A review by luckykosmos
The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi

adventurous fast-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Most characters were more fleshed out - in particular, I'm much ore invested in Severin - and most puzzles were more interesting. My personal pet peeve of linguistic clues that may not hold to scrutiny persists. But that isn't what marks this down for me - I'm still frustrated at how repetitive Zofia's characterization feels in regards to her autism. Yes, we understand that there are certain things that she interprets differently; I don't think Chokshi has succeeded yet in deviating from stereotype, especially when she does introduce interesting facets of her personality that aren't mentioned again. To Chokshi's credit, I much preferred Hypnos this time around, him feeling like a much more fleshed out character, but the Hypnos/Enrique/Zofia triangle drags to me, likely because I don't think Zofia's character is done justice. And I want her to be! She's still one of my favorite characters, but is it because of what she is or what she could be? 
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