Silver Shadows

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Publicado originalmente: El Extraño Gato del Cuento

No me duró ni veinticuatro horas. Silver Shadows fue mucho más de lo que esperaba, en estos momentos estoy en un limbo, con un subidón de satisfacción que solo baja un poco cuando me doy cuenta que este es el penúltimo libro. No sé que va a ser de mi este año con la espera de Ruby Circle. Pero todavía no nos pongamos tristes, te vine a hablar de Silver Shadows. Todos teníamos teorías y 40% de ellas estuvieron equivocadas. ES CRUEL. No te diré exactamente cuales son, no voy a quitarte nada de la experiencia de lo que es leer este libro.

Recuerdo que en The Fiery Heart, sino me equivoco, dije que se me hacía difícil seguir a Sydney, era un poco denso. Esto show more cambia totalmente en Silver Shadows, he disfrutado todo, no sé si es porque la magia ya no es tan protagonista como el libro anterior, sólo sé que empecé a leer y simplemente no pude parar hasta las tres de la mañana y luego tuve que poner mucho esfuerzo en interactuar con gente a la hora del almuerzo, salió mal por cierto.

Es un libro en cual las fans más sensibles van a llorar a mares, por cosas malas y por cosas buenas. Richelle es una escritora brillante ¿Una de sus especiales? Los finales traumáticos (como ya se imaginaran este libro no es la excepción) pero cuando escribe romance, Richelle ESCRIBE romance. Romance del tipo que te hace creer que quizá algo como el amor de Adrian y Sydney pueda existir, del tipo que solo quieres abrazarlos y decirles que todo saldrá bien... aunque sabes que será casi imposible, porque al parecer este mundo cruel y malvado no los quiere juntos.

Unos días antes de la publicación de Silver Shadows, ya podíamos leer los cinco primeros capítulos ¡Y qué cosa más dolorosa fue eso! Primero Adrian, oh Adrian, quise golpearte, sacudirte y consolarte tantas veces pero te perdono ¿sabes? Porque es parte de tu personalidad, porque si hubiera sido de manera diferente no habrías sido tú. Y luego Lissa, ay Lissa, nunca has sido un personaje muy... entrañable digamos, pero las fans te odiarán en Silver Shadows. Y aunque no lo crean, kittens, yo la entiendo, sé que si nosotras hubiéramos estado en el lugar de Lissa habríamos puesto a toda la Guardia Real en busca de Sydney pero es política kittens, para bien o para mal. Y es lo que me gusta mucho de la escritura de Richelle Mead, el que sus personajes tengan personalidad, nos guste o no. Además recuerden que Richelle no hace las cosas solo porque sí.

I've always made it a rule in my life not to pick fights with children, cute animals, or ignorant old men. I will, however, make a exception for you

Deben estar preparados para todo tipo de sorpresas, de las buenas, de las malas, de las adorables y las aterradoras. Hay muchos personajes nuevos, recuerda que nadie es lo que parece, también hay personajes de los cuales sentimos curiosidad pero no pudimos ver hasta ahora y también veremos a otros que preferiríamos no ver nunca más.

¿Valdrá la pena todo el dolor y la tortura? ¿Adrian y Sydney arreglarlo todo? Y lo más importante ¿encontrarán a Sydney a tiempo?

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I love the Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead, but I found this book a little slower than her other novels in the series. I do not love the Bloodlines series as much as Vampire Academy, but I still find myself wanting to find out what happens to Eddie, Jill, Adrian, Angeline and Sydney.

Following Sydney and Adrian apart, and then together again, started out in a very slow manner. After about half way through the book, the action we love from Richelle Mead comes in and made me love the book!

This is a very good read, but not one of Richelle's best. I still want to continue the series, but I would not rate this book five stars for the slow start.

The ending that happened in this book was not surprising and not the shock I had hoped to show more expect from Richelle. It was expected and a very obvious "twist" ending.

Four out of five stars. A little predictable and slow, but still a good read by Richelle. show less

I can confidently say that this is my favorite of the "Bloodlines" series so far.

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I would definitely say, though, that the first third or half of the book would have been much improved by shortening Adrian's chapters. I seriously considered skipping them. I was so anxious to get to Sydney, and Adrian was boring at best and annoying at worst. What was up with him? He was acting like Sydney was dead! I was really frustrated with him. How could he think that attempting to find her in a dream a couple of times a day was good enough? I would think checking hourly, with Sonya and Lissa taking a few shifts, would have been much more effective. He really would have had to get lucky for his method to have worked. Of course, show more ultimately, he did. But he could have made contact sooner.

Now, Sydney's chapters, I loved. I'm really interested in psychology and Sydney's "re-education" is very reminiscent of old-fashioned methods of treating mental disabilities. It was sufficiently creepy and infuriating, and I was cheering Sydney on the whole way. Although, there were a couple of times I got frustrated with her as well... The first time she thinks she'll be able to get drug-free sleep and realizes that they drug all of the inmates at night, my first thought was that she could try sleeping during their hour of reading time. Granted, maybe they're not allowed to and that time must be used for reading, but the fact that she didn't even think about it annoyed me. Later, I think it was when they were starting their attempt to get a Pavlovian response out of her and she took forever to figure out what they wanted her to say. She's been great at thinking like an Alchemist when she needs to up to and after this point, but for an inexplicable reason, her brain was working really slowly in that moment and it took some extreme pain for her to finally get those gears turning. It just seemed uncharacteristic to me.

Once Adrian got out of his slump, both sides kept me invested in the story and I loved the continuation and conclusion of it. I can't wait to read the next and final book!

Side note: I'm assuming Hopper will have something to do in the next book? Isn't he supposed to help or warn Sydney or something? I feel like he hasn't done anything but be adorable yet.

*Review written September 15, 2016.* show less

Richelle Mead does not disappoint. I was so excited for this book to come out and I was more than pleased with it. I loved the alternate points of view so that we could see what was happening with Sidney while in captivity as well as seeing what Adrian was going through. I was surprised to be a bit disappointed with Lissa in this book, I thought she was more insightful than she showed here, but I'm chalking it up to her stresses as queen. The dynamic between Adrian and Sidney just has me about swooning by now, I love them together. Holy Cliffhanger though! I'm going to be anxiously awaiting the next book in February.

No penúltimo volume da série Bloodlines, Sydney é levada à força para longe de Adrian, colocando à prova o romance proibido de uma humana com um vampiro. Sydney Sage arriscou tudo. Ainda infiltrada na organização, trabalhava contra os alquimistas e vivia um romance secreto com o vampiro Adrian Ivashkov. Qualquer deslize poderia trazer tudo por água abaixo, e foi exatamente o que aconteceu: sua própria irmã descobriu seu relacionamento proibido e a denunciou, fazendo com que Sydney fosse capturada pelos seus pares e mandada para a terrível reeducação. Lá, as condições de higiene e de conforto eram mínimas. Nos poucos momentos em que ela ficava acordada, uma voz metálica tentava convencê-la a “confessar seus show more pecados”. Cercada de inimigos e sem saber onde estava ou como sairia dali, Sydney luta para manter sua identidade, sua capacidade de pensar por si mesma e, principalmente, a esperança de que encontrará Adrian novamente. Enquanto isso, o vampiro tenta diferentes estratégias para descobrir o paradeiro da garota. Mas quando suas alternativas fracassam uma a uma, sua vida começa a sair do controle e ser tomada pelas garras do espírito - o elemento mágico que lhe confere poderes mas o afunda cada vez mais na depressão. Para suportar tudo isso, Adrian se entrega a uma vida desregrada, deixando que velhos hábitos voltem à tona para esquecer toda a impotência que sente. Será que o amor dos dois será forte o bastante para sobreviver a essa provação? show less

I wanted to read this because I love this series and Richelle Mead is one of my favorite authors with her YA series. I am so happy that Adrian found someone he loves and that loves him back regardless of their "species" her being human/alchemist and him being a Moroi (vampire). In their culture this is frowned upon.

I read a recap on Recaptains but Silver Shadows did a good job of reminding me what happened and who is who. It was a pretty natural way too.

It was really hard in this one because Sydney and Adrian are separated, and Sydney is going through torture to be reformed by the Alchemists who jerked her from Palm Springs where she had actually made friends, but worst of all in their eyes, she had fell in love with a vampire. They show more did all sorts of things like sensory deprivation and Pavlovian conditioning in hopes to bring her back to being so wary, almost hating the Moroi and dhampirs. Sydney keeps Adrian and their memories on her own private reel and thinks about the center will hold.

Adrian falls back into drinking to numb himself but tries so many times to find her in her dreams, but he never can and gets increasingly depressed and frustrated. He has a surprise visitor and has decisions to make about getting himself together or making another hard choice. I saw so much more character growth in him while still keeping his personality. He also demonstrated a very real issue-- that with depression sometimes big events can cause you to slip into bad habits.

I loved the course of the story and how competent Sydney is and that she doesn't lose her head. She fights and remembers the center will hold. She also makes allies and friends and the way that she sneaks and obtains stuff she needs, as well as being resourceful without her amulets and other magical tools that could help.

And the ending, break my heart now. I loved where the plot took them and that they had some glimpses of getting things on track when bam. Ms Mead drops a big one and then its over. I loved it though and will certainly finish the series because I love the characters, the actions, the real emotions, the romance and plot turns.

Bottom Line: Another fantastic book in a series with characters and a romance that I love. show less

Initial Thoughts

I’m nervous. I don’t want this series to end and I especially don’t want the ending to suck. It’s going so good right now that I’m worried that the author will mess up. Fingers crossed!

My New BFF

It’s not a new bff, it’s the same one since I started this series. Sydney really does surprise me. She’s not a fighter but she’s fighting for her life in this book. There’s so much going on with her and it makes me love her even more. Not only is she trying to escape, but she’s trying to get the others to escape too. Most of them are brainwashed so it’s kind of hard to do. I was nervous that someone was going to stab her in the back the whole time! I’m glad she was smart enough to figure all this stuff show more out though. The next book is going to be crazy!

My Crush

I’m glad we still got to see Adrian in this book. I was worried that the author would focus on Sydney more but we got to see pieces of how Adrian was handling her disappearance. I was actually really impressed with his break out strategy. I figured he’s be more of a backup player but he was really important during this whole book. His character just keeps getting better and more complex!

Writing Style

I especially love the characters in this book. We meet tons of new people and some of our old friends come back. One thing I’d like to see is more of queen Lissa and the whole court because I feel like they should be involved with this whole scenario. aybe next book!

Closing Thoughts

I’m in love with this series and I can’t say that enough. I can’t find anything wrong with it. As soon as I opened this book I couldn’t put it down! I get sucked into the world and I feel like I’m right alongside the characters. I’d recommend this book to anyone who loves action and romance with a little bit of supernatural added in. I can’t wait to see which direction this series goes in. show less