The first instalment in the new, gripping supernatural thriller series from international bestselling author, Jodi Taylor. “I don’t know who I am. I don’t know what I am.” Elizabeth Cage is a child when she discovers that there are things in this world that only she can see. But she doesn’t want to see them and she definitely doesn’t want them to see her. What is a curse to Elizabeth is a … see her.
What is a curse to Elizabeth is a gift to others – a very valuable gift they want to control.
When her husband dies, Elizabeth’s world descends into a nightmare. But as she tries to piece her life back together, she discovers that not everything is as it seems.
Alone in a strange and frightening world, she’s a vulnerable target to forces beyond her control.
And she knows that she can’t trust anyone…
White Silence is a twisty supernatural thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat.
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I’d been looking for something a little lighter than my usual crime and suspense reads, and happened across this. Loved the mix of dark fantasy and realism.
Elizabeth Cage is quiet, unassuming and can see things others can’t. She calls it colours—what we’d call an aura—but it’s more than that. She can tell when someone is lying or hiding something, when they are afraid, malevolent or kind. And she has pent her entire life hiding her ability, even from her husband. Then her husband dies unexpectedly. She learns that nothing in her life is what she thought. And her husband’s former employer, Dr. Sorensen, will stop at nothing to ensure she uses her abilities for his own nefarious ends.
I loved this book. It’s a little spooky, a little dark and very emotive. Dr. Sorensen is wonderfully creepy and his treatment of Elizabeth made me furious on her behalf. Okay, so some of it is a bit out there, but I was very happy to suspend disbelief and go with it. It is magical realism, after all. Elizabeth begins quite passive and very quiet, but like all great characters she finds her strength and is forced to make a life-altering decision. Of course, there’s more in store for her and while this book doesn’t exactly end on a cliff-hanger, it is a close-run thing.
I didn’t mind the ending. The major storyline was wrapped up and I was happy to leap straight into the companion book.
Loved this book. First time I have read this author. Now I have a new author
This book has loads of interesting events and the world is awesome. Main character is slightly less confidant that I would ideally like, but a terrific book!
A haunting story about an unusual woman – Elizabeth has secrets, and something is trying to kill her for them. Ms Taylor has penned the start of a fascinating new series!
A very intriguing book. Can’t wait for the sequel.
I hardly know where to start with this book. A different and just as entertaining series as Jodi Taylor’s St. Mary’s time traveling series. This author can do it all: humor, adventure, atmosphere, great dialogue and now supernatural tension which includes the other four elements.
I’m not going to get into the plot as plenty of others have, but will say that for me, Koolaid drinker that I am, this is another winner from Jodi Taylor.
I’d like to point out that for a woman who never intended to be an author but thought what the heck she’s written twelve main books in the St. Mary’s series, two in the Time Police, three in the Frogmorton, one Regency gothic since 2012.
I thought this would be good read — it really wasn’t. The male characters mostly flipped from good guy to bad to good to bad. The female character was supposed to be a repressed psychic, but she didn’t get to do anything ‘psychic’ unless it was in her dream – that stayed a dream. Unlike a dream that could manifest in the waking world. Then, to top things off, the ending is more of a cliffhanger. I won’t be buying the second book.
Greatly enjoyed. Looking forward to next book in the series.
Like everything Taylor writes, this book is original,funny at times, and just when you’re sure you have everything figured out, the plot twists like a Chubby Checkers concert.
I didn’t find this as good as her historical time series, with a kind of off-on quality of writing. When she is good, she is very good, but it isn’t evenly good, in my opinion.
This is the first book I have read by this author. I really did not know what was coming from the book blurb. It is a psychological, supernatural thriller/horror story. Not what I usually read. The book started slowly and at first I did not particularly like the heroine, but was pulled into the story. Once I was hooked I could not put it down. The tension builds to an intense and then quite surprising ending. If you like endings that are wrapped up neatly you will not like this book. I was left wondering what was real and what was not. I am still ambivalent about how I feel about the main character, but I am intrigued enough that I am definitely looking forward to the sequel. If this review does not seem consistent it is because I just finished the book and I am still sorting out how I feel about it. It has been a very long time since I book left me feeling . It will haunt me until the sequel comes out. I hope it is soon!
I loved this book until the last 30 pages or so when I felt that it went completely off the rails to an unsatisfying ending. Otherwise, I would have given it 5 stars.
It was well written in a clean, easy style. It was a fresh take on someone with unusual powers. I loved the characters and the clever dialog. Sadly, the ending didn’t live up to the promise of the rest of the book.
Fans of St. Mary’s will find familiar terrain with all new people.
It was odd but intriguing. I kept reading because it was well written and I wanted to know what happened. I liked the main character and all the conspiracy threads.
Couldn’t get into it
Obviously, the end was written for a sequel but it was a plot twist in the last 3 pages. Very unsatisfactory. I don’t like being forced to feel like i need to buy more books so i can find out the ending to the story.
This is a new series by Jodi Taylor introducing new characters. It is a suspense story but not in a taut, tight-rope way that will make you gasp. It is more like dropping a folder of papers, then a cascade of books as you reach for papers that squirrels are stealing meanwhile hearing an odd rumbling you can feel under your feet. The situation makes sense up until it doesn’t over and over while you struggle to get your bearings.
Elizabeth Cage’s father trained her to disguise an odd ability she had without telling her if he experienced it or just recognized it. She lived quietly under the radar of sociability and intimacy in the world. Her carefully balanced landscape finally allowed in a wonderful man and she was able to be safe and fill her small space with joy and quiet satisfaction. It was her perfect life and then it was abruptly gone.
Her ability to hide from the world is slipping out of her grasp. She tries to replicate her safe space and to deny it is in danger. It is easy to relate to the gradual accommodation she makes while clutching at her personal landscape. She escapes a trap to find she is only on the next level of a larger cage. At every turn something hints at a twisted reality that is preposterous and makes you wonder how grounded in reality she is. Than a man who seems to be even more helpless than herself and refers to her as “Cage” convinces her he can rescue her.