Episode 2: The Gilded Wolves

The Book Evangelists discuss The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi. A YA adventure with an ensemble cast set in a magical 1889 Paris. Why this book? Subscription Boxes! Marian and Lissa are so different from each other, but look at how we ended up with the same book in our mailboxes! “I got Uppercase because I was instructed by like..the whole world...that I should do more self-care and so I bought myself Uppercase.” – Lissa Uppercase Box – Uppercase is a monthly YA book subscription box that includes a signed first edition of the best YA book of the month along with high-quality and practical items. “Because I’m me, before I chose a subscription box, I made a spreadsheet.” – Marian OwlCrate – OwlCrate is a monthly subscription box for bookworms that sends you newly released YA books and other goodies straight to your door. Magic Not Science We read for what we know and for what we are interested in most. So when we struggled to understand the way magic worked in this book, we approached that challenge differently. Lissa tries to turn all the magic into chemistry. Or explain it away like John Scalzi’s Redshirts science lab. Marian tries to understand how the magic system works within the book from the perspective of the writer creating the world. What do you do with magic systems that don’t work for you as a reader? Why Paris? Why are so many new books coming out set in Paris in the Gilded Age? What are your favorites so far? What are you looking forward to reading? Do you have a story about visiting Paris that is more coincidental that Lissa’s or more crime-ridden than Marian’s?