I’ve always associated this as some sort of YA Da Vinci Code-ish book because of the historical elements closely tied to the mystery-solving methods of its cast of characters. In addition to its emotional core, The Silvered Serpents stayed true to its treasure hunting roots that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed back in The Gilded Wolves. “ History is full of ghosts because it’s full of myth, all of it woven together depending on who survived to do the telling. “Madame Delphine, depending on who you ask, sometimes ghost stories are all that is left of history,” he said. I’ve always had a complicated relationship with grief and death but I’ve always loved books that treat this topic with deliberate care and so much nuance – and The Silvered Serpents in one such book. Grief, in this story, is like a constant pulse – something that bathes everything in a somber tone. This book hurt, because it is the aftermath of a loss that always hurt the most. A (found) family slowly being torn apart because of pestering regrets and loss. After the events of the first book, I already expected this book to be an emotional read, but I didn’t expect it to be too personal as well. This story was wrought with loss and a lot of sacrifices. The exploration of familial love, especially on found families, took center stage and made the experience of reading this book emotional and heartbreaking in a lot of places (“ You make the choice that you can live with. As Roshani mentioned in her GR post, this book is mostly about both romantic and familial love. The thing that really resonated with me throughout reading The Silvered Serpents (and I guess the thing that I wanted to talk about the most) is the theme around love – and the many forms it takes and the many ways it can be shown. (via Goodreads) THOUGHTSįirst things first, let me get this out of the way: at the very heart of this book, the palace of ice and the exploration of myths long forgotten but brought to life took a back seat for me. But what they find out may lead them down paths they never imagined.Ī tale of love and betrayal as the crew risks their lives for one last job. 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.Īs hidden secrets come to the light and the ghosts of the past catch up to them, the crew will discover new dimensions of themselves. Desperate to make amends, Séverin pursues a dangerous lead to find a long lost artifact rumored to grant its possessor the power of God. 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.
They are each other’s fiercest love, greatest danger, and only hope. The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi BLURB
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