Reviews

The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi

pinkupengu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

atypicalfemale's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

likesami's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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

4.0

drizzleandhurricanebooks's review against another edition

4.0

Trigger warnings:

Spoiler

grief, mention of infertility and suicide, mention of stillbirth, antisemitism, mention of child abuse, violence, blood, drinking.

Diversity: Bi-racial main characters: Séverin (French and Algerian), Spanish and Filipino (Enrique), French and Black (Hypnos). Indian main character (Laila). Polish, Jewish and on the autism spectrum main character (Zofia). Queer main characters (Enrique, Hypnos).

THAT ENDING I'M SHOOK???????????
Full (and coherent) review coming soon.

Thank you to the publisher for sending me an e-ARC of this book through NetGalley. This did not, in any way, influence my thoughts and rating.

My Blog - Drizzle & Hurricane Books - Twitter - Bookstagram - Bloglovin'

godofwar's review

3.0

wavering between 2.5 and 3. though this is a lot more cohesive re: worldbuilding and lore than book one, but the characters are really dragging it down; at this point, i'm really only interested in hypnos and enrique. i'm not personally a fan of how zofia's autism is portrayed (it feels too stereotypical at times) and there are some instances of SA in this book that i think aren't properly handled

Spoiler

there was no need for eva to kiss séverin to save his life? it felt forced and little more than an attempt to further the hostility between eva and laila, which i found digusting. also seemed kind of out of character for séverin to participate in the blood forging and then proceed to be intimate with eva-disguised-as-laila; my presumption is eva drugged him without his consent, but i don't think that was ever made clear. regardless, i think it was mishandled, especially with séverin and laila hooking up AFTER he was assaulted.

. i'll admit that there's some well-choreographed reveals in this book, though, and i DO want to see it through to the end. i'd just be a lot more invested if more of the characters were compelling.

kay_reads_07's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

The way I devoured this book! It was beautifully written, and we got to dive deeper with these characters ♥. That ending has my heart pounding and me running to grab the next and final book in the trinity. This book gives me a grown up disney atlantis vibes with a magic! 

tina_amigo28's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

4.0

ahongy's review against another edition

3.0

Note: I've never had more issue with spatial awareness than with book 1 and more with book 2

amyapple's review against another edition

2.0

Boring plot and forced romance relationships just didn’t do it for me. How easy every thing seems to slot in and work for everyone was also kind of mundane.

The first book was not so great but I thought this second would be better.

I will finish the third to hope it’s a redeemer.

lylahxx's review against another edition

5.0

A dead brother.
A dying lover.
Two broken friends.
And a misunderstood ally.
The heir of House Vanth has lost everything.
And he aims to get it back,
even if it turns him into a monster.