I raced through this one - luckily reading the first one just before. The one thing that I struggled with in this novel was the pacing at the beginning. I felt like a lot of things happened off the page - we just heard about it all secondhand. Other than that, I loved seeing the evolution of everyone's characters. This little tribe just keeps growing on me. I loved it. I can't believe that there was such a cliffhanger at the end - it just makes me want the third book NOW!

I am absolutely enchanted by this series. The characters are so deep and layered I want to know absolutely everything about them.

In this book, we find out more backstory about the characters, and about their motivations and fears. Severin and Laila are at odds but more from stubbornness than anything, and it's MADDENING. Enrico, Zofia, and Hypnos are gaining a more complete shape, and are so much more than just "the gang".

I have to take a moment to recognize what a magical hand Chokshi has with words. Not just with writing them, but in using them together in the most beautiful way possible. It's a pleasure to read her writing.

This book has many of the elements I love - mystery, travel, magic, books, snark, sass (because they are certainly different), love, and danger, and I loved every moment of it. It (again) left readers dangling, and I can't wait until book three.

A great follow up to The Gilded Wolves. At times there is the curse of the second book in the series, that it can’t live up to the first. This is not one of those cases. It has the same lyrical writing and intense plot of the first. The last 20 pages runs you through all the emotions. Loved it and can’t wait for the next one!

Thank you to Wednesday Books, and Netgalley for arc All opinions are my own!

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The Silvered Serpents is a deeper and intense than the First book in this incredible series. Mythical full of magical places and flawed people. For those who have read The Gilded Wolves, this book lives up to that storyline and the characters we came to love.The stakes are higher and our band of misfortunate characters are changed due to the events of The Gilded Wolves. They are darker, wounded, and it feels in every Trying to come back to normal. But their obsessive pursuit for the Power of God holds them in its grip. Would it bring them absolution or would it become their ruination?

Returning to the dark and glamorous world of her New York Times instant bestseller, The Gilded Wolves, Roshani Chokshi has delivered us with another riveting tale as full of mystery and danger as ever.

They are each other’s fiercest love, greatest danger, and only hope.

As hidden secrets come to the light and the ghosts of the past catch up to them, the crew will discover new dimensions of themselves. But what they find out may lead them down paths they never imagined.
This is tale of love and betrayal as the crew risks their lives for one last daring job.

Still reeling from the events of The Gilded Wolves,
The L'Eden gang is on the verge of collapsing all together, something between them has broken they’re no longer a tight knit group of treasure, hunting/heisting young adults as they were before
The band is still reeling over the death of one of their own

Laila, is literally running out of time ,she only has a handful of days before her nineteenth birthday, before the magic forging her together stops working and she literally falls apart.

Early 1890 Paris,
Bustles are on their way out thank God. Very uncomfortable to wear and leg-o-mutton sleeves are about to make a big comeback!
Corsets are getting exponentially tighter!
In Brussels, Vincent van Gogh will sell a grand total of only painting
Women still do not the right to vote

I will not be giving away an spoilers because this instalment holds quite a few revelations that will make readers gasp, and I am here to entice you to dive into them but not to reveal them beforehand.

I will posting a more in-depth review closer to the the release date

Temporary DNF; this book makes zero sense without reading the preceding THE GILDED WOLVES and I had to stop. I'll read the previous book and get back to this one.

Thank you Netgalley for sending me this arc. I will be reviewing this book in the near future with an honest rating and review.

The magic that was Gilded Wolves continues in this second installation. I was immediately swept into this world once again. I absolutely love this book, and I love the characters.

Much like Gilded Wolves, this is part Da Vinci Code, part Indiana Jones, part Legends of the Hidden Temple, part Six of Crows. All the best parts of those combine to form this all new, edge-of-your-seat action fantasy that will have you rooting for these characters, no matter how many mistakes they make. You'll scream, you'll cry, you'll want to throttle Severin a couple times.

And the ending... Well, you'll be screaming into the void until Book 3 comes out.

This book did not contain puzzle pictures like the first one did, which I found myself missing, even though I didn't expect to. However, since I read the arc I am wondering if the puzzle pictures will be added later in the finished copy.

Either way, I cannot recommend this series highly enough. I absolutely loved it!!

I received a digital advanced reader copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Chokshi has done it again! Silver Serpents picked up almost immediately where Gilded Wolves left off. It felt so fluid and seamless.

Again, the characters are my favorite part of this series. I love them and I think they just really make everything about this story better. Silver Serpents has a very emotional and heartbreaking ending. So do not read if you don't want a good cry.

This story moved at such a fast pace and had such a steady flow. It was a rollercoaster of emotions but it was up and down at all the right times. I did feel like I was left with a lot of unanswered questions. I hope we get another novel to answer them.

The villains were a tad predictable, but it was still very intriguing. Honestly, I feel like I liked this a lot more than the first book of the series. I love that the plot was more fully formed.

The writing was so descriptive and super vivid. As usual Chokshi does a wonderful job of world building and character creation and development. This book hurt me. I cried so much. I really hope we get some closure!

Thank you so much to Roshani Chokshi, NetGalley, and St. Martin’s press for allowing me to review this title. This review will be posted on www.featheredfables.wordpress.com closer to the publication date.

Roshani Chokshi has taken what was a beautiful and tragic heist story full of magic and turned it into a new myth full of magical places and flawed people. For those who have read The Gilded Wolves, this book lives up to that storyline and the characters we came to love. This book is no sophomore slump and it reminds me of all the parts of the first book I loved and brings new characters, magic, and stories into this one. Set in a new place full of hostile creatures, people, and weather, The Silvered Serpents is a new adventure with a new urgency. Chokshi's writing is magical and marvelous. Full of lush words and a rich and vibrant location. Her characters are full of depth and heartbreak and reasons behind their own arcs as well as the future of this team embarking on the most dangerous acquisitions of all.

It's wonderful to be back in Séverin's world, to see the mystery of Layla again and watch the adventure unfold as the crew hunts for a long lost artifact that seems to grant the power of a God.

I really can get lost in Roshani Chokshi's writing style. Her characters are intriguing, her world building is detailed and beautiful.
Every character has a deeply hidden secret and something worth fighting for. And the adventure the crew embarks on again is great!

The only sad part now is waiting for the third book as The Silvered Serpents will publish not earlier than next year...
I really love how Roshani Chokshi tells her story and can't wait for the next part of the crew's journey.

As always, thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for granting my wish!

Oh my gosh this book! Wow I can't even begin to explain how much I love this. It was so exciting being able to continue reading about my favorite characters and seeing what happened next.

They are each other’s fiercest love, greatest danger, and only hope.

Paris! Early 1890! Bustles are on their way out and leg-o-mutton sleeves are about to make a big comeback! Corsets are getting exponentially tighter! In Brussels, Vincent van Gogh will sell a grand total of one painting! Also, women still couldn’t vote. But enough with the historical context. It’s early 1890 and, still reeling from the events of The Gilded Wolves, the L’Eden gang returns! Only something between them has broken - they’re no longer the tight-knit group of treasure-hunting/heisting new adults that they were before. The whole crew is still reeling over the death of sweet-baby-angel-with-a-secret-dark-side Tristan, Séverin most of all, though he refuses to admit it. He’s fixated on the idea of attaining godhood for himself and his friends. That way, no one can ever hurt them. Because that is certainly a healthy way of dealing with the fear that bad things might happen to people you love!

Laila, meanwhile, is literally running out of time - she only has a handful of days before her nineteenth birthday, before the magic forging her together stops working and she literally falls apart. Though she resolved to tell no one about the whole dying thing, her resolve is starting to falter. Enrique is trying his hardest to fit in with the Illustrados, only he’s not having much by way of success. Then there’s his relationship with Hypnos, who seems more interested in being included as a fully-fledged member of the L’Eden Gang than he is in Enrique. Zofia is back in Poland, tending to her gravely ill sister Hela, and is ready to quit the gang altogether.

Basically, the L'Eden gang is on the verge of dissolution.

Until Séverin summons them all to L’Eden with the news that he’s discovered a clue that could lead them to the Fallen House’s store of hidden treasure - including the Divine Lyrics, the MacgGuffin that will solve all their problems. For Séverin, the Divine Lyrics will help him and his friends become gods. Laila needs The Divine Lyrics in order to live: she was told all she needs to do is open the book in order to find a way to live past her nineteenth birthday. Zofia desperately needs the money to send back to her sister and Enrique just got rejected by the Illustrados, so why not? And poor Hypnos, desperate to restore his friendship with Séverin and to be part of the club, will do anything to make them all happy.

From the frosted teacake buildings of St. Petersburg to the icy, windswept shores of Lake Baikal (the world’s oldest, and deepest, lake!) our heroes heist and treasure hunt their way to the Sleeping Palace while keeping their activities secret from the Order of Babel. But as much as Laila hopes that spending time with him will bring back the old Séverin, and as much as Zofia pines for Enrique who pines for Hypnos who pines for nothing else than a place to belong, the pursuit of the Divine Lyrics doesn’t seem to be bringing them together. In fact, it seems to drive them further apart. Will the gang ever be able to go back to the way they were when Tristan was alive? Will they find the Divine Lyrics and with it, a way to save Laila? Will Enrique realize that he’s more into Hypnos than Hypnos is into him? Will he then acknowledge his bisexuality and realize that he and Zofia are perfect for one another, goddamn it?

Altogether, Silvered Serpents is an excellent sequel - one of the nice things about reading a sequel is that you don’t have to deal with any of the setup: you know everyone already, you know their stories and their quirks, and now they can just run with the plot. The characters are given more room to develop and breathe while still heisting and treasure hunting to their heart’s content. Chokshi’s writing is stellar. It’s gorgeous without crossing into purple-prose territory, as well as richly detailed and descriptive without ever feeling dense or tedious. But! As is always the problem with the second book in a series, the book ends with a cliffhanger to gear you up for the next one. Only problem is Silvered Serpents doesn’t come out until next February. February! And after that? Book three won’t be out for at least another year, maybe longer depending on Chokshi’s schedule and writing process. It doesn’t even have a title! And waiting is the worst! Ugh. Why do I do this? Why do I keep insisting on getting into serieses...

Oh my god- I LOVED the Gilded Wolves, and I LOVED the Silvered Serpents even more, which I definitely didn’t think would be possible. Roshani does it again with her amazing lyrical prose and great characters. I was even more invested in the story of our favorite misfit gang. The plot in this book took us in new directions and wooowwww that ending. It makes me a little annoyed that I read it so early since I have SO MUCH longer to wait until the next book comes out (but only a little annoyed, because it was so good!).

I felt like we really built on our characters this book. Severin is taking what happened in book one really hard and it’s impacted the way he comes across to his team and the way they see him. Hypnos grew into a character I really loved. All he wants it to be a part of the group! Enrique broke my heart in a few parts. Zofia is still one of my favorites and I love her. Laila is still my absolute favorite, but man, I really just wanted to shake her at points. We got a new character in this book who I wasn’t super sure of at the beginning, but as the story went on, I didn’t really like. I’m not going to say anymore about said character because I don’t want to give anything away, but when y’all read it, let me know if you know who I’m talking about and if you feel the same way as me.

All in all, the Silvered Serpents was an amazing sequel to the Gilded Wolves and I can’t wait for everyone to read it! The Silvered Serpents comes out on February 4th, so pre-order it now, and reread the Gilded Wolves in the mean time. You won’t regret it!

Wow! What a rollercoaster! This book is much darker than The Gilded Wolves and we definitely see less of Chokshi's characteristic witty dialogue, but it all serves a purpose. The characters are growing and making mistakes (painful ones!), leading up to what I believe will be an explosive book 3. The "quest" for the Sleeping Palace and the treasures inside was also delightful and deftly done. And that ending! I can't WAIT for the next book.

“I wish my love was more beautiful.”

The day I received this I was telling everyone around how lucky and happy I was to get the opportunity to read this early. I thoroughly enjoyed The Gilded Wolves, and in turn fell in love with the author’s other book series The Star-Touched Queen. This book didn’t disappoint for me, it was just what I needed to pull me out of the reading rut that I’ve been in for a couple of months now.

The Silvered Serpents follows its predecessor in being full of all the mysteries, puzzles, and wonder that I had fallen for originally. It’s also very much the “darker middle chapter” in this trilogy, as it should be. While none of the characters ever fully embrace their inner monstrousness, many of the characters explore their inner shadows and the grief that they’ve experienced. The title is very apropos for the contents of this book, and also just so gorgeous.

This book isn’t absolutely perfect, there are a few little things that could be tweaked that I want to bring up. The first is that I feel that how the last book left off was a little misleading for what “this” book actually turned out to be. This isn’t necessarily something wrong, but it did feel a little off for me when reading. The other thing is that the world building is definitely a bit lacking... Fortunately for me, I’m much more interested in the characters than in the world, so it was all okay.

The author’s love of both mythology and words is so very clear to see that it would have been difficult for me not to love this book that she so carefully and lovingly crafted. While it’s not without some flaws, I would absolutely recommend this book and am so looking forward to the finale.

The Silvered Serpents is the sequel to Chokshi's stunning Gilded Wolves and it lives up to the hype! Picking up where Gilded Wolves left off, we follow Severin deals with the aftermath of that stunning cliffhanger from book one. With fluid writing, great pacing, and endearing characters, this Y.A. novel is set to be one of the best of 2020!

A special thank you to Netgalley for providing me with a free advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

**Review will not be posted on websites until February 3rd, 2020 (or if the publishing date changes, close to that date)** Posting only here for now!

Thank you to Wednesday Books, and Netgalley for the e-ARC. All opinions are my own!

MY SOUL IS IN TORMENT.

Why you may ask? Well because THAT ENDING HURT ME. It was exactly what the book called for though. Not really a cliffhanger, but feeling a desperate need to see how everything is resolved in the last book. Ohhhhh how I need the last book. If these first two books are any indication (The Gilded Wolves review here!), this finale will rock.

The ANGST I felt in this book for Laila and Severin was on another level. Oh em gee. It was the kinda of slow fire, second chance, enemies to lovers-ish vibe that I was ALL OVER. My cinnamon roll Severin who is struggling to work through some things has caused him to push people away. This hard outer shell only makes me love him more. Seeing his inner dialogue is wonderful. I love the rotating chapter POVs because I truly feel for all of these characters now. I want to be apart of this dysfunctional family too.

I liked the way the story moved. I felt there was a steady flow of action, then a lull, then back up again, all at the right times. I was never bored because things were constantly moving. If they weren’t solving a mystery, someone or another was having a tender moment. This gave me a lot of scenes that brought this installment home. The writing was beautiful with plenty of sentences I wanted to highlight and save for later.

The villains are pretty easy to spot, but are quirky and have many layers that I need to sift through. They were a bit creepy and kept me on my toes, especially in the last 20%. I flew through pages trying to figure out what was going to happen next. While my heart shattered at some point, the pieces were picked back up and put in a jar for further introspection. Everything in this book is a few shades darker. There is a lot of pain, inner turmoil, and I feel like I’m waiting on half the cast to apologize to the other half. It’s forming great characters arcs though and I am appreciating watching everyone grow.

Still, I have so many questions!! There is a vast amount of open-ended issues when it comes to everyone. Who is into who? Who is upset with who? Who is alive? Where is who? Why can who do this? I barely had questions answered before I thought of a thousand more. While sometimes too many unknowns can be a bother, I felt this really convinced me I want book three (which I don’t mind in the slightest). I think everything will be answered and while I have no idea how this well end, I am here for it all.

Overall audience notes:

Young adult fantasy + historical fiction
Language: some language
Romance: a few kisses, make-outs, a no detailed quick fade to black, but mentioned love scene (very appropriate for a true YA book)
Violence: poison, animal attacks, magic, fire, knives, murder
Trigger warnings: a person disguises themselves as someone else with intent to do sexual things, mentions of child abuse, drugging people without consent

There are no holds barred in this book. It is straight into the deep end, and the writer hopes that you can swim.

The characters are right, full blooded as it were, with rich backgrounds that you learn slowly over the course of the events of the book. The story is rich, the world it weaves through has been carefully thought out, and you can picture everything that is laid out before you.

A must read, and I have high hopes for the future stories to come.

Roshani Chokshi has managed to create a sequel more breathtaking than the original. Severin's life is in shambles after the loss of Tristan and he is on a dangerous crusade to bring his murderers to justice. This leads him to the Diving Lyrics, a mythical treasure long lost. He persuades his team to reunite, but each has their own reasons for consenting to participate. Laila has only weeks to live, Zofia's sister is dying, Enrique strives to be taken seriously, and Hypnos wants to belong. They travel to Russia with other members of the order and attempt wake the long hidden Divine Lyrics, but plans have a way of going completely array. Readers learn more about Tristan, as everyone comes to terms with his death, and his life. Each character is given ample time and description, adding to an already rich backstory. The ending will leave readers gutted, and ready for a final book.

Reading this book was like repeatedly stabbing yourself in the heart with a hot poker and I mean that with the utmost seriousness. I don’t think I’ve read quite such an angst-filled book in a while. But it was the best kind of angst in the end. I think.

This book starts painful, and just gets more so. It picks up in the aftermath of The Gilded Wolves. So, obviously, there was going to be angst there. It’s just compounded by the fact that Séverin spends most of the book being an enormous dickhead (but for reasons which will become clear and will lead to you crying more than cursing him. Although there’s plenty of cursing to be done as well). Anyway. This time, the quest is for The Divine Lyrics, an artefact thought to bestow godhood on its user (or so Séverin believes). There isn’t a lot more I can say about the plot that won’t be spoilery, so I’ll leave it at that.

As with book 1, the strength of this book is in the characters. Ultimately, not a lot happens plot-wise in The Silvered Serpents, in the sense that it is just a quest to find the artefact. But as ever with Roshani Chokshi’s books, none of it matters when the characters are just so brilliant. I loved each and every one of them with my whole heart (particularly Hypnos. Just letting you all know now that I will be fighting every person who makes him unhappy, whether that’s intentional or not). Even Séverin who I occasionally wanted to shake because he was being such a dick (I am sad).

And the writing! Let me gush about that for a while! I don’t know an author who writes so evocatively as Roshani Chokshi does. From the vivid descriptions and worldbuilding to the feelings experienced by the characters (and subsequently the reader), every part of it flows seemlessly and creates a world you can’t help but imagine. And cry over, of course.

To top it off, I don’t think there was a thing in this book I didn’t like, bar the ending (except maybe the insistence that Zofia is straight when we all know she’s a lesbian). Because wow, that ending, how am I supposed to be cope until 2021 to find out what happens. How.

So basically, do yourself a favour and a) read The Gilded Wolves if you haven’t already, and b) preorder this book.