A review by imskylow
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco

Did not finish book. Stopped at 34%.
What even is this? I’m so, so confused. Listening to 6 hours of this book was a struggle. I can’t imagine listening to the full 18. 
The tone of this book was hard to grasp. We have dukes, lords, balls, carriages and swords which makes it feel like it’s meant to have a historical sort of setting but the characters use contemporary slang and swearing. Also, I can handle swearing but some of the things Rin Chupeco strings together makes absolutely no sense. It feels like a middle schooler who just learned how to swear is writing this and it really takes me out of the moment. It’s honest to god cringey. 
The character Remy is so strange. He brutally exterminates vampires but is also best friends with one? I don’t see how that friendship can work. He’s also cold blooded and rough but at the same time so stereotypically gay. Like at his secret home, he reads fashion magazines and cares for succulents. That is such low hanging fruit. It also feels like Chupeco can’t decide whether Remy is a lone wolf or a lonely outcast. 
The two other main characters, Xiaodan and Zidan have such achingly similar names that it didn’t matter how long I listened, my brain kept mixing them together and it was a bit irritating. 
The weapons in this story are bizarre and over the top. You’ve got swords within swords within swords that all expand out and detach and shoot fire and have chains and spikes. Like I feel like I’m watching some over the top action anime where you know nobody in real life would actually be able to fight with these contraptions. It feels so hokey and goofy. Like, less is more with weaponry. Sure you can have some mystical aspect but don’t be pulling out a full armory from a single blade.
Honestly, I was given the ebook version of this story as an ARC by NetGalley but it was so hard for me to get into it that I had to switch to Spotify to listen to the actual book. That didn’t help either. I think I have to admit defeat with this one. It just isn’t it. I don’t recommend.
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