- Will the Lyre save Laila or will it destroy her?
- What was the strange letter Zofia received near the end? Did something happen to her sister Hela, who was sick? Or is it a marriage invite since Hela met a man that she liked?
- we need Kahina’s backstory. How did Severin come to be? Is she really dead?
- also, Tristan was a serial killer? I thought Severin killed their foster fathers but it was apparently Tristan (who also had help from Delphine, matriarch of House Kore).
- Delphine has loved Severin as if he was her child this whole time, secretly supporting him as the original patron of L’Eden and watching over their terrible foster parents. She made sure he didn’t pass the House test because everyone would find out he was from the lineage of the Lost Muses. She had promised Kahina to look out for him. She sacrifices herself to save him in the end.