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Silver/Steel (2012)

by Belinda McBride(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Loose ID

series

Arcada

review 1: Silver/Steel Belinda McBride I received this book free via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. I don't gush and give false praise – I don't believe that helps readers or authors so what you read is what I truly feel about a book. My first Belinda McBride novel was Blacque/Bleu – if you've read my review you'll recall my problem with the twee names...this time we meet others from the pack along with a mysterious fae named Dylan – a name I can deal with much easier : ) This is gay (m/m) romance which I feel is often very touching, and heartbreaking. If you're offended at work like this don't read it – but you'll miss out on a good romance. Its in the LGBT Shape-shifter/Vampire Paranormal Genre, and please take note of the publishers warning “contains exp... morelicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Bondage, domination, male/male sexual practices, violence.” I hate reading reviews where people complain about content when its clearly labelled beforehand....As with book one the description covers the storyline pretty well so I won't repeat that but say why I enjoyed this story. Firstly the characters – once more they're well written and feel like “real” people even though they are simple imaginary and of fantasy type beings. Thats a tough one to do – but belinda does it and made me feel once again as though I was there with them. The story itself is thorough, not too complicated but clearly defined and with a number of interrelated plots. So many erotic romance books use the story as simply a vehicle to tie together myriad sex scenes - and to me that's just boring. Belinda does more with keeping the undoubtedly explicit sex to its proper place within the framework of a good story. The whole town of Arcada has a contingent of mystical people that deserve to be heard more of and are solid enough to carry further novels, so as I noted in the Blacque/Bleu review its good to read more of them. They're an interesting mix of characters, not just Pack, but a mix of beings welcome in a village that looks after them. Dylan speaks to Arcada in dreams here being a dream-walker himself, and it was intriguing to learn more about the construct of a being that can take over and look after inhabitants of a village. I enjoyed the whole of this story – even more so that book one maybe because I felt I was getting to know the people and the world its set in – I think the Fae element is particularly intriguing and hope Belinda includes more of those in the future. Poor Dylan had a tough choice to make and in the beginning I wasn't happy with what he was trying to do even though I understood why – but as in the best novels (well – my best anyway – I like a HEA ) it all works out in the end. Interesting and gripping journey getting there though. Its priced at £5.14 for 258 pages , even more expensive that book one – and I found that quite dear for the length. Still, as I noted then Belinda is a well established author so I guess her works command a higher price. Its well edited too with few spelling or grammar errors and a book I would enjoy reading again at a later date. Again this is not a strong enough story to make it to my five star rating but it's a well deserved 4 stars.
review 2: This second book in the Arcada series was even more interesting to me than the first one - and I really enjoyed the first one very much. The characters were quite good, and it was fun to see Lukas and Oliver from the first story and how their relationship has really solidified. I am looking forward to more books in this series - there is so much potential for good stuff. Hurry up and write Belinda McBride! less

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