Thorn Kissed and Silver Chains [Dramatized Adaptation]

Honey and Ice [Dramatized Adaptation] #4

by Shannon Mayer, Kelly St. Clare

Underhill is my ruthless mother. Her realm is my deadly home. The brutal creatures here are both foe and friend.

But the group of fae that just attacked me? They’re all foe. Dragged from my game of hide-and-seek with a dragon, and my home of twenty-one years, I’m thrust into a weak, ugly realm.

Earth.

Something is taking the fae children of the Irish court, and an Oracle has declared I must find them. Nope. Not my problem. Bye. Except a three-year-old girl they suspect is the next Queen of All Fae was taken too. She’s crucial to the success of my mother’s work and the wellbeing of all, including these simpering fae who’ve forgotten who they are.

Now they have my attention.

The child-snatching darkness flickers in and out of sight, spreading in secret, reaching through cracks and fissures to seize and steal the innocent. Yet I earned each breath in my life by understanding that which seeks to kill me. I will learn the ways of this enemy and find its lair, ideally without the Seelie and Unseelie males who only slow me—even if they’re not quite as stupid as most Earth-dwelling fae.

All I’m sure of is that Underhill is testing me. My mother is testing me in her typical brutal fashion. And I will not fail.

Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!

Genres: Audiobook, Magic, Fiction, Fantasy

7 pages, Audiobook

Published August 5, 2024

About the author

A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, I was born into a family of Star Wars nuts. I have a lot of siblings (somewhere I lost count but I think there was more than could be numbered on one hand) and being one of the young padawans I was subjected to Star Wars marathons, on a regular basis. If you've read any of my books you'll see there is often a reference to said movies as a small homage to my upbringing. May the force be with you and all that jazz.

I started writing when I realized I didn't want to grow up not believing in magic, or not believing in creatures everyone else said didn't exist. That being said, I have never seen a fairy, unicorn or dragon. I had a neighbour who swore they fed the leprechauns in their garden, but I never caught the little buggers no matter how long I lay in wait. (And consequently had to help the neighbours plant new flowers to replace those I killed waiting for the leprechauns to show their faces.)

Along the way, I found my husband who is the rock that keeps me from floating away into my dreams, and we have a little boy who is the centre of our world. Living on a farm keeps us busy (as if the writing wasn't enough) and I have more than my share of stories about wrestling with cows, helping birth calves and ending up in the creek during the process, falling in the mud (we'll call it mud but we all know that on a farm, mud is rarely mud) and chasing escaped livestock in the hopes the four legged convicts don't make it to the highway.

I've taken up archery, and the goal is to move into horseback archery in time (you know, when I can hit the target on a consistent basis) and when no one is looking, I love to bake (this doesn't happen often as it's hard to keep the sweet treats in stock with two boys in the house.)

As to what's coming next for me? More stories (since those never stop inside my head, I might as well share them with all of you!) and more adventures. Pretty much, when the fancy strikes, I'll jump on it. Leap before you look I'm sure that motto was created for me.

Or was that . . . think big and dream bigger, ready, set, pull the trigger . . . yeah. That one is a good one too. But only if you have a gun. And are hunting elephants. Which is not cool because of so many reasons. Let's stick with the first one with an addendum.

Leap before you look and let your dreams carry you on their wings. And that, my friends, is me in a nutshell.

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sooooo disappointed. Loved 1-3, this one was really hard to pay attention to. Voice acting is great still, but the characters are difficult to connect with.

[Kate · Rating 2 out of 5]

Clunky… and things felt sooo underdeveloped.
Aaden *and* Cormac? Okay….
But I still finished because… I don’t know.

[Abigail Buchanan · Rating 2 out of 5]

📕 Thorn Kissed and Silver Chains by Shannon Mayer
⭐ Rating: 2/5 — I lost interest very quickly.

📖 Summary:
Silver (the wild child raised in Underhill, barely knowing Earth) is dragged out of her hideaway after the Oracle says she must rescue kidnapped fae children—including a toddler who might be the next Queen of All Fae. She’s thrown into a world she doesn’t understand, with Seelie, Unseelie, and human fae, trying to stop something dark stealing innocence. Her mother Underhill’s realm is ruthless, Silver’s speech and world are strange, and Earth is weak and ugly compared to the harsh Underhill she knows.

This book is:
✨ Spin-off in the Honey and Ice world with new MC, Silver, and returning characters like Queen Hyacinth & Kik.
✨ Quest storyline: find missing children, balance prophecy, survive political fae BS.
✨ Reverse-harem / “why-choose” romance vibes: Silver, Aaden (Seelie fae), and Cormac (Unseelie fae) are both in the mix. Tension, attraction, but chemistry doesn’t always land.

💖 Character Reactions:

🦋 Silver (MC) —
Feral, rough, wild. Raised by Underhill, sheltered in her own way, but also brutalized by her environment. Her voice is jagged: sometimes under-developed speech; sometimes it feels forced. It’s meant to show rawness but ends up being distracting.

🔥 Aaden & Cormac —
They’ve got traits: one is softer / kinder, the other harsher / more abrasive. But the romance threads with them are thin; not enough here to deeply invest before the chaos drags you away.

🫠 Notable Moments Why Interest Slipped Fast:
The beginning is slow and confusing; you’re dropped into world-building without enough context. Silver’s speech style makes early chapters hard to follow.
The romance doesn’t build; feels like attraction more than relationship. Two love interest setup is there but lacks the emotional foundation.
Lots of questions, few answers—plot threads dangling, things happening off-screen or briefly referenced, leaving gaps.
Silver’s narration / voice jumps between primitive / simplified to polished in splits, breaking immersion.

🔥 Smut Level:
Moderate / mild. Romance is more about tension & attraction, not explicit scenes. It feels secondary to plot & world rather than integral.

⚠️ Trigger Warnings:
Kidnapping / missing children, political intrigue, violence, emotional trauma, confusion in power dynamics, disorientation, strong moral ambiguity.

🏷️ Tags:
#ThornKissedAndSilverChains #HoneyAndIceSpinOff #SilverMC #UnderhillRaised #NewFaeQuest #RHishTension #PlotTooCrowded #LostInterestQuickly #MaybeNextBookWillDeliver

[Rachael Chalcraft · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book reads as though the authors had a max word count and challenged themselves to “what is the least amount of words this character could use to get her point across?” just so they could get further along in the plot and still stay within the max word count. It didn’t make sense for her inner dialogue to be so articulate, and then have her actual voice be like a toddler. It was super annoying to listen to.


In my opinion books 1-3 were waaaaaaaay better. Honestly, this shouldn’t even be counted as part of the series. I wanted more of the original characters and their story. Not whatever the heck this was.

[Alondra Perez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Was not funny like the other ones but I will be reading the next one when it comes out

[Rakel Artin · Rating 3 out of 5]

PRETTY GOOD!!!

[Krissie Pooh · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a lot going on, and interesting, but I did not love it. I liked it enough that I will listen to the next one.