📝 What is The Gilded Wolves about?:
Amidst the grandeur of the Exposition Universelle World Fair in Paris lies a coveted Babel fragment, promising magical powers over nature. Séverin Montagnet-Alarie leads a daring heist to reclaim his stolen birthright, enlisting a diverse team of allies with their own motivations and secrets. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, Séverin grapples with the cost of his quest for revenge, especially when it endangers those he cares for, including the woman he loves.
📚 Genre: Romantasy
🎧 Format: Audiobook
💞 Feels: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Another one where I didn’t know it was a series 🫠
I found it a little hard to get into this story for the first few chapters. It took me some time to get used to listening to the audiobook – speaking as someone who took some convincing to use an e-book, and now can’t live without it. And also as someone who has Alexa read e-books to me when I want to multi-task. I’ve just really gotten used to the monotone narration with the occasional shouting when there’s ALL CAPS 😂
So listening to an actual voice actor was an adjustment. But within the first few chapters I stopped analyzing the voices and got into the story. Nothing like a heist to get me intrigued.
The vibes of this story really reminded me of Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, always a good reference, in my opinion. Grishaverse series is the one series where I love all the spinoffs and hate the original series. Not sure if that’s a controversial take…love everything else by Leigh Bardugo. So maybe I just didn’t gel with those characters. But I digress.
The Gilded Wolves had me crying, that’s how invested I got in this found family story. Each character was unique, had their own perspectives and motivations. And they all seemed valid based on their lived experiences. Friendship, love, betrayal, again – a heist, and a mysterious back story and magical realm. Look forward to reading the next book in the series…probably in e-book form. Baby steps.
✅ Spinoff novella nomination:
Hoping for more Hypnos, Zofia and Enrique love triangle drama in the next books, or they could just be a throuple (sp?)
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