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Shadowlands #2
Silver's Bane
Intricately plotted, wide-ranging in scope, this sequel to Silver's Edge has faeries, humans, battles, kingdoms at risk, treason, loyalty and love-both familial and romantic.
464 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2005
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Anne Kelleher
38 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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August 10, 2007
Read 8/7 - 8/9/07
Silver's Bane is the sequel to Silver's Edge. The book continues to relate the intertwinned stories of Nessa, a blacksmith's daughter, Cecily, a dutchess and putative queen and Delphinea, the Fae lady-in-waiting who is (perhaps) the true Faerie Queen, as they struggle to avert the horrors
that threaten the mortal world and Faerie. This second book is much more cohesive and the threads of the story that the first book set up are quite well interlaced and drawn out to interesting conclusions. I admire the twists and turns in the story, the author did a nice job of both using
traditional Celtic myth and lore and also throwing in some *zingers* that took the action into unanticipated paths. This book works well both as a fantasy and as a romance - recommended for fantasy romance readers.
Genre : Fantasy
Rating : 8.5
Publication : 2005
Where From : the library
Reason : Sequel to Silver's Edge
Silver's Bane is the sequel to Silver's Edge. The book continues to relate the intertwinned stories of Nessa, a blacksmith's daughter, Cecily, a dutchess and putative queen and Delphinea, the Fae lady-in-waiting who is (perhaps) the true Faerie Queen, as they struggle to avert the horrors
that threaten the mortal world and Faerie. This second book is much more cohesive and the threads of the story that the first book set up are quite well interlaced and drawn out to interesting conclusions. I admire the twists and turns in the story, the author did a nice job of both using
traditional Celtic myth and lore and also throwing in some *zingers* that took the action into unanticipated paths. This book works well both as a fantasy and as a romance - recommended for fantasy romance readers.
Genre : Fantasy
Rating : 8.5
Publication : 2005
Where From : the library
Reason : Sequel to Silver's Edge
September 20, 2012
Just like the other one, this is almost a good fantasy book but . . not quite. It also has a ton of lengthily described ritual sex, which may or may not be a recommendation. A sense of humor would have made these books immensely more bearable, but as it is they're just so incredibly Serious that they're tough to take.
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.
August 6, 2010
Great book. The characters though a lot are all greatly written and woven to each other. Bring you to different worlds in just one book. Even better then Silver's Edge.
July 29, 2011
this is a very nice read
October 19, 2014
what a great sequel in this trilogy! The first book left me wanting more and Ms. Kelleher surely delivered in this second installment of the Silver's series!
April 6, 2015
Loved it!
October 4, 2017
This book is one of the first books I've carried out of the house to continue to read through the day in a very long time. It picks up right where book 1 stopped.
I enjoyed the characters just as much as book 1. There were a few sections in the book I stumbled over. Like maybe the editor wanted the book cut down more than the author preferred?
I enjoyed the characters just as much as book 1. There were a few sections in the book I stumbled over. Like maybe the editor wanted the book cut down more than the author preferred?
July 30, 2012
Silver's Bane is a detailed, sweeping epic story of a battle - a series of battles really - between the mortal and Faerie realms. Although the style of the book is similar to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, in this book the women play a much more substantial role, and are leaders, warriors and sages equal to, and in several cases more than, the male characters.
The book is exciting and interesting, with lots of detail about the people, places and history of all the characters and their back stories. There is intrigue, treachery, love (moderately graphically described), battle (again, moderately violent descriptions) and the fascinating interactions among all the characters.
If you like Fantasy or Science Fiction you would very likely enjoy this book. One caveat - there is a very large cast of characters, and the chapters flip among their stories throughout so you really need to review the list of the characters given at the beginning of the book so you can keep track of who's who, and what so-and-so's storyline is as the plot moves around.
The book is well written, and the characters are interesting and relatable so you can really become captivated by following along to find out how everyone will ultimately end up.
The plot is exciting detailed and cleverly interconnected with smooth shifts that make sense, even though the shifts are frequent, as one storyline gives way to another through the book. A fast, enjoyable read if you are interested in the doings of Faerie
The book is exciting and interesting, with lots of detail about the people, places and history of all the characters and their back stories. There is intrigue, treachery, love (moderately graphically described), battle (again, moderately violent descriptions) and the fascinating interactions among all the characters.
If you like Fantasy or Science Fiction you would very likely enjoy this book. One caveat - there is a very large cast of characters, and the chapters flip among their stories throughout so you really need to review the list of the characters given at the beginning of the book so you can keep track of who's who, and what so-and-so's storyline is as the plot moves around.
The book is well written, and the characters are interesting and relatable so you can really become captivated by following along to find out how everyone will ultimately end up.
The plot is exciting detailed and cleverly interconnected with smooth shifts that make sense, even though the shifts are frequent, as one storyline gives way to another through the book. A fast, enjoyable read if you are interested in the doings of Faerie
August 28, 2015
**minor spoilers ahead**
I read this book before I read the first in the series, but it didn't really seem necessary for understanding the plotline or character development.
The book needed a better editor - I found several obvious grammatical mistakes, and the book seemed...unnecessarily long. A number of scenes and repetitions about how Faerie was dying and the queen was sealed in her throne room could probably have been removed with affecting the story line.
I did very much like the scenes involving magic in the Shadow world and the scenes involving the gods, particularly those involving Nessa and Cecily. The scene with Cecily and Herne at the very end was also very moving and well-written compared to the rest of the book.
I read this book before I read the first in the series, but it didn't really seem necessary for understanding the plotline or character development.
The book needed a better editor - I found several obvious grammatical mistakes, and the book seemed...unnecessarily long. A number of scenes and repetitions about how Faerie was dying and the queen was sealed in her throne room could probably have been removed with affecting the story line.
I did very much like the scenes involving magic in the Shadow world and the scenes involving the gods, particularly those involving Nessa and Cecily. The scene with Cecily and Herne at the very end was also very moving and well-written compared to the rest of the book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 12, 2012
Less mediocre end to a mediocre series. Interesting if brainless beach reading.
Everyone ends up happily ever after blah blah blah. Honestly the most compelling fate of all was Alemantine's. It's too bad the author didn't have the guts to actually harm anyone else besides making them end up less pretty (my heart bleeds).
What was up with the last chapter? Wow, it went all.... crazy. I have no problem with the content but that was just out of the blue. Like the author was saying "Hey guys, here was the magic behind everything that happened before," but it felt completely random. Introducing druids etc and working them in so that the reader knew what they were about, instead of just tossing them in like we're supposed to know what was going on, would have been nice.
Everyone ends up happily ever after blah blah blah. Honestly the most compelling fate of all was Alemantine's. It's too bad the author didn't have the guts to actually harm anyone else besides making them end up less pretty (my heart bleeds).
What was up with the last chapter? Wow, it went all.... crazy. I have no problem with the content but that was just out of the blue. Like the author was saying "Hey guys, here was the magic behind everything that happened before," but it felt completely random. Introducing druids etc and working them in so that the reader knew what they were about, instead of just tossing them in like we're supposed to know what was going on, would have been nice.
August 15, 2019
My review mostly points out the negative in this book, but I liked it enough that I'm planning on reading the next one, Silver's Lure. So now we have that out the way -
Took me over a year to read because I lost interest throughout the middle so can't really remember much of it however the last two chapters came to a glorious extravaganza of making it worth it.
It really feels like these books could've had half as many pages and still be just as interesting and to be honest, I would've enjoyed it much more. Nessa is dull, you know the type, she's 'not like other girls' because she's dirty & has hairy legs, but of course get's a great amount of male attention, because, you know ;)
PS I love the corn grannies. I love Cecily & Delphinia
Took me over a year to read because I lost interest throughout the middle so can't really remember much of it however the last two chapters came to a glorious extravaganza of making it worth it.
It really feels like these books could've had half as many pages and still be just as interesting and to be honest, I would've enjoyed it much more. Nessa is dull, you know the type, she's 'not like other girls' because she's dirty & has hairy legs, but of course get's a great amount of male attention, because, you know ;)
PS I love the corn grannies. I love Cecily & Delphinia
December 18, 2015
Well I only read this book because I'd already bought it with the first. There was one good sex scene, not love scene, and a couple more scenes but nothing impressive. Everything wrapped up, but nothing was very imaginative. Just sweeping up all the ends into a dust pan to clean up after a kind of boring story that could have had a lot more potential if it'd been more polished and had more fleshed out characters. I usually really like clean endings, but this book left me totally unsatisfied. There was so much potential for more.
December 6, 2009
This is one of those forgettable fantasies that you read in a couple days that you are aware that you did actual read it at one time. For the life of me, other then dealing with the realm of fey, I don't remember a single compelling aspect to it.
On the bright said, I don't remember anything bad about it so it would probably make a good fluff read.
On the bright said, I don't remember anything bad about it so it would probably make a good fluff read.
August 17, 2011
I'm trying to read through my outrageously huge book stash so that I only have books that I have read and really love. This was a series I picked up when I worked at a bookstore, so I a finally working through them. Nothing I would recommend. It's confusing at times, for which fantasy books tend to be guilty, and I didn't really care about any of the characters.
March 20, 2008
Annie continues to win readers hearts with her original and wondrous use of language and mythology to create a unique and wondrous world. Her characters are interesting and this entry in the series never disappoints.
May 22, 2009
The sequel to Silver's Edge, I really loved it and how all the stories of the different "worlds" intertwined in the end.
November 3, 2015
Lengthy descriptions of ritual and non ritual sex don't make for a good story.
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