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Heidi’s gone; her body lies curled up at my feet. Despite the ache inside my chest, it falls to me to alert our alpha and maintain calm within the pack. Those are rules I vowed to obey.
Yet when my vampire neighbor Eli flashes his investigator’s badge, insisting Heidi’s death wasn’t the first, I join his hunt for the murderer instead.
Eli should come with a warning label, though. Not only does he flaunt his distaste for authority, he’s also an incorrigible flirt—catnip to a single guy like me.
Lead after lead, we canvass the rainy streets of Silverton, CA, driven by a single goal. Tonight, the killing will end.
**This book is based on the novella of the same name. Heat rating's 1-2, which means smooching and whatnot. Reading time's about 5 hours; longer if you make yourself cups of tea between the chapters.**
Yet when my vampire neighbor Eli flashes his investigator’s badge, insisting Heidi’s death wasn’t the first, I join his hunt for the murderer instead.
Eli should come with a warning label, though. Not only does he flaunt his distaste for authority, he’s also an incorrigible flirt—catnip to a single guy like me.
Lead after lead, we canvass the rainy streets of Silverton, CA, driven by a single goal. Tonight, the killing will end.
**This book is based on the novella of the same name. Heat rating's 1-2, which means smooching and whatnot. Reading time's about 5 hours; longer if you make yourself cups of tea between the chapters.**
- GenresThriller
240 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 2, 2018
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Carmen Fox
20 books361 followersCarmen lives in the south of England with her beloved tea maker and a stuffed sheep called Fergus. An avid reader since childhood, she caught the writing bug when her Nana asked her to write a story.
For details on Carmen's work, visit her website at www.carmen-fox.com.
For details on Carmen's work, visit her website at www.carmen-fox.com.
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October 7, 2019
“Hidden,” the third installment in Carmen Fox’s Silverton Chronicles, is a truly cool who-done-it with bite!
Read full review in the 2019 October issue of InD'tale Magazine.
Read full review in the 2019 October issue of InD'tale Magazine.
July 16, 2020
Hidden is more of a mystery with hint of romance. Ali is second in his wolf pack. When Heidi, an teenager in his pack, was found dead on the porch, he has to find the killer. Enter Eli, a vampire and a supernatural enforcer. Eli informed Ali that this is a mark of a serial killer, who has been killing all supernatural races.
As Ali and Eli searched for the killer, they discovered that underneath the killing, a sinister plan is being executed. If they don't stop what is coming, every supernatural races will be endangered of being kill.
Hidden is a wonderful paranormal mystery story that has twists and turns. Listeners and readers would follow this investigation in the view of being a detective.
The narrator Scott Ellis did a great job with the characters. Ali is short-tempered while Eli is calm.
As Ali and Eli searched for the killer, they discovered that underneath the killing, a sinister plan is being executed. If they don't stop what is coming, every supernatural races will be endangered of being kill.
Hidden is a wonderful paranormal mystery story that has twists and turns. Listeners and readers would follow this investigation in the view of being a detective.
The narrator Scott Ellis did a great job with the characters. Ali is short-tempered while Eli is calm.
August 19, 2018
Lolololol of course the gay romance would be the next good book lolololol
This was okay, I guess. There wasn't anything especially madding except how these assholes dealt with Jack, but there wasn't anything all that great either.
I like that there aren't any info dumps à la 'As you know, Bob' but I would've liked some explanation- I think that everyone is aware that vampires, werewolves and such exists? But I'm not 100% sure. And Ali is all 'omg I'm such a reject' and you think it's something related to the pack, like maybe in his old one he fought and lost, or that the pack doesn't like rogues much, or something about his old pack being disliked, that kind of thing. But it's just 'I'm gay, Indo and (insert trait I forgot here)' and it was so underwhelming? Like werewolves are a very touchy-closery kind of people, with like 20 people in one house, so I don't really see why it would be seen as awkward to hug Ali- like they protect their women, right? So I'm sure that if a woman w/ a husband feels bad and her hubby isn't home, some other guy will hold her, right? Doesn't mean they're having an affair. These two things don't fit together ok.
And I also have trouble with the whole 'I'm Indonesian' like this pack accepted a vampire and a demon- skin color should be something as meaningless as the weather for them. But I do think that Ali was projecting his own insecurities a lot, so maybe it was more of a self-fulfilling prophecy kind of thing, but more hints would've been welcomed in that case.
I liked the romance although it was walking a very fine line with this shit happening right after the murder of Ali's sister, but with his insecurities and the fact that it was mostly Eli trying to get his mind focused, I thought it worked. Not bad at all, author. But they make an okay couple, nothing too fangirly or anything- Eli's constant innuendos got on my nerves after a while and Ali's moping got a little too edgy at the end too.
The murder mystery was ehh- clearly this author never read the Dresden Files or Harry Potter. You have no idea of guessing anything bc the minute things are introduced you know what it is. The pacing was haphazard and the end was just 'of course it's that guy' so zzzz.
My one problem is with Jack- the dude keeps letting people escape and die before Ali can question them and it's SO obvious he's doing it on purpose I was seeing red at these assholes just being like 'don't do it again bro' and oops he does it again aha sorry lol
GOUGE HIS FUCKING EYES OUT
This was okay, I guess. There wasn't anything especially madding except how these assholes dealt with Jack, but there wasn't anything all that great either.
I like that there aren't any info dumps à la 'As you know, Bob' but I would've liked some explanation- I think that everyone is aware that vampires, werewolves and such exists? But I'm not 100% sure. And Ali is all 'omg I'm such a reject' and you think it's something related to the pack, like maybe in his old one he fought and lost, or that the pack doesn't like rogues much, or something about his old pack being disliked, that kind of thing. But it's just 'I'm gay, Indo and (insert trait I forgot here)' and it was so underwhelming? Like werewolves are a very touchy-closery kind of people, with like 20 people in one house, so I don't really see why it would be seen as awkward to hug Ali- like they protect their women, right? So I'm sure that if a woman w/ a husband feels bad and her hubby isn't home, some other guy will hold her, right? Doesn't mean they're having an affair. These two things don't fit together ok.
And I also have trouble with the whole 'I'm Indonesian' like this pack accepted a vampire and a demon- skin color should be something as meaningless as the weather for them. But I do think that Ali was projecting his own insecurities a lot, so maybe it was more of a self-fulfilling prophecy kind of thing, but more hints would've been welcomed in that case.
I liked the romance although it was walking a very fine line with this shit happening right after the murder of Ali's sister, but with his insecurities and the fact that it was mostly Eli trying to get his mind focused, I thought it worked. Not bad at all, author. But they make an okay couple, nothing too fangirly or anything- Eli's constant innuendos got on my nerves after a while and Ali's moping got a little too edgy at the end too.
The murder mystery was ehh- clearly this author never read the Dresden Files or Harry Potter. You have no idea of guessing anything bc the minute things are introduced you know what it is. The pacing was haphazard and the end was just 'of course it's that guy' so zzzz.
My one problem is with Jack- the dude keeps letting people escape and die before Ali can question them and it's SO obvious he's doing it on purpose I was seeing red at these assholes just being like 'don't do it again bro' and oops he does it again aha sorry lol
GOUGE HIS FUCKING EYES OUT
July 31, 2019
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.
I have not read any of the other books in this series. I think this did okay as a standalone, but I think I would have appreciated some of the story and character background better if I had read the previous books.
There is a little bit of romance to this story, but the main story is really more about the mystery with any romance being a by-product of Ali and Eli spending time together (and as the story is told over a single night, it is a bit accelerated even if they knew each other before). I liked the mystery elements to the story, there were enough twists to keep it from being too predictable without seeming to be over-the-top. I thought the pacing for the story was good and the characters had a good dialogue going. There is a good bit of world-building (another thing I think might be expanded in the previous stories, but detailed enough I wasn't lost). The cast of characters wasn't overwhelming, but even the secondary characters had enough details to have some depth.
I have not read any of the other books in this series. I think this did okay as a standalone, but I think I would have appreciated some of the story and character background better if I had read the previous books.
There is a little bit of romance to this story, but the main story is really more about the mystery with any romance being a by-product of Ali and Eli spending time together (and as the story is told over a single night, it is a bit accelerated even if they knew each other before). I liked the mystery elements to the story, there were enough twists to keep it from being too predictable without seeming to be over-the-top. I thought the pacing for the story was good and the characters had a good dialogue going. There is a good bit of world-building (another thing I think might be expanded in the previous stories, but detailed enough I wasn't lost). The cast of characters wasn't overwhelming, but even the secondary characters had enough details to have some depth.
July 26, 2019
Werewolves and Vampires and Trolls, Oh My!
The story grabbed me from the first sentence of chapter 1. Carmen Fox has spun a gripping fast paced story of all sorts of paranormal entities, power struggles, honor and evil. I loved the team of Ali and Eli, the chemistry and the bonds they develop through the story. All the main characters are well developed, no one dimensional throw aways.
This is book 3 in the Silverton Chronicles, it is best to start at book 0.5 and read in order since they build and make references to earlier books. A wonderful read.
The story grabbed me from the first sentence of chapter 1. Carmen Fox has spun a gripping fast paced story of all sorts of paranormal entities, power struggles, honor and evil. I loved the team of Ali and Eli, the chemistry and the bonds they develop through the story. All the main characters are well developed, no one dimensional throw aways.
This is book 3 in the Silverton Chronicles, it is best to start at book 0.5 and read in order since they build and make references to earlier books. A wonderful read.
August 8, 2019
This third book in the Silverton Chronicles series by Carmen Fox was a very intriguing paranormal murder mystery that combined the normally unthinkable pairing of a gay vampire and a gay werewolf as the lead characters. The author also teased the reader along with a deliberate and slow, but no so subtle, evolving romantic involvement. The story itself was a tight and taut thriller, with the usual red herrings thrown in to tease the reader as to who-dun-it. This is a voluntary review of an Advanced Reader Copy of this book from Hidden Gems Books.
August 1, 2019
Carmen Fox’s Hidden (The Silverton Chronicles Book 3) is a well done paranormal mystery. Vampires, shifters, a murder mystery to solve. Fun stuff indeed. But for the fact that I’m literally dictating this review to my husband from my hospital bed I could go on with praises. The book definitely deserves it. Since I can’t do that I will simply note that the book is easy to recommend.
January 29, 2018
Ali and Eli are an unlikely duo. One night Ali finds Eli crouched over a dead body. The adventure begins. Amazing fast paced book that is impossible to put down until you find out what happens in the end.
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