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The Silvered Serpents
by Roshani Chokshi
Well fuck, this book ruined me. More to come.
As someone who read book one, saw the potential, I eagerly grabbed an arc for book two when it was free on NetGalley. Well, I actually grabbed The Silvered Serpents prior to owning book one, but when I read it I dove right into book two.
Oh. Just... OH. What a book. What an absolute treasure of a book. The history, the characters, the plot? Like, damn, way to kick it up a notch.
This book ruined me. Honest to god it did. There was times I went 'oh no' or 'oh my god, no' out-loud. (If I told you they were all Severin and Lalia related scenes that'd be a spoiler enough.) But honestly, the focus of this book has to do with them.
Severin is up there with Kaz Brekker in terms of literary men that have these levels of darkness to them. Severin, however, is OBSESSED with becoming a god, to basically become that of which he got a taste of - an angel or a demon, you pick. Bitter over the loss from book one, he vows that he would change himself to fit the needs of the passion to save the people he loves. Poor Laila has to watch him slide down this slippery slope into cutting off all his emotions, his ties, and his humanity until he gains his god-status. Which she is totally unaware of his true desire to do so. Actually, every one is!
The other characters all have suffered in their own ways. Hypnos and Enrique, a will they/won't they relationship. Zoya and Enrique, a will they/won't they relationship. And poor Laila, what is to become of her.
I can't say any more, but that ending ripped the heart out of me. I hope that the wait for Book 3 is not as long and if you're looking for something to give you that Six of Crows / Crooked Kingdom feeling, this is it.
As someone who read book one, saw the potential, I eagerly grabbed an arc for book two when it was free on NetGalley. Well, I actually grabbed The Silvered Serpents prior to owning book one, but when I read it I dove right into book two.
Oh. Just... OH. What a book. What an absolute treasure of a book. The history, the characters, the plot? Like, damn, way to kick it up a notch.
This book ruined me. Honest to god it did. There was times I went 'oh no' or 'oh my god, no' out-loud. (If I told you they were all Severin and Lalia related scenes that'd be a spoiler enough.) But honestly, the focus of this book has to do with them.
Severin is up there with Kaz Brekker in terms of literary men that have these levels of darkness to them. Severin, however, is OBSESSED with becoming a god, to basically become that of which he got a taste of - an angel or a demon, you pick. Bitter over the loss from book one, he vows that he would change himself to fit the needs of the passion to save the people he loves. Poor Laila has to watch him slide down this slippery slope into cutting off all his emotions, his ties, and his humanity until he gains his god-status. Which she is totally unaware of his true desire to do so. Actually, every one is!
The other characters all have suffered in their own ways. Hypnos and Enrique, a will they/won't they relationship. Zoya and Enrique, a will they/won't they relationship. And poor Laila, what is to become of her.
I can't say any more, but that ending ripped the heart out of me. I hope that the wait for Book 3 is not as long and if you're looking for something to give you that Six of Crows / Crooked Kingdom feeling, this is it.