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A review by shogins
Silver in the Blood by Jessica Day George
3.0
(I received an ARC of this book through the Goodreads First Reads program.)
This book was fine. It was a perfectly acceptable historical fantasy. I liked the relationship between the main characters, cousins Dacia and Lou Lou a lot - it was nice that while they initially felt like tropes, throughout the book they expanded beyond simply the-brave-wild-one and the meek one. The setting was pretty cool too - Romania, but not vampires! Still, I found Lou Lou's romance subplot weird - we're originally supposed to find Arkady creepy, but even though Lou Lou likes him by the end, I never changed my mind about his creepiness. Also - how did the family never figure out that the grandma was killing all the baby girls??? It seems like after that many deaths, you'd realize it's not a coincidence!
I would've preferred if it was either more epistolary or if the letters were completely excised - the letters as is didn't do much.
This book was fine. It was a perfectly acceptable historical fantasy. I liked the relationship between the main characters, cousins Dacia and Lou Lou a lot - it was nice that while they initially felt like tropes, throughout the book they expanded beyond simply the-brave-wild-one and the meek one. The setting was pretty cool too - Romania, but not vampires! Still, I found Lou Lou's romance subplot weird - we're originally supposed to find Arkady creepy, but even though Lou Lou likes him by the end, I never changed my mind about his creepiness. Also - how did the family never figure out that the grandma was killing all the baby girls??? It seems like after that many deaths, you'd realize it's not a coincidence!
I would've preferred if it was either more epistolary or if the letters were completely excised - the letters as is didn't do much.