- Paperback: 228 pages
- Publisher: QueeredFiction (1 Mar 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1920441123
- ISBN-13: 978-1920441128
- Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,935,323 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Ayla Hammond has come home. After years as a lone wolf in a self-imposed exile she's rejoining the pack and trying to mend fences with her parents. She's convinced them to accept her girlfriend, but can a lone wolf change her ways? As if homecoming wasn't hard enough, Ayla also can't help getting involved in a missing person case. With pressure to solve the case mounting from the pack alphas, Ayla is starting to question where her loyalties lie - and if a return to the pack she left behind is really what she wants.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Engaging and interesting
21 Jun 2010
Format:Paperback
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Some books wrap themselves up in the trope of a genre like a comfortable blanket, and others seem to transcend genre and theme with their very nature. Silver Kiss is one of these. Labeled an "urban werewolf novel" not true urban fantasy it's the tale of Ayla, a werewolf, and Shannon, a human, together trying to make a new life with Ayla's Pack and family. Except the recent murder of Ayla's cousin Adam (which drew her back to the Pack in the first place) might not be an isolated event. To top it off there's a new street drug out there that's highly addictive to werewolves and triggers their animal instincts, making them rage filled animals ready to fight. Sure enough Shannon and Ayla get dragged (and blackmailed) in, ending up way over their heads.
Silver Kiss is a werewolf mystery, not an urban fantasy or paranormal romance, with a strong overlying theme of community and family acceptance, how it relates to humans, werewolves, and lesbians. Ayla is a high strung character, possibly the book's only flaw as her nervous energy infects a book that otherwise has very much normalized the concept of werewolves and werewolf culture. Her emotionality does, at times, distract from the main plot, or close it down as her independent streak leads her to not trust the people around her, not even family and friends. However Clark has spun an interesting balance of world elements, the paranormal and the struggle for normalcy in what's considered deviancy even in our supposedly modern and accepting culture. Highly recommended for library collections, with a good mystery and moments of surprising depth, Silver Kiss is the sort of stand out, inclusive fiction that more collections should be proud to have on their shelves.
Contains: sex, violence, cursing
Some books wrap themselves up in the trope of a genre like a comfortable blanket, and others seem to transcend genre and theme with their very nature. Silver Kiss is one of these. Labeled an "urban werewolf novel" not true urban fantasy it's the tale of Ayla, a werewolf, and Shannon, a human, together trying to make a new life with Ayla's Pack and family. Except the recent murder of Ayla's cousin Adam (which drew her back to the Pack in the first place) might not be an isolated event. To top it off there's a new street drug out there that's highly addictive to werewolves and triggers their animal instincts, making them rage filled animals ready to fight. Sure enough Shannon and Ayla get dragged (and blackmailed) in, ending up way over their heads.
Silver Kiss is a werewolf mystery, not an urban fantasy or paranormal romance, with a strong overlying theme of community and family acceptance, how it relates to humans, werewolves, and lesbians. Ayla is a high strung character, possibly the book's only flaw as her nervous energy infects a book that otherwise has very much normalized the concept of werewolves and werewolf culture. Her emotionality does, at times, distract from the main plot, or close it down as her independent streak leads her to not trust the people around her, not even family and friends. However Clark has spun an interesting balance of world elements, the paranormal and the struggle for normalcy in what's considered deviancy even in our supposedly modern and accepting culture. Highly recommended for library collections, with a good mystery and moments of surprising depth, Silver Kiss is the sort of stand out, inclusive fiction that more collections should be proud to have on their shelves.
Contains: sex, violence, cursing
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A unique werewolf novel
25 April 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Silver Kiss by Naomi Clark was one of the more unique books I've read. Werewolf books are pretty popular but she spun a story that hasn't been told before, one that defiantly holds your attention. Ayla Hammond comes back into the werewolf pack after she has left for a few years, and once she comes back she is weaved into a missing case that her girlfriend is working on. She suspects the missing girl has something to do with the drug called Silver Kiss. This book is filled with love, action, and some very good fiction. I was pleasantly surprised with Naomi Clark's writing ability. Her words flowed off the page and were so easy to read. I loved how she used so many great adjectives and her paragraphs weren't too overly descriptive.
Will I reread it?
I'm a great fan of werewolf novels so I'll defiantly be coming back to this one.
It was kind of nice to get into the whole girl werewolf topic, which is rarely seen in books. And I will defiantly stay on the lookout for more books by Naomi.
Will I reread it?
I'm a great fan of werewolf novels so I'll defiantly be coming back to this one.
It was kind of nice to get into the whole girl werewolf topic, which is rarely seen in books. And I will defiantly stay on the lookout for more books by Naomi.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Four paws up for Silver Kiss
19 Aug 2010
Format:Paperback
Where to start?
There are so many good things to say about SILVER KISS. One could start with the delight inherent in finding a novel where werewolves don't play second fiddle to hawt 'n' sexy 'n' angsty vampires. One could go further back and dwell on the rarity of a book starring werewolves which is set in a world where vampires don't even exist. One could take a moment to enjoy finding an urban fantasy novel set in England rather than the US. One could mention these, and many other things that make this novel a great find.
However, to do so would be to do a great disservice to the author. What makes SLIVER KISS such a rollicking good read is not these details. Rather, it is the skill of the author. Clark weaves a tight story around believable characters and delivers a novel that balances action and suspense with emotion and deep, engrossing world-building.
In a world where werewolf birth rates are declining and young pack members are under great pressure to marry and start popping out pups, a lesbian pack member would have a whole unique set of problems. This is the world Ayla finds herself in. The fact that her girlfriend is human is beside the point. Several years after she left the pack she's coming home. Have the pack's attitudes changed? What about her parents? What about this missing person case? And, of course, there's this new drug doing the rounds of the werewolf community. It's harmless. So why are so many wolves going loco?
If you're a wild child with a secret hankering to run across the grass on paws and in fur, but hate the way your lupine brethren (and sistren!) always end up overshadowed by the bloodsuckers, SILVER KISS is for you. Join me in howling at the full moon, won't you?
There are so many good things to say about SILVER KISS. One could start with the delight inherent in finding a novel where werewolves don't play second fiddle to hawt 'n' sexy 'n' angsty vampires. One could go further back and dwell on the rarity of a book starring werewolves which is set in a world where vampires don't even exist. One could take a moment to enjoy finding an urban fantasy novel set in England rather than the US. One could mention these, and many other things that make this novel a great find.
However, to do so would be to do a great disservice to the author. What makes SLIVER KISS such a rollicking good read is not these details. Rather, it is the skill of the author. Clark weaves a tight story around believable characters and delivers a novel that balances action and suspense with emotion and deep, engrossing world-building.
In a world where werewolf birth rates are declining and young pack members are under great pressure to marry and start popping out pups, a lesbian pack member would have a whole unique set of problems. This is the world Ayla finds herself in. The fact that her girlfriend is human is beside the point. Several years after she left the pack she's coming home. Have the pack's attitudes changed? What about her parents? What about this missing person case? And, of course, there's this new drug doing the rounds of the werewolf community. It's harmless. So why are so many wolves going loco?
If you're a wild child with a secret hankering to run across the grass on paws and in fur, but hate the way your lupine brethren (and sistren!) always end up overshadowed by the bloodsuckers, SILVER KISS is for you. Join me in howling at the full moon, won't you?
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