4.5 Stars

How's the sex scenes?
Not much sex here, I'm afraid. But the story doesn't need it.

How's the story lines?
Amazing, well-written, dark and disturbing. This is not a romance.

Review

This is not a romance novel. There are some tender moments and a somewhat happy ending, but if you’re expecting the hero to be healed by his virginal heroine because she’s the only one destined to love him...this is not the book for you.

Deacon is destined to be with his wife. She’s dead.

Tuck’s writing is fantastic.

His sentences are punchy. His content is shocking - and the brevity makes the supernatural crazy town easy to understand. I did not read his first novel, yet Tuck’s descriptions of backstories and events never left me in the dark and never had me rereading a section to understand the facts.

I just got it. And his writing did that.

There’s a guy on the cover of "Blood and Silver" and I’m sure it’s supposed to be Deacon Chalk. But frankly, Tuck’s author picture is so darn scary that every time Deacon is mentioned I think of him. If I see Tuck at a book signing I’m keeping my distance. ‘Cause I know some creature with poisoned teeth is going to jump at him and Tuck’s gonna blow him away with his laser-pointed shotgun.

FYI - I thought shotguns sprayed a room and would hit anything. Tuck writes that this is incorrect. The man holds a shotgun on his website. If he says it’s so, then it’s so.

As mentioned above, there is some romance. Deacon is fascinated with Tiff and she with him. More than once their eyes linger and hands touch longer than needed. It’s very sweet. Especially when Deacon blasts that guy’s head off for threatening her. That was so kind hearted of him.

"Blood and Silver" is an intense, crazy, video-game like, wild, bloody adventure.

Deacon’s friends and associates are enthralling and every page I prayed they would finally win.

Sadly, they do not all survive.

This is not a romance novel.

But it's a damn good read.

I've uploaded a partial review to my Ravishing Romances Blog and the full review can be read here.


Disclaimer: No compensation was received for this review. ARC received from author Beverley Kendall at The Season and review was written for her site.