A review by kiiouex
Death by Silver by Amy Griswold, Melissa Scott
3.0
Ok so this is an established-relationship book, but also a completely-based-on-miscommunication relationship, which makes it kind of an odd read! On the one hand, I like established relationships (I like when people, y'know, like each other) the friendship was very comfortable and believable, and it's nice to take a little break from 'who is that handsome stranger bet I won't get along with him'.
but it also stretches my belief juuuust a little that these two are hooking up on the regular, yet have no idea that they mutually like each other. hm.
other than that, the murder-mystery has a lot packed into it, stuff keeps getting introduced well into the book, though I think the main culprit becomes obvious about halfway through (I am a meta-text bitch, I can't help it) it's still a good read. I don't realllly feel like the childhood-abuse flashbacks really... build to anything... it's not really discussed in a way that gives anyone closure, or comeuppance, like you might expect. That's pretty realistic in a lot of ways! But it's still a lot of page time that doesn't really have a payoff.
Anyway! that sounds kind of negative BUT it was a well-told story in an interesting world, and I'm hoping that since they end the book properly together that the sequel will be able to forge onwards with a better arc, and I'm really keen to see what happens with the miscommunication out of the way.
but it also stretches my belief juuuust a little that these two are hooking up on the regular, yet have no idea that they mutually like each other. hm.
other than that, the murder-mystery has a lot packed into it, stuff keeps getting introduced well into the book, though I think the main culprit becomes obvious about halfway through (I am a meta-text bitch, I can't help it) it's still a good read. I don't realllly feel like the childhood-abuse flashbacks really... build to anything... it's not really discussed in a way that gives anyone closure, or comeuppance, like you might expect. That's pretty realistic in a lot of ways! But it's still a lot of page time that doesn't really have a payoff.
Anyway! that sounds kind of negative BUT it was a well-told story in an interesting world, and I'm hoping that since they end the book properly together that the sequel will be able to forge onwards with a better arc, and I'm really keen to see what happens with the miscommunication out of the way.