Dec 19

Dec 19 The Bronzed Beasts (The Gilded Wolves, #3)

Author: Roshani Chokshi
Publisher: Wednesday Books
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Note: Content and trigger warnings are provided for those who need them at the bottom of this page. If you don’t need them and don’t want to risk spoilers, don’t scroll past the full review.

Cover Description

***Description is spoiler for The Gilded Wolves and The Silvered Serpents***

In love they breathed. In destiny they believed. In the end, will divinity be their demise?

After Séverin's seeming betrayal, the crew is fractured. Armed with only a handful of hints, Enrique, Laila, Hypnos and Zofia must find their way through the snarled, haunted waterways of Venice, Italy to locate Séverin.

Meanwhile, Séverin must balance the deranged whims of the Patriarch of the Fallen House and discover the location of a temple beneath a plague island where the Divine Lyre can be played and all that he desires will come to pass.

With only ten days until Laila expires, the crew will face plague pits and deadly masquerades, unearthly songs and the shining steps of a temple whose powers might offer divinity itself... but at a price they may not be willing to pay.

Returning to the dark and glamorous 19th century world of her New York Times instant bestseller, The Gilded Wolves, Roshani Chokshi dazzles us with the final riveting tale as full of mystery and danger as ever.

TL;DR Review

The Bronzed Beasts was a great conclusion and delivered everything fans have come to love about the Gilded Wolves trilogy. These books aren’t complex, but they’re fun and dramatic and fast-paced.

For you if: You like multi-POV heist novels and can handle some cheesiness.

Full Review

My friend Danielle originally got me into The Gilded Wolves back when it came out. It was fun and dramatic and adventurous. The second book, The Silvered Serpents, was just as fun and dramatic. As expected, The Bronzed Beasts is the trilogy conclusion we expected and wanted, delivering everything fans have come to love about these characters and their story.

No spoilers for the first two books, but here’s what I will say: They’re like Six of Crows meets National Treasure, lol. They’re set in 1800s Paris/Europe and feature a merry(ish) band of misfits: Séverin, the dark and brooding leader; Laila, the sweet but sharp woman with a dark secret; Enrique, a scholar who longs to make a name for himself; Zofia, a neurodivergent genius; and Hypnos, a mixed-race, not-quite-accepted member of the elite (and true icon). Mix them together with the mysterious “Fallen House” seeking godhood through the lost Tower of Babel, mysteries and heists that depend on historical puzzles and clues, a ticking clock on someone’s life, and more.

I cannot emphasize enough how DRAMATIC these books are, in the best kind of cheesy way. Especially Séverin, whose internal monologue often had me texting Danielle like OMG. They’re just plain fun. Fantasy novel candy. They’re also fast-paced and make for great reads in between heavier novels.