An interesting conclusion to the Golden Mountain Chronicles- I'd have to go back and read earlier entries, but I don't think the Young family features even as cameos or family friends in this one. Dragons of Silk is thematically relevant though, with themes of family and works well as a standalone by itself, documenting a mother-daughter (or grandmother-daughter in various cases) relationship generation to generation. It also adds more female protagonists to the Golden Mountain Chronicles (as the only others I can think of are Cassia of Serpent's Children/Mountain Light, Casey & her paw-paw in Child of the Owl, and the girls in Thief of Hearts).

Given that Swallow & Lily's story (1835) takes up over 40% of the novel, I do wish we spent more time with later generations (Rosie in particular seems to get the short end of the stick, sharing Part 4 with her mother, Lillian. Lillian's Part 3 also felt pretty truncated). I would also be super into a parallel novel with Swallow's descendants which would be a neat look into the Singaporean diaspora, and in my headcanon they get feisty with the Youngs of Crazy Rich Asians. ( )

Golden Mountain Chronicles: 1835-2011 Last in the series