This book isn't quite the light-hearted, often tongue in cheek fare we're used to from Tanya Huff. Of course it's a war story, and even in a magical world full of mages and shape-shifters, war isn't pretty or light-hearted. Still, The Silvered is wonderfully well written story with great characterization, vividly portrayed settings and a plot that just keeps on coming. Not surprising for anyone who's every met Tanya, it centres around a couple of strong, Alpha females, and it's easy to why it was a 2013 Aurora award winner. Although it stands alone, the closing chapters lead me to believe it will be the foundation of a series, and I'm hoping that Tanya's hanging out in writer's hidey-hole working on the sequel because it's already on my "want to read' list. Well, it's Tanya Huff, so of course it is a good book - winner of the Aurora Award for Best Canadian Spec-fic, in fact - and naturally I enjoyed it very much. Despite the fact that I'm not overly excited about books that feature werewolf dominance issues and use the word Alpha a lot. :)But Huff's werewolf and mage based society was fascinating, and the main characters were interesting (and mostly female, which was a nice switch for a werewolf story), and the plot had me turning pages avidly. I'd love to see more of this world,
Do You like book The Silvered (2012)?
New take on the werewolf/mage genre. Really looking forward to the next one.
—michellem
I wish there was another one. Likable characters and interesting world/plot.
—Marie
So much better than most of her recent stuff.
—yaya
