Silver to the heart by Brien Feathers
Hello Books Lovers,
how are your readings going? But above all, how do you organize yourselves in the summer? Can you read in this heat? Many times I find myself having to stand up for anything because as soon as I sit down I start sweating XD
I assume today’s review will not be very long because unfortunately I am about to talk of a book that I did not like very much. Or rather, I was enjoying the beginning and then it started to get lost on the road and I am very sorry about this thing because I would have liked so much to have a more positive opinion on this story.
The book in question is Brien Feathers’ Silver to the Heart, a self-published book by this Mongolian author who kindly sent it to me via netgalley. And although the story has not made me particularly crazy, I really appreciate the chance that was given to me.
Silver to the Heart is a Paranormal Romance, more towards the adult than the young adult, and sees as protagonists those who, although called differently in the book, are real vampires, with slightly different abilities from the usual ones. But now there are so many vampire stories that if you don’t differentiate it, there would be nothing interesting.
Our protagonists are Drake, a vampire with a few centuries behind him, and Ana, a mortal with special abilities that put her in danger. The bad guys want her and so it’s up to Drake to make sure she doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.
As described, he looks very charming, red hair, young. Younger than Ana, almost a teenager, the age at which he stopped aging. This thing I have to be honest, for the romance part it bothered me a bit. Maybe it’s because I’m used to the age gap where he’s older than her, and even if that’s the case here too, he doesn’t look older anyway, and, I don’t know, that was weird.
But in reality up to here things were all right. What then began to stop me from appreciating the story were the absurdities. Especially in the way the two officially know each other. He treats her badly and then suddenly hears that she needs a chaperone for her sister’s wedding and introduces himself to her parents without first volunteering, without discussing it. As a complete stranger, he introduces himself to her parents as if they had been together for a lifetime. These dynamics of this scene and others after, made me turn up my nose.
Let’s say that, although history may be full of potential, it doesn’t take much to ruin everything. The story for me has already begun to ruin itself from this particular scene. However, I reiterate that every judgment is subjective. I have seen that many people have loved this book, so if the genre is for you and the story intrigues you even a little give it a chance.
