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Old hatreds die hard. Old love dies harder.
On Meli Galdes’ home planet, the struggle for power is a bloody, full-contact sport—in business and on the battlefield. For years her lethal skills have been a valuable asset in advancing her family’s interests. She’s more than earned her right to retire, but her kinsmen have one last favor to ask.
Kill the man who ruined her life.
Celino Carvanna’s razor-sharp business acumen—and skills with a blade—won him the freedom to do as he pleases. There’s only one thing he can’t seem to control—his reaction to the mysterious woman who tantalizes his senses. Her eyes alone set his blood simmering, stirring ridiculous adolescent fantasies about breasts and honey. With a few words she dissects his soul. Who is she? And how does she slide so easily under his well-guarded skin?
It’s almost too easy to draw Celino within the kill zone. Meli plans to revel in him. Drink him in. Wring every drop of pleasure out of every moment.
And when she’s sure he belongs to her, she will finally repay a decade’s worth of pain—in a single, brutal dose of reality.
SoggySneakers
Posted January 29, 2010
Excellent novella. I really enjoy the double perspective swinging from one main character to the other. Every time Ilona puts the pen to paper another set of fascinating, strong, dangerous and for paranormal romance endearingly human characters emerges. Plot is tight and twisty. Highly recommend.
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted September 4, 2012
Fabulous book, even if a short one.
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Posted August 30, 2012
Easy and enjoyable read. Worth the time. Worth the cost.
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Posted June 30, 2012
I LOVE the world this author(s) created. It takes a lot of talent I think to create such a complete world in so few words. Kudos to the author.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Posted September 10, 2011
The protagosit is a special from of assasin biund by family ties which were unbound in order to protect the family from finacial & physical retailation. Remeniscent of Mercedes Lackey's strong female protagonist will existing in the science fiction world.
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Posted July 1, 2012
If they write it, (husband and wife team, you know) I will read it. They are that good. Paranormal Romance is too weak a genre to stick this under. This is Fantasy - with all the reality that word can imply.
Intense, powerful characters, fast paced action, and no hokey (a.k.a. mawkishly sentimental) love scenes. Real grit, real love. Read it! You'll be glad you did.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Posted November 1, 2011
Short but action packed. Worth it! Also check out Silver Shark which comes after this. Both are exciting with a unique approach to plot and action. I really enjoyed them both.
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Posted January 5, 2013
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Posted December 23, 2012
When reading a short story you make some allowances - not as mucb background and less elaborate settings as the reader is inly beung shown a glimosr of the world in which the story is set. The Silent Blade fully describes the settings and the world in brief almost parenthetical paragraphs but fails to fully flesh out character motivations in what turns out to be an unfulfilling conclusion. As a lighthearted pageturning tryst into a new world not to be deeply analyzed this was an enjoyable novella. Ultimately though the world of Silent Blade is an interesting and fully thought out one that calls for a novel not a novella in order to do it and its inhabitants justice.
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Posted December 7, 2012
Different than her usual series; a book about revenge turning into love. Great fantasy book as all the Ilona Andrews books are
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Posted November 26, 2012
I love this story. The premise is tantalizing: people, some with fantastic abilities and others with none, who choose to have themselves physically enhanced into weapons for love of family. And the authors' ability to sweep their readers right into the heart of the action make for an exciting start to a new series; I hope the duo-authors continue it.
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Posted October 27, 2011
Good staart.
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Posted October 17, 2011
Creative world-view, hoping to see a full-length novel soon!
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Posted September 16, 2011
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Silent Blade and Silver Shark are really quick reads, so I don't want to give too much away. So let me just say this, if you're looking for a new world to explore with a lot of hidden possibilities and characters that are not only intriguing in what they can do, but who they are, then you definitely want to pick up from Silent Blade and Silver Shark Ilona Andrews. Considering Silent Blade is only $2.5o and Silver Shark is $2.99, there's really no reason not to get them. They are worth every penny.
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Posted July 22, 2011
Loved the book but thought it was too short! Would love to read more books set in that world.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.This was good, would have been better if it had been flushed out to a full book so it was less rushed and the characters could be developed a little better.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I'm not sure what to categorize this book. It is more like a romantic novel with some scifi hints. It's definitely not what I was expecting. I would've liked if the authors gave a brief recount of why earth is now the "old earth" and what led up to the change. I was disappointed in the old time view on a women's worth and arranged marriages. The heroine was wishy-washy and a pathetic excuse of a women who let's a guy walk all over her, an undeserving and immature guy at that. For being so far into the future and technologically advanced, the book's society seemed no better than our ancestors of 500 years ago. In truth, this story focused more on the character's relationship than the potentially exciting world the Ilona Andrews team could've built. The sex took up a lot of this novella and it was mediocre at best, and clearly one of the two duo has a breast fetish.
I love the Ilona Andrews duo, their Kate Daniels series is exceptional and the Edge series, while more romance oriented than I usually like, is still fantastic! Never would've thought I'd be rating any of their books this low, but.......here we are.
To my fellow dark urban fantasy readers, regardless of my gripes this novella had some rays of interest and wasn't entirely bad, but it wasn't engaging and spellbinding either. I don't think you'd be missing anything if you skipped this, however, if you do indeed read this novella I offer a forewarning. Expect to be annoyed with the lack of basic background reference and prepare to make use of your quick-trigger-page turner finger.
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Posted March 12, 2010
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I love the Kate Daniels series and so I was looking forward to reading her other work. I was really disappointed in this - not for the writing, which was as fast-paced and imaginative as usual, but because the heroine was not very heroic.
Raised to become the ideal helpmeet for some powerful lordling, Meli comes into her magical power after the punk lordling spurns her. She becomes an assasin for a while, but in the end uses her domestic training (and a lot of sex) to enthrall the now-grown-up-lord (who is still a punk). And then she dumps him as some sort of weird revenge ploy. But then she goes back to him (did I mention he's still a punk?) so they can face the turbulent future together. Something about that plotline makes me want to gag.
I realize that Silent Blade is a departure from the Kate Daniels' series and so my criticism is somewhat unwarranted. I just hope that this series doesn't get in the way of my annual installment of Kate.
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Posted December 21, 2010
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Overview
Old hatreds die hard. Old love dies harder.
On Meli Galdes’ home planet, the struggle for power is a bloody, full-contact sport—in business and on the battlefield. For years her lethal skills have been a valuable asset in advancing her family’s interests. She’s more than earned her right to retire, but her kinsmen have one last favor to ask.
Kill the man who ruined her life.
Celino Carvanna’s razor-sharp ...