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The Silvered Serpents (The Gilded Wolves, #2)
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Roshani Chokshi's beautiful writing continues to create the stunning world in this sequel where the L'Eden squad are searching for an artefact mentioned in the first book, in the midst of a snow-clad Siberia and on the grounds of a Sleeping Palace where the magic, puzzles, and stakes continue to rise. With a greater focus on the emotional pain, struggle, and misunderstanding among the characters, especially after the saddening end of The Gilded Wolves , this instalment easily delivers heartbreak, dwindling relationships, and love that surpasses loss as well friendship. In terms of plot complexity, The Silvered Serpents ranks lower than the predecessor but the essence of a diverse cast and a set-up for what the dangerous combination of pain + power can bring to a table where godly purposes are thought to be the ultimate solution, continues to effortlessly impress in this character-oriented sequel and certainly makes one anticipate the conclusion of this trilogy.
August 16, 2020: I have finished reading it. While I was hoping to get a happiness-filled epilogue where all of them would be making a cake in the kitchen, what I did get was jam. The third book is needed! Full review to come.
August 8, 2020: Starting this and I'm here for the Winter Conclave, for Zofia & Enrique to make me feel dumb, for Hypnos to basically be me, and for Laila to explain the meaning of majnun to Severin while I carry all the emotional baggage that the gilded wolves left me with. A buddy read with Uma & Gargee on bookstagram!
May 28, 2020: After desperately crying for an early copy all over Twitter, my day has been MADE by the publicist for listening to my passion for the squad and getting me a digital copy. AHHHH!
August 16, 2019: Oh, so you want me to wait till Feb 2020 for this? ALRIGHT, fine, I'll just hibernate till then because what's life without this sequel to that hell cliffhanger of The Gilded Wolves!
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Aug 16, 2019
bookshelves: 2020-releases, author-is-ownvoices, biracial-mixed-mc, black-mc, books-with-diversity, colonialism-imperialism-war, diaspora, historical-fantasy, indian-author, indian-mc, jewish-mc, lgbtqia, m-f-romance, queer-mc, read-an-early-version, review-copy-arc-provided, romantic-undertone, set-in-russia, south-asian-author, south-asian-diaspora, south-asian-mc, south-east-asian-author, south-east-asian-mc, young-adult-fiction, wishlist
The Gilded Wolves (#1) ★★★★★
The Silvered Serpents (#2) ★★★★☆
Roshani Chokshi's beautiful writing continues to create the stunning world in this sequel where the L'Eden squad are searching for an artefact mentioned in the first book, in the midst of a snow-clad Siberia and on the grounds of a Sleeping Palace where the magic, puzzles, and stakes continue to rise. With a greater focus on the emotional pain, struggle, and misunderstanding among the characters, especially after the saddening end of The Gilded Wolves , this instalment easily delivers heartbreak, dwindling relationships, and love that surpasses loss as well friendship. In terms of plot complexity, The Silvered Serpents ranks lower than the predecessor but the essence of a diverse cast and a set-up for what the dangerous combination of pain + power can bring to a table where godly purposes are thought to be the ultimate solution, continues to effortlessly impress in this character-oriented sequel and certainly makes one anticipate the conclusion of this trilogy.
↣ an early digital copy received via netgalley
August 16, 2020: I have finished reading it. While I was hoping to get a happiness-filled epilogue where all of them would be making a cake in the kitchen, what I did get was jam. The third book is needed! Full review to come.
August 8, 2020: Starting this and I'm here for the Winter Conclave, for Zofia & Enrique to make me feel dumb, for Hypnos to basically be me, and for Laila to explain the meaning of majnun to Severin while I carry all the emotional baggage that the gilded wolves left me with. A buddy read with Uma & Gargee on bookstagram!
May 28, 2020: After desperately crying for an early copy all over Twitter, my day has been MADE by the publicist for listening to my passion for the squad and getting me a digital copy. AHHHH!
August 16, 2019: Oh, so you want me to wait till Feb 2020 for this? ALRIGHT, fine, I'll just hibernate till then because what's life without this sequel to that hell cliffhanger of The Gilded Wolves!
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Reading Progress
December 24, 2018
– Shelved
August 8, 2020
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Started Reading
August 8, 2020
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6.0%
"when someone has always been super fun on the outside and on the inside, they're going through so much that now you can only see the clues and connect the dots but not see that person ever again. yeah, that hurts."
August 10, 2020
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23.0%
"when I tell you I'm literally Hypnos, I mean I did exactly what he did in response to a riddle about noses and smell—touched my nose and smelled my hand."
August 13, 2020
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42.0%
"there are three types of tension: gifting a necklace that's almost like a collar kinda tension, being all lovey-dovey in front of everyone kinda tension, and exchanging epic dialogues on bed kinda tension."
August 15, 2020
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Finished Reading
