It’s just a pity it was so distracting and took me a while to get into it. However, the longer I listened to it, the more I got into the story. I think consistency (either use a French accent all the way through or an American one) would have made it easier to listen too. The constant, rapid flipping was so jarring. It also flips between American accent for narration (with French words in a French accent tossed in), and then into non-American accents for speech. It got to the point where it was distracting me from the story.
The pronunciation of the French is good, but many of the accents felt forced, over the top, and stereotypical. The book (set in France with a diverse cast ) has a jumble of accents thrown in one after another. And that’s not because of the story itself but because of how it’s narrated. It took me a while to get into this audiobook, and I almost stopped listening at one point. Three dresses put out for whether she wants physical comfort, aesthetic niceness, or distraction? That gestures made me so happy. Just the daily “what are they doing?” difficulties with communication and custom were so easy to relate to. Zofia was probably my favourite of the many POVs in the book (basically the whole crew, but four get more time.) Though it’s not stated, she came across as autistic to me, and I love seeing that rep. We have puzzles and riddles and traps to get past (and a very “I have no idea how they built this on their estate as it feels very Indiana Jones, but it makes for a fun break in sequence” underground treasure vault.)
I wish we got more heists in books – good thing I have this trilogy to dive into now. I love a well done heist movie and that’s what this feels like. THE GILDED WOLVES is a fun heist story set in a historical Paris where magic is controlled by a few, highly secretive families.
What they find might change the course of history–but only if they can stay alive.īlurb taken from Goodreads. Together, they will join Séverin as he explores the dark, glittering heart of Paris. To hunt down the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Séverin calls upon a band of unlikely experts: An engineer with a debt to pay. When the elite, ever-powerful Order of Babel coerces him to help them on a mission, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance. Here, no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. Paris is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets.
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