Silver Silence by Nalini Singh: Review


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Silver Silence by Nalini Singh: ReviewSilver Silence by Nalini Singh
Pages: 464
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Series: Psy-Changeling Trinity #1
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Source: ARC, NetGalley
Also in this series: Ocean Light, Wolf Rain, Alpha Night, Last Guard , Storm Echo, Resonance Surge
Also by this author: Angels' Blood, Archangel's Kiss, Archangel's Viper, Slave to Sensation, Visions of Heat, Caressed By Ice, Mine to Possess, Hostage to Pleasure, Blaze of Memory, Bonds of Justice, Kiss of Snow, Tangle of Need, Shield of Winter, Shards of Hope, Allegiance of Honor, Ocean Light, Archangel's Prophecy , Wolf Rain, Archangel's War, Alpha Night, Archangel's Sun, Love Hard , Last Guard , Archangel's Light , Storm Echo, Archangel's Resurrection, Resonance Surge
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New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh returns to her extraordinary Psy-Changeling world with a story of wild passion and darkest betrayal... Control. Precision. Family. These are the principles that drive Silver Mercant. At a time when the fledgling Trinity Accord seeks to unite a divided world, with Silver playing a crucial role as director of a worldwide emergency response network, wildness and chaos are the last things she needs in her life. But that's exactly what Valentin Nikolaev, alpha of the StoneWater bears, brings with him. Valentin has never met a more fascinating woman. Though Silver is ruled by Silence--her mind clear of all emotion--Valentin senses a whisper of fire around her. That's what keeps him climbing apartment buildings to be near her. But when a shadow assassin almost succeeds in poisoning Silver, the stakes become deadly serious...and Silver finds herself in the heart of a powerful bear clan. Her would-be assassin has no idea what their poison has unleashed...

Silver Silence is book 1 of a spin off of the Psy-Changeling series. The book starts after the Trinity accords where Psys, Changelings, and Humans agree to a tenuous peace. Not everyone is on board with this idea though, so there is lots of deception and backstabbing. You have “The Human Patriot” character who is not named initially and is very against the new peace accords. This person fears that humans will soon become nothing but a victim to Psys who want the knowledge in their heads.

Valentin is an alpha changeling. He knows that he has found his mate in psy Silver, but he has to convince her of that. Silver is well conditioned to the Silence-the protocol of having NO feelings or emotions. Even though the silence is over, Silver still keeps her emotions and feelings on lockdown. But, after an assassination attempt, Silver has to stay in denhome with Valentin and his bear clan. Bears are very personable and pretty much the opposite of the world Silver is used to being in. So, to say she isn’t thrilled is an understatement.

I have not read all the books in the Psy-Changeling series. I was familiar with the world, which is important before reading this book. I really liked Valentin as a hero. He is a shifter, and like many other shifters in book worlds, he has identified his mate and will do whatever to keep her safe. But, since these 2 come from very different worlds, and the changes in society are so new, Silver isn’t ready to accept Valentin.

There are so many characters and so many nuances to this world its easy to get overwhelmed. I haven’t read any books in the series in a while so I did struggle at times to keep it all straight. I seriously needed a graphic to help me remember who is who, what their ‘power’ is, and stuff like that. Once I got over that issue, I was able to really immerse myself in the story. I also forgot how much I love Singh’s humor. The story is filled with little jabs and jokes that make the characters so darn lovable.

“Because…bears.”

Silver Silence is LONG. My struggle with long books stems from my inability to remember things. I do great with books I can pick up and finish in 2-3 days. When I have a long book that will take me a week, I find that I am constantly forgetting what was going on. But, once I was sucked into the story, even though it took a while to read it, I was engaged enough to keep track of everything going on.

Its difficult to really love Silver because she has chosen to keep her Silence protocol. So, she is devoid of emotion and therefore not able to love Valentin. He, on the other hand, is filled with emotions. His adorable gifts signed with his “Mr. I. Am. A. TeddyBear are just one of the things that had me swooning for him. I loved the bear clan overall. They are cuddly and warm towards everyone and those emotions radiated off the pages of the story.

While this certainly isn’t a stand alone, Silver Silence and the Psy-Changeling series is the type of sweeping epic that you want to immerse yourself in because of its beauty, intrigue, and romance.

 

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The Hidden Legacy series by Ilona Andrews, The Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward, The Shadow Riders series by Christine Feehan, The Seven series by Dannika Dark…then you will probably like Silver Silence!

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From Silver Silence: 
Laughing at the cubs’ antics, Valentin jogged down the slight incline and waded into what had to be ice-cold water after kicking off his boots and socks. He splashed the cubs, laughed when they splashed him back. Running so they could chase him, he turned abruptly and chased them back, to their unhidden joy.
Silver took a seat on the grass. When the female bear looked her way, she inclined her head in a silent greeting. The bear did the same, then they both watched an alpha bear play with two energetic cubs, his hands holding rough care for their small bodies.
By the time Valentin made his way back to her, he was drenched and his eyes weren’t human in any way. When he spoke, his already deep voice was so low it felt like thunder against her skin. “Couldn’t resist,” he said, pushing back his wet hair with one big hand. “If you weren’t in recovery and if I wasn’t in terror of Nova’s wrath, I’d have invited you. The small monsters wanted to play with you.”
Silver didn’t get to her feet. “Can we stay here a little longer?” It was patent that Valentin had an extremely high tolerance for the cold, but he might want to dry off.
“Sure,” he said, and, moving away several feet, shook off the wet.
Fine droplets settled on the skin of her cheek, but she didn’t flinch at the unintentional tactile contact. She also controlled her urge to reach up and touch the water where it lay against her skin. There was no reason to do that, and Silver was alive because she only did things that were rational.
Settling beside her, Valentin waved at the cubs as their guardian led their tired forms toward a path in the trees that was at the same level as the stream. “Gentler climb,” Valentin told her.
“They seem too exhausted to make it to Denhome.”
“It’s all an act—they’re hoping for a ride on their aunt’s back.” His tone held the same fond affection she’d heard when he spoke of Dima. “It’d take more than a few minutes’ play in the water to wipe out those two.”
The cubs had played with Valentin for almost a half hour. “They’re hyperactive?”
“They’re baby bears.”
Silver watched as those baby bears turned toward her and rose up on their back paws, as if in challenge. A stern sound from their caretaker, and they dropped down and scrambled to catch up with her. Their bodies disappeared into the trees as dusk began to turn from orange to shadowy gray.
Beside her, Valentin sprawled out, bracing himself on his elbows. His drenched T-shirt clung to the ridged muscles of his abdomen, pulled tight across his pectoral muscles, shaped itself over his shoulders. His jeans weren’t much better, outlining the raw muscle of his thighs.
Valentin Nikolaev was a man of violent physical strength even in human form. Yet he clearly had iron control over it; when he’d played with the children, they’d displayed zero fear of their alpha.
“You thought about where you’re going to live when you escape the bears who’ve kidnapped you?”
When she raised an eyebrow at him, he grinned. “Fringe netter with his own Internet channel sent out a breaking report last night. Pasha—who obviously needs more work duties—made up a fake account and posted a comment swearing to have seen you being pulled into a black van by six burly bears in bear form.”
“You don’t seem too concerned.” Amber eyes and deep voice, he remained very much a bear in human form.
“Well, according to this ‘eyewitness,’ the getaway driver was in bear form, too. Must’ve been tough for him to steer with one paw since he was drinking a beer at the same time.”
“Bears,” Silver said, making Valentin throw his head back and laugh that huge laugh that wrapped around her.

Posted by arrangement with Berkley, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company. Copyright © Nalini Singh, 2017.

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13 responses to “Silver Silence by Nalini Singh: Review

  1. Rowena

    Yassss!!!! I’m so glad to see that you liked this one. I am obsessed with all things Psy-Changelings and I thought Singh did a great job with this spin off. I had the same reservations about bears because…bears. LOL.

    I can see why you would struggle with Silver because at times, I got frustrated with her decisions to stick with Silence but I came to love her and Valentin. They were so good together and I adored Valentin’s gifts to Silver and just the way that he would not give up on her. Gah, I love this series.

    You should go back and read all of the books because the more familiar you are with all of the characters, the better the series is. Great review, Sam!

  2. Sounds so great! I didn’t know about bear shifters! That’s awesome, I’ll have to check out this series… I love power driven stories. #getsocial17

  3. oh lovely review you have here!! I just read this book and loved it so much. I am not sure if its my favorites of this world or from this author but it was so wonderful to get back to this world of psy and changelings and humans and seeing all the politics of everything. It was a bit confusing at times, but I still fell in love with this couple. They were great together and man, the hero….he was superb. From his disdain for wolves, trying to be like a cat in his seduction of Silver, and how he interacts with the cubs. He made a fantastic hero for this book and I love how devoted he is to Silver even through the end there.

    • I read book 1 and 2 a while ago, but it was a bit difficult to keep up with the world at times because I have forgotten/missed so much. But, I LOVED the bears! Gah!

  4. Yeah when I was sent this book late last year I knew that I had to pick up the Psy-Changeling series from the very beginning and work my way to the most recent or I wouldn’t be able to follow Silver Silence. I’m currently reading Silver Silence now and I find myselfl able to follow it pretty well, I can’t wait to read about the ending result between Valentine and Silver.

  5. While I liked this story, the span between stories has me forgetting a lot of the little details. Silver was intriguing but I wanted her to let go of Silence so bad.

    Hopping by from Delighted Reader. #GetSocial17

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