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Silvercloak (Silvercloak Saga, #1)

by L.K. Steven

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Katie said: " Thank you to NetGalley and to Pan Macmillan/Del Rey UK for the digital ARC, it hasn’t affected my honest review.

TW: death, violence, body horror, torture, grief, murder, sexual content, suicide, addiction

Twenty years ago, Saffron witnessed her parent Thank you to NetGalley and to Pan Macmillan/Del Rey UK for the digital ARC, it hasn’t affected my honest review.

TW: death, violence, body horror, torture, grief, murder, sexual content, suicide, addiction

Twenty years ago, Saffron witnessed her parents be murdered by the Bloodmoons, a brutal gang of magicians who run the streets. This destroyed her childhood, and ever since then she’s been hellbent on revenge- and willing to do anything to get it. In a world where magic is fuelled by pleasure or pain, Saffron lied her way into the elite Silvercloak academy, where the most gifted detectives are trained, to find a way to bring the Bloodmoons responsible to justice. On the eve of her graduation, Saff’s lies are exposed and she’s given only one option: infiltrate the Bloodmoons and destroy them from the inside out, aiding the Silvercloaks in secret. Forced into a world where pleasure and pain are the largest currencies, and the Bloodmoons own everything, Saff is forced to commit terrible crimes in order to prove her loyalty and keep her cover. Things are made worse by the fact that a prophecy predicts she will kiss- and then kill- the kingpin’s tortured son, Levan. As her feelings grow, and as her web of lies gets more and more complicated, Saffron is only moments away from pulling everything down around her- but it might mean losing her life.

If you think you know what you’re going to read when you start ‘Silvercloak’, you’re completely wrong. This is an epic swan dive into the darkest heart of a city and its characters, following an obsessive detective as she tries to get revenge on the people who killed her family by any means necessary. Saffron is utterly brilliant, she’s complex and morally grey and utterly committed to what she stands for- even if it hurts her. The conflict between her desire to help people as a Silvercloak (“the good”) and the way she falls into the life of a Bloodmoon (“the bad”) was perfectly written, you see the way she goes from being sure she can’t stand for something to actively aiding criminals. Throughout the book, the reader goes with Saffron from being a little girl, watching as her parents are killed, to being an adult with an entire undercover operation resting on her shoulders. Levan, the kingpin’s son, is a great foil to Saffron- he’s tortured by the things he has to do in order to survive and at first Saff thinks there’s no humanity left in him. I loved his bond with his wolf, Rasso, and how gradually he and Saff came to understand each other. Their scenes sing from the moment they meet with the knowledge that soon Saff will both kiss and kill him. I enjoyed how their relationship deepened into something more, even with the constant threat of Saff’s true intentions being discovered. The magic system- where a person’s power can come from either pleasure (often something as simple as eating chocolate or having sex) or pain (typically physical injury)- is one of the most unique I’ve ever read. I loved how casually queer this entire world is as well, Saff’s relationship with her kind of ex Nissa is one of my favourite dynamics in this book and I hope we see Nissa again in the future (somehow). This is a bloody, violent and often brutal world with some of the most imaginative death scenes I’ve ever read and characters you can’t help but root (and despair) for. I absolutely can’t wait for what might come next in this world, it’s completely unpredictable. ...more "

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The Faerie Hounds of York by Arden Powell

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And I’ve seen magic. It lingers in the tree roots and the season’s first frost. It’s deep in the earth—though not so far out of reach as you might think.” He bared his teeth in a smile. “This is the north. The land is still half wild up ...more

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“Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.”
― Grant Morrison, Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human

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“Fireflies.”

“What?” Iseult splashed upright. Chill bumps raced down her arms.

“There.” Aeduan waved across the pond. “Fireflies. They’re good luck in Marstok, I’ve heard. And children make wishes on them.” There was something light to Aeduan’s voice, as if he …

“Are you making a joke?” Iseult pushed to her feet. Water droplets splattered across the stone.

“No.”

Iseult didn’t believe him.”
― Susan Dennard, Windwitch

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