Vee's Reviews > Gilded Serpent
Gilded Serpent (Dark Shores, #3)
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[8.89/10]
I don't read a lot of YA anymore, but this series seems really underhyped for how much it fulfils a lot of the things most people love about YA fantasy - me included. I loved seeing the characters from Dark Shores and Dark Skies (sort of) come together in this book and how their stories played out in tandem, differently to how they played out in tandem in their separate books. Whilst the stories were still quite separate it was clear what the overall end goal was/is for how Jensen is going to converge them. And, because of that, I think there was slight danger in this book feeling a bit like filler, but it was fast-paced, action-heavy with oodles of romantic tension and it consistently felt like it was moving all the story arcs along in the right direction. There were also some great revelations in this instalment, which always contributes well to a book not feeling like filler.
I did feel like I was having a slight bit of whiplash when it came to the romantic arcs, there were some moments that bordered on frustrating but only in a minor way. Usually I can just gloss over that sort of thing but the festive season has me feeling wholesome and I just wanted everyone to get along a bit more.
I think also this skews more towards the older end of YA for some of the content so I'd probably feel more comfortable recommending it as NA, but NA in the fantasy romance sense and not NA in the contemporary romance sense (ugh we definitely need some more descriptive categories for things in 2022.) It'd also likely have a bigger fanbase if more people knew that about it too.
If you like pirates, royalty, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden romances, friendship and adventure then you'll probably like this series. Be warned thought that a large part of the plot is to do with a 'magical-virus' so if you're avoiding those sort of stories in these times then proceed with caution.
I don't read a lot of YA anymore, but this series seems really underhyped for how much it fulfils a lot of the things most people love about YA fantasy - me included. I loved seeing the characters from Dark Shores and Dark Skies (sort of) come together in this book and how their stories played out in tandem, differently to how they played out in tandem in their separate books. Whilst the stories were still quite separate it was clear what the overall end goal was/is for how Jensen is going to converge them. And, because of that, I think there was slight danger in this book feeling a bit like filler, but it was fast-paced, action-heavy with oodles of romantic tension and it consistently felt like it was moving all the story arcs along in the right direction. There were also some great revelations in this instalment, which always contributes well to a book not feeling like filler.
I did feel like I was having a slight bit of whiplash when it came to the romantic arcs, there were some moments that bordered on frustrating but only in a minor way. Usually I can just gloss over that sort of thing but the festive season has me feeling wholesome and I just wanted everyone to get along a bit more.
I think also this skews more towards the older end of YA for some of the content so I'd probably feel more comfortable recommending it as NA, but NA in the fantasy romance sense and not NA in the contemporary romance sense (ugh we definitely need some more descriptive categories for things in 2022.) It'd also likely have a bigger fanbase if more people knew that about it too.
If you like pirates, royalty, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden romances, friendship and adventure then you'll probably like this series. Be warned thought that a large part of the plot is to do with a 'magical-virus' so if you're avoiding those sort of stories in these times then proceed with caution.
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August 18, 2020
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August 18, 2020
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December 23, 2021
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December 30, 2021
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December 30, 2021
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fantasy
December 30, 2021
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December 30, 2021
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Dec 30, 2021 04:56PM
Agreed with everything you just wrote.
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