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,
What do You think about 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
