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ingerlisa 's review for:
Silver Elite
by Dani Francis
I totally understand why people like this but I also totally get why people hate it
Initially I was gripped, I could overlook the limited world building because the pacing was good and the characters were interesting enough to keep it going. And the first 150 pages I really felt like it was promising and shaping up to be not a new favourite romantasy but defiantly one I thought fondly of and would recommend. But the further I got into the book, the cracks started to show. And it was clear this book at is core was a weakly constructed attempt at an adult hunger games meets fourth wing. And I think if you had asked chatgpt to write a book mixed with hunger games and fourth wing you would get silver elite. You get all the bones of those books without the meat, no substance and little in all honestly soul put into it. The characters after a while just revealed themselves as those generic characters we have read a million times over but just not as good. There was no originality put into it, it just felt like
The world building is easy to follow because there was basically no world building. It is an accessible 'dystopian' because it barely feels like a dystopian. Just another "war college" but with some after thoughts of added dystopian vibes.
The characters are a mixed bag honestly. Most of them were replicas of generic basic characters that really have been more fleshed out but some of them were good.
Kaine - we love kaine
Wren - cough cough ... celeana is that you... yah.. Insert the chosen one trope. Insert hidden abilities trope. Insert every guy is obsessed with me trope....
She isn't the worst character but she definitely is kind of annoying at times particularly the further you get into the book.
Cross - can die. Like please. Who is falling for this guy? He is a controlling piece of shit, that "would burn down the world for her" yet is never actually there to help her or even comfort her. All he cares about is getting it on with her.... ugh yuck. After a while the banter needs to turn into chemistry and real development of the relationship but instead it was just "I'm obsessed with you" " I can't stop thinking about you" "I never feel this way for anyone" Then SHOW ME don't just tell me. He was like
I would choose Kaine or Jordan over Cross. Hate him.
The writing is basic and at times incredibly cringey. It gets the job done but I did see someone say it was AI writing and now I can't unsee it.
The plot itself is ok, original? No. But definitely readable. This is one of those books where it is just so binge-able because the pacing was so good. I wasn't ever bored just annoyed by the characters and how unoriginal the book was. And the twists.... what twists? Too predictable.
I didn't have a bad time reading it, I'm glad I read it, it does give you that nostalgic kick but it has a lot of issues and I think the more you sit on the book the more you see.
Initially I was gripped, I could overlook the limited world building because the pacing was good and the characters were interesting enough to keep it going. And the first 150 pages I really felt like it was promising and shaping up to be not a new favourite romantasy but defiantly one I thought fondly of and would recommend. But the further I got into the book, the cracks started to show. And it was clear this book at is core was a weakly constructed attempt at an adult hunger games meets fourth wing. And I think if you had asked chatgpt to write a book mixed with hunger games and fourth wing you would get silver elite. You get all the bones of those books without the meat, no substance and little in all honestly soul put into it. The characters after a while just revealed themselves as those generic characters we have read a million times over but just not as good. There was no originality put into it, it just felt like
The world building is easy to follow because there was basically no world building. It is an accessible 'dystopian' because it barely feels like a dystopian. Just another "war college" but with some after thoughts of added dystopian vibes.
The characters are a mixed bag honestly. Most of them were replicas of generic basic characters that really have been more fleshed out but some of them were good.
Kaine - we love kaine
Wren - cough cough ... celeana is that you... yah.. Insert the chosen one trope. Insert hidden abilities trope. Insert every guy is obsessed with me trope....
She isn't the worst character but she definitely is kind of annoying at times particularly the further you get into the book.
Cross - can die. Like please. Who is falling for this guy? He is a controlling piece of shit, that "would burn down the world for her" yet is never actually there to help her or even comfort her. All he cares about is getting it on with her.... ugh yuck. After a while the banter needs to turn into chemistry and real development of the relationship but instead it was just "I'm obsessed with you" " I can't stop thinking about you" "I never feel this way for anyone" Then SHOW ME don't just tell me. He was like
I would choose Kaine or Jordan over Cross. Hate him.
The writing is basic and at times incredibly cringey. It gets the job done but I did see someone say it was AI writing and now I can't unsee it.
The plot itself is ok, original? No. But definitely readable. This is one of those books where it is just so binge-able because the pacing was so good. I wasn't ever bored just annoyed by the characters and how unoriginal the book was. And the twists.... what twists? Too predictable.
I didn't have a bad time reading it, I'm glad I read it, it does give you that nostalgic kick but it has a lot of issues and I think the more you sit on the book the more you see.