A review by glace
Silver Nails by Kim Newman, Jack Yeovil

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is the final dedicated novel of Genevieve in the Warhammer Fantasy setting by Kim Newman a.k.a. Jack Yeovil. A short story collection with references to previous works, that each are entertaining stories in their own right, finalised with a story to act as a last chapter to Genevieve's adventures, at least since it's publication. I appreciate Newman's style to humanise and tastefully describe the vices that are part of humanity, and how some should be taken more seriously than others. No one is perfect, and those that explicitly profess to be so should be beheld with a cynical view. Newman also knows how to write a good mystery, my attention was grasped tightly more than once when threads of possibility were explored. I'm very likely to explore his other Genevieve series "Anno Dracula" as a consequence to appreciating this. A series set in an entirely different setting, but with a character homologue of Genevieve, with the same name. No complaints from me as I want more of this character, but appreciate the ending of her story in this setting.