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A review by chantaal
Silver Silence by Nalini Singh
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I thought I would be done with the Psy-Changeling universe when I finished the first "season", but here I am eating it all up again.
Trinity pretty much takes up immediately after the end of the first season, but with a focus on other parts of the world and other types of shifter packs. Here, it's bears. Russian bears. And I loved them all.
I really enjoyed Silver and Valentin's romance and dynamic here! Though it is still playing up the super possessive alpha male changeling making a Psy female undo her silence, it didn't bother me so much here because the story gave Silver a lot more agency than other past romances. Silver chose to figure out what life without silence would be like, and chose to move forward in a relationship with Valentin. Yes, he was pursuing her, but I liked that we came into it with him pursuing her because he was smitten, and not really pushing so much as constantly being there. It felt different from past male characters. Also, I cried in the last third of the book. I'll admit it.
The story of Valentin's pack dynamics was REALLY good. While learning about all his pack mates felt a bit repetitive and like the same way we've learned about every other pack we get to know in this world, I still enjoyed it all.
Also, one of the main issues I had with the series in the first season is that for a series that is SO diverse and dynamic, it was SO fucking straight. Here, we FINALLY get queer inclusion - and it seems like Singh is writing the world as queer normative, which is fantastic and long overdue.
The only reason this got docked 1 star is because of one thing, and it was so fucking annoying that yes, it did dock a WHOLE STAR from my rating: characters constantly saying Silver Fucking Mercant in the last third of the book.
Anyway, this was a fun start, and now I have 7 more books to eat up with delight.
Trinity pretty much takes up immediately after the end of the first season, but with a focus on other parts of the world and other types of shifter packs. Here, it's bears. Russian bears. And I loved them all.
I really enjoyed Silver and Valentin's romance and dynamic here! Though it is still playing up the super possessive alpha male changeling making a Psy female undo her silence, it didn't bother me so much here because the story gave Silver a lot more agency than other past romances. Silver chose to figure out what life without silence would be like, and chose to move forward in a relationship with Valentin. Yes, he was pursuing her, but I liked that we came into it with him pursuing her because he was smitten, and not really pushing so much as constantly being there. It felt different from past male characters. Also, I cried in the last third of the book. I'll admit it.
The story of Valentin's pack dynamics was REALLY good. While learning about all his pack mates felt a bit repetitive and like the same way we've learned about every other pack we get to know in this world, I still enjoyed it all.
Also, one of the main issues I had with the series in the first season is that for a series that is SO diverse and dynamic, it was SO fucking straight. Here, we FINALLY get queer inclusion - and it seems like Singh is writing the world as queer normative, which is fantastic and long overdue.
The only reason this got docked 1 star is because of one thing, and it was so fucking annoying that yes, it did dock a WHOLE STAR from my rating: characters constantly saying Silver Fucking Mercant in the last third of the book.
Anyway, this was a fun start, and now I have 7 more books to eat up with delight.