Silver-Tongued Devil (Sabina Kane #4) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Feb 27, 2012 Carlyn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is the fourth book in the Sabina Kane series. I loved the first three books in this series and the fourth installment has definately lived up to my expectations.

Sabina is a half vampire and half mage woman who live with her mage boyfriend Adam and her minion, the mischeif demon, Giguhl. They are preparing for a treaty between the dark races which will bring about peace but when murders start to happen things go from bad to worse.

I love Sabina! She is one of those great characters that seem ...more

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Jun 28, 2011 Kay rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, received-for-review

Silver-Tongued Devil was brilliant. I expected great things from Jaye Wells, but truth is that Green-Eyed Demon left me wondering where she could go with the series. Everything had ended so happily that I couldn't really work out why Wells needed two more books.

The reason? Because there is no such thing as a happy ending, not even in fiction! In real life, people don't just go from being a ruthless assassin for 50 years to being a warm-hearted softie overnight. And in real life, love and friends Silver-Tongued Devil was brilliant. I expected great things from Jaye Wells, but truth is that Green-Eyed Demon left me wondering where she could go with the series. Everything had ended so happily that I couldn't really work out why Wells needed two more books.

The reason? Because there is no such thing as a happy ending, not even in fiction! In real life, people don't just go from being a ruthless assassin for 50 years to being a warm-hearted softie overnight. And in real life, love and friendship aren't the only ingredients to lasting relationships. So while Sabina might want to ride into the sunset, that wasn't going to happen any time soon. And to honest, I am so very grateful for that!

Let's start with Sabina. She's one of my favourite characters in fiction, she is a take-no-prisoners woman who has a panache for violence. It's fabulous and depressing at the same time. But in the third book in the series, it felt like she was trying to be someone she wasn't. Luckily, that attempt is dealt with head-on in Silver-Tongued Devil. Not only did she deal with her own demons, she dealt with the way people around her were treating her too. *cough* Adam. *cough*

And while all the inter-character relationships were fantastically done, it was the gargantuan plot twists that made this book stand out. Jaye Wells is not afraid to "go there". She made some pretty big revaluations in this book and made her characters suffer through pretty horrific consequences because of them. What was especially gratifying was the way the plot built on existing scenes - Wells has been laying the groundwork for the events of Silver-Tongued Devil over the entire series. Now that? That's a real writer.

While the first half of the book was good, the second half was fantastic. The pace and the plot just grew more and more intriguing with each page - I found myself thinking about the book whenever I'd put it down. This book made going about my day a very frustrating venture, as all I wanted to do was read!! The only reason it isn't getting 5 stars? Well, it's not quite as funny as its predecessors. Other than that, it was perfection.

Bottom line? Silver-Tongued Devil was everything I didn't even know I wanted. It was a gripping installment to an already brilliant series. Go forth and read it!

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May 08, 2012 Jackie M rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: book-read-in-2013, june2013

For me this one was slow paced, but still good.
Sabina is trying to settle into a quiet and calm life when a couple of murders happen and she is assigned to help find the killer.
The storyline kind of fizzles out and she is then focused on helping her sister heal.
It was nice to see some of the people she met in the last book meet up with her again in this book as well.
The latter part of the book does pick up so that's a bonus.
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Dec 29, 2011 Michelle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: jaye-wells, michelle-mcm-s-2012-reading-list, read-march-2012

I really like this series, the last book wasn't as good as the first two and I was a little apprehensive about readig this one but I'm glad I did. I found it a little slow in the beginning but it picked up and by the end it was back to the standard I expect.

I thought it was going to be a 4★ book but the ending took it to 4.5★

I loved the twists at the end, it'll be sad to see Sabina end with the next book but I'm excited to see what Jaye gives us next! ...more

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