A review by bookishbat
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

it typically does not take me this long to read ~400 page books, but this one took me a while, and i'm going to basically summarize TGW like this: something is missing.

the plot felt very underwhelming. the world-building to this version of paris + houses + forging felt very surface-level. i'm not quite sure i could explain the concept back to you. the characters also felt like something was equally missing. i could take up some personality traits and whatnot, but i really only left the novel really enjoying zofia and hypnos. everyone else felt like they had a 'set' personality that wasn't just discovered yet or just wasn't touched. 

spoilers:
tristan was an off-case. i never felt any emotion for him to begin with and never any emotion at the end. the saddest part was laila and the hot cocoa, not even tristan's death.


everything felt surface level and underwhelming. like i said, something is missing. BUT, this book is gorgeous with representation and diversity. i don't think i've ever read a book with such natural levels of representation.
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