Of Silver and Shadow by Jennifer Gruenke | Review + Top 5 Reasons + 15 Reactions | TBR and Beyond Book Tour

Hello everyone and welcome back to the blog! How are you all today? I hope everyone’s fine!

Today is my stop in the “Of Silver and Shadow” blog tour and I am back with a review for you guys. And also some reactions. So stay tuned for that!

Please don’t forget to check out the blog posts of the other participants. You can find the link to the schedule here.

And now without further ado, let’s start with the post.

Synopsis:
Ren Kolins is a silver wielder—a dangerous thing to be in the kingdom of Erdis, where magic has been outlawed for a century. Ren is just trying to survive, sticking to a life of petty thievery, card games, and pit fighting to get by. But when a wealthy rebel leader discovers her secret, he offers her a fortune to join his revolution. The caveat: she won’t see a single coin until they overthrow the King.
Behind the castle walls, a brutal group of warriors known as the King’s Children is engaged in a competition: the first to find the rebel leader will be made King’s Fang, the right hand of the King of Erdis. And Adley Farre is hunting down the rebels one by one, torturing her way to Ren and the rebel leader, and the coveted King’s Fang title.
But time is running out for all of them, including the youngest Prince of Erdis, who finds himself pulled into the rebellion. Political tensions have reached a boiling point, and Ren and the rebels must take the throne before war breaks out.
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Title – Of Silver and Shadow
Author – Jennifer Gruenke
Publisher – Flux
Genre – Fantasy, Young Adult
Release date – February 16, 2021

Trigger Warning – violence
Pages – 480
Version – ebook*
Rating – 4 bookish stars

Since the end of my finals month I have been in a severe reading slump and Of Silver and Shadow managed to get me out of it. I found the beginning a bit slow but after like 15% I was completely compelled by the book.

The writing style was fluid. However, I found the chapters to be a tad bit too long at some points. I would have loved them to be shorter in order to have a more fast-paced reading, but it was seriously just a minor thing that bugged me.

I also enjoyed the action in this dark YA Fantasy novel. Because, yes there’s a lot of it in this book and that’s amazing. My attention was completely focused on Of Silver and Shadow.

Overall, I can highly recommend this book to every dark fantasy lover.

And now off to my Top 5 Reasons to read Of Silver and Shadow. So when should you read it?:

If you are a fan of dark fantasy
If you are a victim for amazing world-building
If you want to read something entirely new
If you like a badass protagonist
If you love an action-packed fantasy novel

Last but not least, we can move to my reactions while reading this book in no particular order. (DISCLAIMER: all gifs come from giphy)

Jennifer Gruenke is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara, where she studied communication and writing. She grew up among the redwoods of Northern California, and now lives in Charlotte with her books and the houseplants she hasn’t killed yet. If she’s not writing or reading, you’re most likely to find her in a cafe, music venue, or the aisles of Trader Joe’s.

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