A review by isabelbrieler
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi

4.0

Found family? Check.
Puzzle solving and heists galore? Check.
Alllll the ships? Check.
A delightful cast all of whom I love? Check.

I really loved this book, especially the characters. They're all so different and yet so lovable. My only beef is pretty much what everyone's been saying, which was that it took a while for the world-building to really work for me? Like I was pretty confused for a good bit at the beginning, but I'm so glad I stuck with it. Yeah, this book was tropy, but how can I say no to all my favorite tropes?

Especially looking forward to the addition of one of my favorites (fake couple) in the next book.

Actually, I changed my mind. I have one more beef, but it's pretty spoilerific so I saved it for the end.

Spoiler

Tristan gets kidnapped and then subsequently killed in this book, which I thought was an odd choice. He spends the bulk of the story out of commission and removed from the plot, and so to have him be killed at the end lacked significant punch. I just didn't know him well enough. I know that his death and the grief it caused propelled the story, but I just wish that I'd gotten more time with him so that his death made me feel some of that grief.

Spoiler