Talvi Marinossian has slain maenads and fought off vampire attacks, but nothing has prepared him for getting involved with one of these forbidden ‘Modern Girls’. When he finally tracks down Annika it’s obvious that she’s changed since her recent adventure in his homeland. It’s also clear that she’s not ready to embrace the next chapter in her life. He tries to persuade her to open up to him, but … but she finds it difficult since he won’t even explain how he earns a living, why he has a secret cell phone, or the reason he keeps another woman’s handkerchief in his pocket. Instead of relying on Talvi to help her adjust, Annika delves into her music and her job, and it isn’t long before the new lovers find themselves completely out of sync with one another. Just when they start to find their rhythm, Talvi is called away on business and whisks Annika off to Paris for what is supposed to be a working vacation. But one bad decision leads to another, and the chaos that ensues may cost someone their life.
You’ll enjoy this edgy & modern blend of paranormal and romantic fantasy if you’re a fan of: Stardust by Neil Gaiman, Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris, and Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas.
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INCREDIBLE!!! the entire series is INCREDIBLE and if you haven’t read it you’re in luck!!! the series is 1 book shy of being complete AND the author promises the last book in the series will be out this Dec. AND she already has a spin off series of 3 books that go with the series!!! I’m going to re read ALL of them when the LAST one comes out. They are impossible to put down, you won’t want to sleep, you’ll dream about it. The character’s are superb!!! I fell in love with nearly everyone, got SO FRUSTRATED with a few of the main characters!! And the spin off!!! OMG it’s insanely good!!!!
The silver Thread is a tricky one for me, I so adored the first book in this series, but this one I had a bit of trouble digesting and at times it left me with a very sour taste.
This story picks up where the first story ended with Annika transported through the portal and deposited back in her own world with Talvi in hot pursuit.
The silver thread mostly takes place in the modern world, with a few side excursions into Talvi’s magical lands & also to Paris, which I will get to later.
Right, so I’m gonna describe the issues I had with this story.
This may be just me as what’s one persons brass is another’s gold so what drives me doolally
might actually be your cup of tea.
My first issue is that bloody bath Talvi had with Runa, I don’t care how close you are you can be BFF’s forever,
YOU JUST DONT BATHE WITH YOUR ATTRACTIVE FEMALE BFF
Serious no no. Talvi needs to learn some boundaries that is so not cool I would be livid with my other half if this occurred, this is so a dumping offence.
Issue number two, After being practically an alcoholic, agoraphobic mess Talvi has only been with Annika twenty-four hours and she is knocking him and wingeing. Geez girl you were practically expiring without your beloved hubby and now your being a complete cow what gives.
issue three for me is Talvi’s close relationship with Patti-cake, he was nicer to her than his own wife. No wonder Annika doesn’t trust him as far as she can throw, his constant flirting is just too much I understand its part of his charm and personality but have a little respect laddie.
Issue four Dumping your wife in a foreign country with your brother is so not on, maybe if you explained rather than just did it would make a difference.
I’m not even gonna get into Paris its a case of,
WHAT HAPPENS IN PARIS STAYS IN PARIS!
so with all this you would think I hated this book, I actually didn’t, It was well written and the writing flowed, it also kept my interest, I just found Talvi & Annika equally unlikable and like a pair of spoiled babies which detracted slightly from my enjoyment.
maybe me being an oldie at forty-three and with my partner for twenty years has made me a shade set in my ways of what I expect a relationship to entail but Talvi & Annika need a bloody intervention and they have only been together literally five minutes.
Now the final part of this book we get somewhere and both of our spoiled kiddies redeem themselves in finally opening up to each other.
YAY!!! give the kids a gold star he he.
So in conclusion, The Silver Thread even with the above issues that bothered me was an enjoyable read for me. It flowed fluently and was expertly written, perhaps I didn’t enjoy it as much as the first in this series but it had its own merits.I will be reading book three and I’m hoping Annika & Talvi have grown up a little especially Annika as there were times I wanted to scream at her for being such a pig. fingers crossed for that.
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So today I finished The Silver Thread, the second book in the Annika Brisby series and I am so sad and disappointed with this book. I loved the first book The Flame and the Arrow and I love the creative story Emigh has built, but I feel this one strayed from the amazing story she was telling. I am going to start The Scarlet Tanager soon because I still have high hopes for the third book.
What happened? This is not the world, writing and characters I fell in love with in Flame and Arrow. It’s actually so far away from it that I’m starting to wonder if the two books even was written by the same author. I mean, how does strong, confident and kind Annika turn into such a insecure and self-centered mess? When did Talvi go from elf prince to secret spy (a bad one at that)? Why did a beautiful fantasy world with amazing friendships and defining characters get replaced with this slow paced, day by boring day home life? And last but definitely not least, who slaughtered a five star book by writing this two star sequel under Emigh Cannaday’s name?
One of the things I loved the most in the first book was the characters. We had Yuri, Runa, Hilda and many others that made a big appearance and gave the story many different and unique personalities that strengthened the book. However, in The Silver Thread, not only are the personalities opposite from the first book, but most of the characters we followed in Flame and Arrow does barely make it in this book, if at all. They get replaced by James, Patti Cake and Charlie instead. That might not have been as bad if the new characters actually had anything to contribute to the story. Their personalities were bland at best and we’re only there to fill some space in the pages or to interrupt a good scene and make it boring and everyday life again. I could actually tell that Cannaday really wanted to make James a bigger part of the story, especially since she involved him a lot where he was not needed. Following James however, was torture. His only purpose was literally to complain and finding reasons to be rude. I found it hard to find any understanding and compassion for a character like him. Even after finishing this book I still don’t understand why he was made a bigger part of the story compared to the other characters like Patti Cake and Charlie, who was actually more likable.
The one thing that absolutely bothered me the most was that the conclusion as to why the relationship went bad. Basically it was decided that it was all Annika’s fault. Excuse me, but it takes two to make a relationship work. Sure, Annika was a lot at fault for her jealousy not trusting Talvi, but so was Talvi. He kept secrets, gave no explanations, flirted around and dumped Annika in a foreign country Without saying why. Well, no s**t she doesn’t trust him! He gives her very little reason to! And when Talvi is tasked to think through what went wrong, all he sees is Annika at fault. And no one corrects him! Quite the opposite actually, they agree with him and Annika ends up taking all the blame. Worst of all, their solution is to let Talvi keep flirting with other women like it’s no big deal. It is a big deal! Commit to the one you love or leave. There is no respectable in between, and there definitely is no respect to the one Talvi claims he loves if he finds it okay to look elsewhere.
If I’m being honest I’m struggling to even give this book two stars. The one and only thing that saves the story from one star rating is the end. I am so sad that this is how the sequel turned out. I’m also afraid to continue reading this series. The fact that there is some good qualities to this story (although few and far in between) makes me hopeful for the next book … then again, I was hopeful for this book to when I started reading, and look how that turned out