Summary from Goodreads, "The second book in the International bestselling Vardari series, Silver Throat continues where book one left off. After Juva lets Grif out into the world and he escapes Naklav, it seems the Vardari should no longer be able to live, without their source of eternal life, and the city should finally be free of wolf disease. But Juva’s plan has failed and the epidemic is now spreading. Caught between an idle city council and the immortals desperate fight for the last drops of life-giving blood, Juva must team up with a fanatic priest to save Naklav from destruction. But she soon realizes she may have trusted the wrong person, and the scar left by Grif’s leaving is deeper than she thought."

This book has been translated and parts feel off due to that. But, overall a good book with a good story. The downside is the huge cliffhanger at the end, however, from a marketing standpoint, a great gimmick to encourage follow-up purchases with the next book release.

My first thoughts upon seeing this book is that it looks neat with the printed road all over the front and back covers. It is a hardback and appears durable. It came with an info sheet, which was cool as it added more insight about the book directly and also about the author/artist, Brian Baker. I flipped through the pages to see what was in store and I noticed a few things. One, there are no words at all except for the dedication page, opening page, and closing pages. Two, the pictures are all printed on heavier paper, but not photo paper or glossy paper. Three, the layout is very inconsistent. A lot of pages have the photo(s) printed on the right page and the left page is blank. But then, there are some pages that have the photo(s) on both sides, pages where the picture(s) is/are only on the left and the right is blank, and then there's another page that has a picture directly in the middle and is split between the pages. Personally, I don't care for the contemporary random placements and I would prefer consistency or a pattern of some kind. But, this layout probably appeals to others. Overall, I do think this book is pretty neat to look at and see the world as experienced by someone else. I do wish, however, that the pictures had captions to tell me more. Even if it was just the location of where the photo was taken. I think it would be really cool to organize images by location or by the tour he was on at the time. Maybe include a timeline or something. I'm just left show more wanting more... show less

At first glance, I thought this book was adorable and I absolutely loved all of the pictures. The animals are cute and the colors are nice and fill the pages which captivates younger audiences visually. The story itself is nice as well. However, the names are impossible to pronounce and it's not until the very end of the book where you find the glossary of pronunciations and definitions. I would have loved it if this came at the beginning of the book. Or, better yet, include the individual pronunciations in parenthesis next to each name in the story itself as well as in the glossary. After reading and finding out why these hard to pronounce names were used, I thought the idea behind it was great. But, I feel any younger child attempting to read this book would just skip over the names and lose interest before giving it a chance. When children struggle to read, they avoid reading, and unfortunately, the way this book is presented, it would frustrate them and make them not want to try.

I thought Pet & People Heaven was a cute book. It addresses common pet deaths children encounter while they are young and helps them explore positive outcomes and scenarios of where they might go after they have died. It also gives an example of what heaven for people may look like as well. The illustrations were very colorful and appealing. I would recommend this book to children to help them cope with loss at an easy to understand level.