Book #69 of 2024: The Bronzed Beasts by Roshani Chokshi (The Gilded Wolves #3) This is the seventh book I’ve read from YA author Roshani Chokshi, and while I’m glad I finally got around to finishing this particular trilogy, I think this is where I part ways with the writer for good, as her style …
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Book #158 of 2022: The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi (The Gilded Wolves #2) Given the fairly direct character parallels, this sequel continues to read like Six of Crows fanfiction with the serial numbers barely scratched off. (If author Roshani Chokshi hasn’t read that bestselling YA fantasy series about a teenage heist gang whose members …
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Book #25 of 2022: The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi (The Gilded Wolves #1) This YA fantasy novel reads as a blend of National Treasure with Six of Crows, which is not a combination that entirely works for me. (I’m not using that latter title as a shorthand for any heist story, either: this is …
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