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A review by charmel
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
5.0
The Gilded Wolves was so enthralling. It has; heists, found-family, freaking awesome lovable characters, genius plot, unique world-building, and an ending that will leave you staring into the void.
Okay, so first of all let me gush about Enrique. Who doesn't love his sarcasm, right? and he's half-Filipino and half-Spanish and I'm Filipino and asdfghjksks. Excuse muah as I fangirl and obsess over him because clearly, he's now on top of my book-boyfriends list.
1889, Paris. Severin is the rightful heir to the House Vanth but his Patriarch status was denied. Now, a perfect chance comes to reclaim his inheritance. With the help of his band of unlikely experts, these six main characters plot a heist, a scheme, a risk, and an exploration to get back what's theirs.
The plot was so engrossing that I wouldn't want to stop reading. This book reminded me so much of Six of Crows. They both have similarities and I can't stop comparing them in a good way. And I love both of them, do you really want me to choose between these two?!
The world-building, setting, and magic system were all unique and beautiful. Set around the 1880s where magic exists in the fantastical form of forging. I like the writing style as well, the flashbacks from the different perspectives of the characters were smooth.
There were a lot of times I was confused like when weird stuff started happening ha ha. Though, thank the gods of confusion, my puzzled mind wasn't a hindrance to me enjoying this book.
Now, *drum rolls* the NUMBER ONE thing I really loved here was the diverse representations of these worth-to-fall-in-love-for characters!
Enrique. A sarcastic, sassy, witty, history nerd, smart, bi half-Filipino and half-Spanish that I dearly love! I always looked forward to reading his chapters. Also, some of the references mentioned like Jose Rizal, La Solidaridad, etc. were known to me, seems like I actually learned some things from my history lessons after all.
Okay, so first of all let me gush about Enrique. Who doesn't love his sarcasm, right? and he's half-Filipino and half-Spanish and I'm Filipino and asdfghjksks. Excuse muah as I fangirl and obsess over him because clearly, he's now on top of my book-boyfriends list.
“If you’re furious, let it be fuel.”
1889, Paris. Severin is the rightful heir to the House Vanth but his Patriarch status was denied. Now, a perfect chance comes to reclaim his inheritance. With the help of his band of unlikely experts, these six main characters plot a heist, a scheme, a risk, and an exploration to get back what's theirs.
The plot was so engrossing that I wouldn't want to stop reading. This book reminded me so much of Six of Crows. They both have similarities and I can't stop comparing them in a good way. And I love both of them, do you really want me to choose between these two?!
The world-building, setting, and magic system were all unique and beautiful. Set around the 1880s where magic exists in the fantastical form of forging. I like the writing style as well, the flashbacks from the different perspectives of the characters were smooth.
There were a lot of times I was confused like when weird stuff started happening ha ha. Though, thank the gods of confusion, my puzzled mind wasn't a hindrance to me enjoying this book.
Now, *drum rolls* the NUMBER ONE thing I really loved here was the diverse representations of these worth-to-fall-in-love-for characters!
Enrique. A sarcastic, sassy, witty, history nerd, smart, bi half-Filipino and half-Spanish that I dearly love! I always looked forward to reading his chapters. Also, some of the references mentioned like Jose Rizal, La Solidaridad, etc. were known to me, seems like I actually learned some things from my history lessons after all.