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Shadowlands #3
Silver's Lure
The prequel to the compelling "Silver's Edge," this novel continues Kelleher's Through the Shadowlands series featuring three powerful women whose lives are interwoven throughout an epic quest.
464 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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Anne Kelleher
34 books123 followersBorn and raised at the South Jersey shore, Anne holds a BA from Johns Hopkins University in Medieval Studies and has studied English language and literature at the University of Connecticut and Storytelling and Oral Traditions at the Institute for Graduate Studies. The mother of four, Anne now resides in Connecticut and Hawaii. Find out more at www.annekelleher.net.
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June 1, 2010
I loved this epic fantasy. It is magical and the world is positively enchanting. It was so full of intrigue that I couldn't put it down. This is the series that really brought me into the world of fairies and started my obsession with Luna books.
January 16, 2016
My favorite Kelleher title :)
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September 2, 2025DNF - I think I needed to read the other books to understand what was going on in this one. I will try to find the other books first. :)
August 21, 2009
Well here is my awaited review of Silver's Lure by our very own Anne Kelleher of Writers, Witches and Words...Oh My! I was ever so lucky to win an autographed copy of her latest novel in her 13 Essential Things for Winter SuperAwesome Giveaway. Anne awarded me this book due to my many, frequent ever obsessive commenting on her blog. BTW Anne is working on her 13 Essential Things for Spring SuperAwesome Giveaway right now. Go enter and see if you win some of her goodies.
To tell the truth I was a lil nervous when I first started reading Silver's Lure. It is not of the genre that I normally read. (True Crime and Murder Mysteries are my fav.) This is a High Fantasy published by Luna of Harlequin Books. So I was prepared for a romance among fairies and elves. Instead I read an intriguing adventure that led me down paths I had never traveled. I followed through hollows of shadows, into dells of fantasy and upon plains of good story telling.
There was a mixture of humans, fairies, goblins, trixies, druids and sidhes. (I had to learn that sidhes are an equivalent of elves.) The names were foreign to my tongue and took time for me to sort out who was who. But that is the way I am in real life so this is of no consequence of the author. Now I am not one to tell what a story is, so I must be sparing in some areas. I will say that I am now looking forward to visiting this land again. I wish to see what all happens to the characters I have now met.
I had read a few reviews before I received Silver's Lure. And one of the reviews stated that this had quite a bit of sex within the tale. To this I do laugh. I was three quarters of the way through the story before any type of sexual activity was mentioned. I did like that this was coupled with the way that people were healed. I myself always found that making love a healing experience.
In all honesty I do have to say that I was reserved. But Anne drew me in, weaved a tale around me and guided me down a new path. Thanks Anne. I am ever so hopeful to be able to continue with your stories.
To tell the truth I was a lil nervous when I first started reading Silver's Lure. It is not of the genre that I normally read. (True Crime and Murder Mysteries are my fav.) This is a High Fantasy published by Luna of Harlequin Books. So I was prepared for a romance among fairies and elves. Instead I read an intriguing adventure that led me down paths I had never traveled. I followed through hollows of shadows, into dells of fantasy and upon plains of good story telling.
There was a mixture of humans, fairies, goblins, trixies, druids and sidhes. (I had to learn that sidhes are an equivalent of elves.) The names were foreign to my tongue and took time for me to sort out who was who. But that is the way I am in real life so this is of no consequence of the author. Now I am not one to tell what a story is, so I must be sparing in some areas. I will say that I am now looking forward to visiting this land again. I wish to see what all happens to the characters I have now met.
I had read a few reviews before I received Silver's Lure. And one of the reviews stated that this had quite a bit of sex within the tale. To this I do laugh. I was three quarters of the way through the story before any type of sexual activity was mentioned. I did like that this was coupled with the way that people were healed. I myself always found that making love a healing experience.
In all honesty I do have to say that I was reserved. But Anne drew me in, weaved a tale around me and guided me down a new path. Thanks Anne. I am ever so hopeful to be able to continue with your stories.
March 9, 2008
So far so good. I'm trying to find a good fantacy epic to get lost in...life is far too serious right now. Not sure if this is it. Not a whole lot of character depth here. It just drops you into the book..no lead up, no explanation for the 'fantacy' aspects of this..just assumes that you know what's going on. I get frustrated with this. One can only read Tolkien so many times though...:)
***UPDATE*** Apparently the reason I felt kinda lost is that this is the Third book in a series. Only Rarely do you see the numeration anywhere in reference to these books. (BIG pet peeve of mine). So now I have to go Back and start all over and pretend I know nothing of what's going to happen in the 'future' of the series. Damn. :) Still very well written though. Sucks you in.
***UPDATE*** Apparently the reason I felt kinda lost is that this is the Third book in a series. Only Rarely do you see the numeration anywhere in reference to these books. (BIG pet peeve of mine). So now I have to go Back and start all over and pretend I know nothing of what's going to happen in the 'future' of the series. Damn. :) Still very well written though. Sucks you in.
May 25, 2008
Ow. This book was awful. I picked it up from the library, thinking it was the sequel to Silver's Edge by the same author, but no. It's a prequel. An awful prequel. it makes little to no sense with the world, races, magic system, or the history as previously constructed, which she handwaves with an afterword about "different versions" of the tale. Poorly written, possibly unedited as it was so full of typos, unlikable characters in an impenetrable plot. There weren't even any good romance/sex scenes in this fantasy romance. Final Verdict: Absolute Tripe.
September 29, 2013
This book was awful. It was hard to finish. I picked it up because it was by the publisher: Luna. They usually publish good romances, and the summary sounded very fantasy and fun. But 60 pages in, I knew it was not going to get any better. It was confusing, the world was not well constructed, and the writer kept jumping from character to character without fully introducing us to them. For the rest of the novel I kept thumbing through not caring a whit about what I was reading. Course, I may have cared if I could actually understand what I was reading…
February 8, 2009
It really wasn't everything I hoped it would be. It does explain why druid magic diminished, but it covers very little on who descends from whom. I'm guessing that Cecily descends from Morla, Dougal from either Cwynn or Bran, and we all know who the sidhe and Goblin King descend from.
On another note I hated the grammar errors. It was really distracting to have words like "could've" in the narration.
On another note I hated the grammar errors. It was really distracting to have words like "could've" in the narration.
June 28, 2011
I read this a couple of years ago along with the other two silver books by Annie Kelleher. Since I'd gotten to "know" Annie through her blog, I was intrigued. I enjoyed all three books. Even now, I think about the world she built. Memories of the characters, the situations, and the myths bubble up as if they were my own dreams.
I don't usually read fantasy, but I admire internal consistency in a good magic world. This is a good magic world.
I don't usually read fantasy, but I admire internal consistency in a good magic world. This is a good magic world.
March 20, 2008
Even better than the first, the adventure continues in a unique and fascinating world peopled with interesting characters and situations.
September 6, 2011
Same as the rest of the series, nothing exciting. At least now I can get rid of this series that I've had for 4+ years now!
March 31, 2016
Really enjoyed the story especially the love triangle or whatever you want to call it. This book was so sexy really enjoyed the writing. Well done!
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