Paranormal
Just some background.
I received a advance uncorrected proof (ARC) of Silver from Amazon
Vine. This is the first published
novel by Rhiannon Held. After
reading Silver I assume that it is the first in the world Rhiannon has built.
Here is Goodreads summary:
"Andrew
Dare is a werewolf. He’s the enforcer for the Roanoke pack, and responsible for
capturing or killing any Were intruders in Roanoke’s territory. But the lone
Were he’s tracking doesn’t smell or act like anyone he’s ever encountered. And
when he catches her, it doesn’t get any better. She’s beautiful, she’s crazy,
and someone has tortured her by injecting silver into her veins. She says her
name is Silver, and that she’s lost her wild self and can’t shift any more.
The
packs in North America have a live-and-let-live attitude, and try not to
overlap with each other. But Silver represents a terrible threat to every Were
on the continent.
Andrew and Silver will join forces
to track down this menace while discovering their own power and their passion
for each other."
My take on the novel:
Worldbuilding:
This is a totally different take on werewolves and how a pack
functions. There was a lot to get
in and it is handled beautifully.
Mixed into the story line there is a hint here and a hint there. It never intrudes on the story but is
an interregnal part of the story line.
Backstory:
There is a lot of backstory in the book. Like the worldbuilding it is dropped in without
intruding. There will be hint in
the middle of some dialog, a little mixed into the action and it all builds
until you know the entire story.
In some instances that does not happen until the end of the book. There were so many hints about past
action that I did stop to see if I had started a book in the middle of the
series.
Characters:
Both main characters were well developed. Silver a little less than Andrew but most of that was
because Andrew’s background was more complex. There was not skimping on developing the side character
either. Even some who were only
several phone conversations had depth and substance.
Plot: Very
involved. Everything was
interwoven into the plot.
Backstory, worldbuilding, characters were all interrogated into the
story line. Everything moved along seamlessly without the awkward sections you
sometimes find in books.
Writing: With
everything else I have mention you have to know the book is very well
written. Rhiannon has her own
unique voice and it comes across in Silver.
Tor will release Silver by Rhiannon Held in June of 2012.
1 comment:
This looks worth checking out. Thanks for the tip. :-)
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