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aphelia88's review against another edition
4.0
I bought this on a whim when I needed to add more to an online order to earn free shipping
acstoppelreads's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. The author did a really good job creating an eerie feeling to the books. I really enjoy the way she portrays relationships in a very realistic way. I just wish that the main characters powers had lived up to the build up to the big boss fight. I will still be continuing the series and just hoping that Isobel's powers develop more and more.
amanda57's review against another edition
3.0
A paranormal western featuring ghosts, demons, magicians and the devil himself? Silver on the road is an impressively imaginative read. It was the slower-than-molasses plot that left me underwhelmed. By the midway point, I was hanging on for the characters more than the story.
thistlechaser's review against another edition
4.0
*Spoilers*
This is going to sound more snarky than I intend, but: This would have been a really good book if there had been a plot.
The worldbuilding in Silver on the Road was just amazing. I loved everything about it. Every single little detail and trait. It was set in an alternate version of the old west, one where the supernatural exists. The devil (lower case) controls everything west of the Mississippi. But for most folks, that the devil owns everything means little -- they still live out their lives, have families, nothing much different than anyone else. However, if one chooses, they can visit the devil and make a deal -- ask for something and offer something.
The main character worked the tavern that the devil worked out of (where his office was, but he was also a gambler, so its where he always played his cardgames). When she came of age, she decided to go to the devil and make a deal for a job she wanted. He agreed to her terms, thus the story began.
The whole book was about her being on the road with an older rider. What did they do? Rode the territory and looked at things. That's the whole story, him just teaching her how to live on the road in the territory. It was interesting only because the world they lived in was interesting, but for the first 90% of the book, there was zero plot other than them riding together and him teaching her about the land.
90% in, what seemed like plot was picking up: Something Evil was loose in the land, and main character decided it was her job to take care of it.
You talk to it.
Seriously. So after the last 10% of the book builds up to this BIG PROBLEM, BIG EVIL THING, how did the main character deal with it? She talked to it. Explained the devil's rules to it and how it could live in the territory. While that made sense, it was seriously unsatisfying as an ending.
All that being said, I didn't hate the book. The writing was good. I liked all the characters a lot (a whole lot!). I loved the world. It's just that, with so little plot, I had no drive to read it.
Apparently this is the first book in a series, but I suspect I won't bother picking up the second. It's really too bad, this could have been a great book if more happened in it.
This is going to sound more snarky than I intend, but: This would have been a really good book if there had been a plot.
The worldbuilding in Silver on the Road was just amazing. I loved everything about it. Every single little detail and trait. It was set in an alternate version of the old west, one where the supernatural exists. The devil (lower case) controls everything west of the Mississippi. But for most folks, that the devil owns everything means little -- they still live out their lives, have families, nothing much different than anyone else. However, if one chooses, they can visit the devil and make a deal -- ask for something and offer something.
The main character worked the tavern that the devil worked out of (where his office was, but he was also a gambler, so its where he always played his cardgames). When she came of age, she decided to go to the devil and make a deal for a job she wanted. He agreed to her terms, thus the story began.
The whole book was about her being on the road with an older rider. What did they do? Rode the territory and looked at things. That's the whole story, him just teaching her how to live on the road in the territory. It was interesting only because the world they lived in was interesting, but for the first 90% of the book, there was zero plot other than them riding together and him teaching her about the land.
90% in, what seemed like plot was picking up: Something Evil was loose in the land, and main character decided it was her job to take care of it.
You talk to it.
Seriously. So after the last 10% of the book builds up to this BIG PROBLEM, BIG EVIL THING, how did the main character deal with it? She talked to it. Explained the devil's rules to it and how it could live in the territory. While that made sense, it was seriously unsatisfying as an ending.
All that being said, I didn't hate the book. The writing was good. I liked all the characters a lot (a whole lot!). I loved the world. It's just that, with so little plot, I had no drive to read it.
Apparently this is the first book in a series, but I suspect I won't bother picking up the second. It's really too bad, this could have been a great book if more happened in it.
morawynsmom's review against another edition
3.0
Did not make it far, but I shelved it as a book I might return to someday. I love the author's way of writing, the descriptions are beautiful, but it is WAYYYYY to slow for me right now, especially for a book that is suppose to take place in the Devil's West. I might re-visit Western Fantasy someday, right now it is not really my thing.
rhodesee's review
4.0
An incredibly interesting and unique world. I can't wait to continue on with the series. This installment raises many questions that I hope will be answered.
fancypython's review against another edition
4.0
This world and the characters are very intriguing, and I can't wait to read the next book.
wildflowerz76's review against another edition
1.0
I'm not really sure I read the same book as everyone else. Or my tastes are just WILDLY different.
This book started out interesting to me. I'm not a big fan of Westerns, but this was interesting. Unfortunately about a third of the way through I just got incredibly bored. At about half way, I skimmed a LOT. I'm not sure exactly what I didn't care for here, other than there was just a LOT of internal monologue from Iz, debating the same things over and over again. Seeing her thought process a few times is interesting. Every other page, not so much. So, yeah.
This book started out interesting to me. I'm not a big fan of Westerns, but this was interesting. Unfortunately about a third of the way through I just got incredibly bored. At about half way, I skimmed a LOT. I'm not sure exactly what I didn't care for here, other than there was just a LOT of internal monologue from Iz, debating the same things over and over again. Seeing her thought process a few times is interesting. Every other page, not so much. So, yeah.
elizabethbane's review against another edition
3.0
There were parts of this book that I REALLY liked but the through line was not strong enough and it moved very lugubriously. I was definitely The atmosphere was really great, though, and I really liked both of the main characters.