The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi (ARC Review)

Title: The Silvered Serpents
Author: Roshani Chokshi
Type: Fiction
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Historical
Publisher: Wednesday Books
(Macmillan Publishers)
Date published: September 22, 2020

A physical copy of this book was kindly provided by Raincoast Books in exchange for an honest review.

Note: This book is part of a series, and there are likely some spoilers in the synopsis below.

Séverin and his team members might have successfully thwarted the Fallen House, but victory came at a terrible cost — one that still haunts all of them. Desperate to make amends, Séverin pursues a dangerous lead to find a long lost artifact rumored to grant its possessor the power of God.

Their hunt lures them far from Paris, and into the icy heart of Russia where crystalline ice animals stalk forgotten mansions, broken goddesses carry deadly secrets, and a string of unsolved murders makes the crew question whether an ancient myth is a myth after all.

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.

A tale of love and betrayal as the crew risks their lives for one last job.

⤖ My Review ⬻

Myself and many others have been awaiting the sequel to The Gilded Wolves for a little bit longer than usual. But it’s finally here and I’m so happy to have been able to read it! I really like where the story took the characters in The Silvered Serpents. As is the case with the other books by Chokshi that I’ve read, the plot and small details were very nicely planned out and developed–I had to pause here and there because I was just in awe at the amount of detail (especially regarding the mythology that permeates this book series). I also enjoyed the way that the characters were portrayed and how they developed.

Everything was just so well done! I think that I may have actually enjoyed The Silvered Serpents more than the first book in the series! I was hooked from the start and read the book fairly quickly considering I was focused on a big project at work and was putting in a lot of overtime. I just can’t say enough how impressed I am with the amount of thought and detail that went into The Silvered Serpent. Oh, and the emotional pain! Chokshi is the queen at making me feel the pain, haha. I’ll stop rambling now and just say that this book was really great and that I recommend it (and the series in general) and that I now eagerly await the next installment!

⤖ About the Author ⬻

Roshani Chokshi is the author of commercial and critically acclaimed books for middle grade and young adult readers that draws on world mythology and folklore. Her work has been nominated for the Locus and Nebula awards, and has frequently appeared on Best of The Year lists from Barnes and Noble, Forbes, Buzzfeed and more. Her New York Times bestselling series includes The Star-Touched Queen duology, The Gilded Wolves, and Aru Shah and The End of Time, which was recently optioned for film by Paramount Pictures.