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Summary: To be enjoyed rather than nitpicked
Review: This is a book for those who read strictly for pleasure, who can relax and allow the author to tell her story her way. Those who prefer to read critically and who consider themselves superior to those of us who are more relaxed and uncritical in our reading will find little technical details to grouse about.Alice Borchardt's werewolves have a distinct difference from those in other books. Her books portray the human personality and the wolf personality as two separate personalities in the same body, personalities who are compatable and able to communicate with each other. I liked this idea myself and felt it quite enhanced the tale. Basically, this is the story of the heroine who's being used by her uncle and cousin to make them rich by marrying a barbarian noble and then in time killing him. But this is a gal who strives to be a liberated woman even in ancient Rome, and as such goes through several adventures both as a woman and as a wolf. The details are richly painted, and the action is fairly sustained throughout. It's a romance, but not too syrupy for us guys to appreciate. There are predictable elements here, but like I say, just relax and let the author tell her story and I think you'll enjoy it. (Unless you'd rather be a nitpicker).
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Summary: It does not run in the family.
Review: I picked up the book because I read Anne Rice's books. Hit of miss, I pick her titles up in hard cover, as more often than not, they are enjoyable reads. When I found out her sister wrote a series of books, I thought I would give them a try. I did not expect them to be the same, I was just hoping for a good told tale. I was able to get 104 pages into the paperback version of this title before I gave up. I could not care about "our heroine." I kept hoping I would get some sense of a plot. I never did. I never got the direction the book was going in. It read to me as if the writer had an idea, but was allowed to go with a first draft. I don't usually give up on a book, but there were too many switchbacks in those 100 pages and I simply stopped caring about Regeane. It lacked "something" a story needs to hold a reader - that piece of a story, or mystery in a plot that makes you keep reading. I just felt like I was reading on a journey to nowhere.
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Summary: Historical Fiction with Wolf
Review: Good historical fiction with strong main character. The historical and political setting was very interesting, so much so that I had to look up Pope Hadrian on the internet. I was bothered by the author's tendency to roam off into some seemingly instinctual wolf memories that the main character didn't actually live. But the story and transformations from wolf to girl and back were very good. I was hoping for more interaction between the main character and her fiance, but perhaps that happens in the next book. I'm a sucker for a good romance, but this one fails to fully deliver.
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Summary: Fascinating!
Review: After reading an Anne Rice novel I discovered a recommendation of this book. I was glad I decided to read it and found it quite fascinating. It usually takes me a while to finish a book if it doesn't hold my attention and to my surprise I read it in only a few days. The writer just takes you back in history and captures you with the story and you can just picture all the characters in your imagination. I actually did not want the story to end that's how much I was enjoying it. I highly recommend it and I will be reading her other books.
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Summary: Awesome Read
Review: I have to say this is the best book i have ever read. ...and i do a LOT of reading. Alice Borchardt defintly reaches out to wolf fanitics in her wolf series. i defintly say Silver Wolf is about finding faith in yourself and freeing yourself from whatever binds you. perhaps some things in the book are material, but as a whole it is very spiritual. i recommend the book to any fantasy lover, but i highly recommend it to all women, especially young women trying to find their place in life.
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Summary: Spellbinding.........simply wonderfull
Review: I enjoyed the book so much I could hardly wait to get home to finish it. It is indeed writen by Ane Rice`s sister, but her style is different and in my opinion, better. Everyone has his own taste, so read the book and decide for yourself, but I think it is not really fer to compare them, as somebody already said.
The time of this book is defined, and the fact that it is not recognisable at once doesn`t make it undetermined, as some readers said. It is in the time of Charlemagne, after the fall of the great Roman empire, when Europe was in a sort of permanent struggle for power. The problem is that not many people are interested in this era and so not many recognise it.
The main charachter is a shapeshifting woman. She is promised to a man, she hes never seen and could be dangerous to her, but he too has a mistery about him.
She lives with an uncle, that doesn`t treat her very well and only keeps her around, becuse she could be useful to him (to get money).
It is a great book (if a little predictable) with some erotic elements that are wowen in the plot beautifuly. It has a lovely dark atmosphere. I recomend you read it. It won`t let you down.
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Summary: best of the series
Review: The Silver Wolf is absolutely fabulous, and I don't say that about many books. It is the first in a series (but the first two stand alone) and it is IMHO the best of the three written so far. The characterization is wonderful. Regeane, Antonius, and Lucilla are all very well-fleshed out and consistent. The other supporting characters, from the villains to the kid Elfgifa to the gaggle of nuns, are also very interesting, different from each other, and not cardboard stereotypes. The plot of the story keeps you on your toes as it twists and turns. You are sort of waiting the whole time for the anticipated meeting of the prospective groom, but it doesn't become predictable or dull. Borchardt's sense of humour is one of the best parts of this novel. Her descriptions of characters and situations are off-beat and amusing. She also does a good job of recreating medieval Rome, although the characters use to much modern jargon and phrasing. All in all a wonderful book - more than the combination of its adventure, mystery, and romance.
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Summary: Extrodinary
Review: This is a truly excellant book.
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Summary: Good plot but language too complex.
Review: I just finished this book and I thought it was good for the most part and I couldn't wait for Regeane to find out about Maeniel. But I had two problems with it. First, I there was simply too much detailed description of blood and gore for my personal taste. Second,every twenty or so pages I would run into words I had never seen before. I am a teacher and a hopeful writer. I pride myself on a large vocabulary. But in this case I felt like Ms. Borchardt must have had a very large thesauras at hand and every so often decided to use the most obscure words she could find. That may be OK for many, but when I sit down to read a novel, I want to get lost in the story and not be distracted by meeting totally new words. It didn't do much for my ego either. I do own "Night of the Wolf" and will read it at some point and I will probably read the Guinevere series sometime. But to anyone contemplating reading this book, I suggest that you have a good dictionary nearby.
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Summary: History, mystery & werewolves. What more could you ask for?
Review: A mesmerizing blend of history and the supernatural, this novel hooked me and kept me reading until my eyes hurt. I found the wonderful descriptions of ancient Rome so vivid that I could almost see and taste the atmosphere. I love historical novels and would have enjoyed this book even without my second favorite component-the supernatural. The blending of political maneuvering in Roman society with the dark and mysterious world of Regeane and her wolf are fascinating. Regaene is a victim of her birth. She is the daughter of a wealthy and powerful family without the benefit of their protection. Her guardian Gundabald is a cruel and boorish man who uses his knowledge of her "full moon secret" to hold her in line even though she is mentally and physically his superior. She would surely be burned as a witch if anyone found out and he makes sure she is reminded of this at every opportunity. She is being married, despite her wishes, to a man she has never met to help strengthen political allegiances and of course add some weight to Gundabald's purse. In her attempt to get away from the crushing grip of Gundabald, Regeane begins to discover more about her true nature and the incredible abilities she inherited from a father she never met. She makes both strong allies and even more powerful enemies in her quest for personal freedom. In a flight that includes a high class Roman brothel, a leper community and even the world of the dead Regeane finds herself running right into what she though she was trying to escape. I truly enjoyed this book, but was disappointed by the others in the series. If you have read any of the others and were turned off by them don't let that dissuade you from picking up this far superior novel.
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