Emigh Cannaday

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 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.

The Silver Thread

Jolie

Before I start my review, I would like to thank Emigh Cannaday for allowing me to review The Silver Thread.

**All opinions stated in this review are mine and mine alone. I received The Silver Thread from Emigh Cannaday for free for my honest review.”

Now onto my review:

I can’t even begin to tell you guys how excited I was when Emigh approached me to review The Silver Thread. Like fangirl excited. I think I squeed like a young girl at a One Direction concert when I saw the email from her. I had reviewed The Flame and The Arrow about 5 months ago (click here for that review) and had really enjoyed reading it, so I had high expectations for this book.

I wasn’t disappointed.

The story begins with Talvi and Chivanni at Talvi’s family’s house, discussing trying to find Annika after she was pulled through the portal at the end of The Flame and The Arrow. Talvi is also mourning the loss of his sister, Yuri, well what he considers a loss. Yuri was turned into a vampire by Konstantin in the last book, right before Annika got sucked through the portal.

After about 3 months, Talvi finds Annika in Portland (Oregon), living with her brother Charlie and his over the top gay best friend James. She had been depressed. Basically, the only thing she was doing was playing with her band, drinking and going to bed. That’s it. So when Talvi shows up, its like a switch has been thrown. She was thrown out of her depression.

This is where the book turned really good, in my opinion. Instead of having an adventure like the last book, the author chose to examine Talvi and Annika’s relationship. Sure, they were married but they were basically strangers. So when they started living together, they found out that they were very different. Very different and I hated that Annika came off as jealous in a few chapters.

Talvi was not good at communicating outside the bedroom….lol. Seriously, he never talked to Annika unless it was to be a smartass (later in the book, he was called out by his father about it). So, I really didn’t blame Annika when she starts questioning her relationship with Talvi.

I really wished that Annika could figure out who she wanted. It was driving me nuts when she was seesawing back and forth between Talvi and Finn. Her time with Finn in Paris was….interesting…..to say the least. I am glad the author went the way that she did with the storyline though.

The sex was just as good in the first book. Just as toe curling and just as hot!!! Just not as much because the author seemed to focus more on Talvi and Annika’s relationship.

I will say that I was a little disappointed that Yuri only made one appearance and that she seemed to change from the first book. I got very sad about that

The Silver Thread

Reviews