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The Silvered Serpents
by Roshani Chokshi
Received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review!
“I wish my love was more beautiful.”
The day I received this I was telling everyone around how lucky and happy I was to get the opportunity to read this early. I thoroughly enjoyed The Gilded Wolves, and in turn fell in love with the author’s other book series The Star-Touched Queen. This book didn’t disappoint for me, it was just what I needed to pull me out of the reading rut that I’ve been in for a couple of months now.
The Silvered Serpents follows its predecessor in being full of all the mysteries, puzzles, and wonder that I had fallen for originally. It’s also very much the “darker middle chapter” in this trilogy, as it should be. While none of the characters ever fully embrace their inner monstrousness, many of the characters explore their inner shadows and the grief that they’ve experienced. The title is very apropos for the contents of this book, and also just so gorgeous.
This book isn’t absolutely perfect, there are a few little things that could be tweaked that I want to bring up. The first is that I feel that how the last book left off was a little misleading for what “this” book actually turned out to be. This isn’t necessarily something wrong, but it did feel a little off for me when reading. The other thing is that the world building is definitely a bit lacking... Fortunately for me, I’m much more interested in the characters than in the world, so it was all okay.
The author’s love of both mythology and words is so very clear to see that it would have been difficult for me not to love this book that she so carefully and lovingly crafted. While it’s not without some flaws, I would absolutely recommend this book and am so looking forward to the finale.
“I wish my love was more beautiful.”
The day I received this I was telling everyone around how lucky and happy I was to get the opportunity to read this early. I thoroughly enjoyed The Gilded Wolves, and in turn fell in love with the author’s other book series The Star-Touched Queen. This book didn’t disappoint for me, it was just what I needed to pull me out of the reading rut that I’ve been in for a couple of months now.
The Silvered Serpents follows its predecessor in being full of all the mysteries, puzzles, and wonder that I had fallen for originally. It’s also very much the “darker middle chapter” in this trilogy, as it should be. While none of the characters ever fully embrace their inner monstrousness, many of the characters explore their inner shadows and the grief that they’ve experienced. The title is very apropos for the contents of this book, and also just so gorgeous.
This book isn’t absolutely perfect, there are a few little things that could be tweaked that I want to bring up. The first is that I feel that how the last book left off was a little misleading for what “this” book actually turned out to be. This isn’t necessarily something wrong, but it did feel a little off for me when reading. The other thing is that the world building is definitely a bit lacking... Fortunately for me, I’m much more interested in the characters than in the world, so it was all okay.
The author’s love of both mythology and words is so very clear to see that it would have been difficult for me not to love this book that she so carefully and lovingly crafted. While it’s not without some flaws, I would absolutely recommend this book and am so looking forward to the finale.