A review by girlgetsbook
The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi

adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The passing of this was way better than the first book, I was more eager to pick it up and to follow the story, some characters came into their own a lot more (Laila was wonderful), even though some characters completely lost it and I couldn't follow their decisions at all (Séverin). However, even though the passing of it was better, hardly any action happened in this which may have been for the best, I think the author shines best when she's talking about puzzles, ancient stories, myths and folklore, than whe she's writing a very dynamic action sequence. I still love Zophia and Enrique, they are still my favorites and I enjoyed spending time with them in this book, as I did in the other, they are really promising characters. I hated the addition of the two new characters, Eva was pretty racist and misogynistic but the author wanted us to sympathize with her, don't even get me started on Ruslan, all of his dialogue was nonsense. 
Again we had a very mustache-twirling villain that carefully explained their motivations to us as if in a cartoon. We also had a plot twist that came from nowhere and that could've been more hinted at than it was.
Overall I thought it was a fine book with some lovable characters and I will pick up the next book, mostly for Enrique, Zophia and Laila, though.