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Silver Elite

Dani Francis

3.95 AVERAGE

adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Giving an extra 1/2 star because I was over 60% through before it became a hate-read. Whoever decided to market this as spicy Hunger Games was wrong. This book feels like all the favorite romance and dystopian fantasy tropes were thrown into ChatGPT and published. Like a first draft of every Dystopian Romance before the editing and fleshing out the world-building and character-building. The romance felt forced, the spicy scenes were meh, and the FMC was so annoying (and not in a good way). I still don't understand the world and lore. There were too many different names for the same type of person that I almost immediately lost track. I saw that book 2 is coming soon...unless the FOMO hits really bad...I will probably skip it. I'm just curious to know the "well-known" author behind the pen name. A few details in the writing make me think it's a man. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I'm so glad I chose this book because it's 100% everything I love in a story: suspense, an original universe, emotions at every turn of the chapters, particularly engaging characters, deep connections between some of them and a great writing. I can't wait to read the rest... May seems too far away!
lighthearted slow-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I enjoyed this story. A nice blend of world building, a strong FMC, and spice.

3.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

De wereld is getroffen door meerdere oorlogen honderden jaren geleden. Uit deze oorlogen zijn de Mods ontstaan. Mensen die een afwijking hebben in hun DNA, waardoor zij speciale krachten hebben. Van het gedachten lezen, tot telepathisch praten, helen en meer. Wanneer zij deze krachten gebruiken worden hun aders zilver. De huidige regeren/commandant verafschuwd de Mods en laat ze vervolgen. Wat uitkomt op de dood of werken als slaaf.

Je volgt Wren, een erg krachtige Mod. Ondergedoken in een klein stadje met haar oom. Door een fout van Wren word hij opgepakt en uiteindelijk publiek ter dood veroordeeld. Wren is hierbij aanwezig en word opgepakt. Ze weet de regering te omzeilen waardoor zij niet weten dat zij een Mod is. Haar straf? Opgeleid worden als soldaat voor de regering. Dit wil ze absoluut niet, maar word uiteindelijk overgehaald om dit wel te doen door het verzet. Ze moet worden toegelaten tot de Silver Elite. De hoogste soldaten van de regeren, om zo cruciale informatie door te spelen naar het verzet. Dit word echter lastig wanneer zij verliefd word op de zoon van de commandant, Cross.

Ik had ietwat moeite om erin te komen. Dit kwam ook grotendeels door de issues die ik met het boek had. De schrijfstijl daarintegen is heel relaxt, de worldbuilding fenomenaal en de onthulling die gedaan worden zijn onwijs spannend