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Caron Rider

Auteur de Silver Knight

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Silver Knight (2011) 21 exemplaires
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I received this book through the We Love YA Books ARR for an honest review, thank you.



Silent Knight is told in first person through the eyes of numerous characters in the book. One thing I noticed right away is that almost all the character voices sound the same and that Diana has the dreaded 'Adult in a Teenage Body' syndrome.

The book blurb sort of gives an idea of what the book is about, but not the gritty details of Diana’s relationship to Alexander, the man from her nightmares.

A brief review, Diana is a Warrior of the Light and she slays demons. More often than not she is killed only to be reincarnated again where she remembers who she was and what she was through her night mares. One demon in particular she keeps running into and that is Alexander. Each lifetime he kills her more horrifically than the last. It seems his whole focus is too kill Diana. And why doesn’t Diana kill him? Because she loves him of course and thinks he can be redeemed. This comes across to me as the dynamic of an abusive woman returning to her partner, but other people will probably think of it as Diana giving Alexander a second, third, fourth chance etc. And why does Alexander repeatedly kill Diana even though she says that she won’t go after him? The readers find out at the end of the book, that it’s a pretty twisted way of thinking. That Diana accepts this reasoning is flabbergasting to me, but the author calls it love, so all I can do is shake my head.

The author brings in many characters in the book to help Diana fight against the demons. There’s Helen, Jarrett, Sol and David. Her friends Maggie and Sam are not Light Warriors. Those who fight with Diana are famous historical figures. You can look behind the spoiler if you’re interested in finding out who they are: Helen of Troy, Prince Paris is Jarrett, King David and King Solomon. Alexander the demon was Alexander the Great All of the Light Warriors have been reincarnated over and over to assist in the fight against Light versus Dark. The only one who hasn’t has been reincarnated is Alexander because he is a demon. I liked the author reincarnating historical figures. It has me curious as to why famous people and in particular why these? I wonder if she’ll resurrect others in the following books.

One of my favorite things about the book was that the author had reincarnation woven into it. The one thing I didn’t like was the flashbacks to previous lives of each of the characters. The flashbacks jumped around in time, making it confusing to keep track of what was happening. The other thing was that in order for the author to introduce the characters, she had them each speak about how they got involved with Diana and their past life experience with a demon. I felt like I was reading autobiographies of all the characters and that is not what the book blurb presented to us. The action came to a screeching halt every time we read about the background of a character. There was a little bit of action in their pasts that was phrased more like “oh yeah, I did this, or I died liked this.” The only action came in the present time and that was few and far between making the reading a bit dry.

One thing I really didn’t like about Silver Knight was how Diana remembered her nightmares of dying in her dreams. It felt like the author just wanted to add more and more death scenarios one after the other to see how more gruesome she could get over the last death scene. I found this very disturbing because I wasn’t warned in the blurb that ‘Diana relived horrific nightmares of dying at the hands of a demon as if she were there.’ No, it simply says ‘she relives her past learning that it’s kill or be killed’. I know many people will have no trouble at all with the death scenes, they may even like them, but I avoid horror, torture and stories like that as much as possible and I certainly don’t like being surprised by them because it wasn’t mentioned in the book blurb.

The formatting and editing on this book were truly exceptional. I don’t know who worked on it, but it has to be one of the best technical jobs I have come across.

I do not like being surprised in a book that isn’t labeled ‘gruesome deaths’ in the blurb. This did a good job of turning me off to this book along with the autobiographical aspects of the characters and the disorienting time jumps and not having much action so that the reading was a bit dry. Those negatives were too much for the positive parts of the book to carry, like the topic of reincarnation woven through the story or the fact that the formatting and editing was great. I can only give this book 2 stars.




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Penumbra1 | 4 autres critiques | Oct 11, 2022 |
Silver Knight is a fast-paced and amazing romp through a set of past lives. It's the type of book that draws you in, and even though a few different genres are mixed it works well! Caron Rider has managed to mix together modern high school life, with a girl who has shades of her past lives peppered in. What you'll find in this book is nothing short of fantastic! I honestly read through each page breathlessly to the end.

Our first-person narrator Diana is quite a girl. She is very much an old soul, which I totally related to her. What's nice about that is the book never really has too deep of a sense of a teenager persona. Of course Diana is actually one, but the breadth of what she has experienced really comes through in her character. The best part about her is that she is so vivid in her descriptions of things. When Diana is in a room she doesn't just see it, she experiences it. Caron Rider did an excellent job with this, and it is so easy to simply place yourself in the story. It makes it very immersive.

As I mentioned above, the story line is quick moving and well-written. I liked how well the two parts blended together. The one thing that made me a little sad was the lack of depth in certain aspects of the story. What I mean is, there are a lot of times where something is mentioned, or touched on, but never fully explored. My hope is that, because this is a series, there is a lot more to come! I will give the story this much, because of what was missing I'm eager to dive into the next installment! I want my questions answered.

I'd recommend this book to older young adult readers, mostly because of Diana's overall voice. She is a very pleasant narrator to follow (and she loves books so that is a huge plus!) but sometimes her lack of teen vibe makes her feel a little older. I for one loved it, but it might turn some younger readers off. Overall, I thought that Silver Knight was extremely well done! Kudos to Caron Rider. I'm in for the long haul!
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roses7184 | 4 autres critiques | Feb 5, 2019 |
Silver Knight by Caron Rider

Caron Rider has given us a unique story about a young woman who been reincarnated. Silver Knight is well written, the plot and character description are excellent. This story is fast paced, full of mystery, demons, warriors and of course reincarnation. All of this combined gives us one fascinating story. I really enjoyed Caron Rider writing and cannot wait to read book 2 in this series.

Silver Knight is about a young woman named Diana who experiences nightmares of herself being killed many times over; each dream leaves her with more details around what has happened. We are introduced to Alexander in her dreams where he is the one killing her, conflicted Diana can tell she is in love with this man and senses at times he loves her just as much.

One evening Diana and her friends are watching a YouTube video and she recognizes the man in the video from her dreams. In this video he is calling all the warriors to come together. Everything starts to click for Diana at this point and she realizes her dreams may have some truth to them. Contacting the man in the video Diana and her friends head off to Rome making a pit stop in New York. Here we are introduced to other characters and this story just gets more fascinating. We learn Diana is a warrior, and Alexander a demon. Present time when Alex and Diana meet up he does inform Diana that he doesn’t’ want to kill her anymore…..All I can say you must go read and see for yourself.

The relationship between Diana and Alexander is fantastic and Caron Rider has done a terrific job writing this unique story around reincarnation, demons and warriors. I cannot wait to read the next book in this series to see where it leads us to next.

I would recommend to any of my friends who enjoy reading YA Paranormal novels. I will definitely be reading Silver Demon (book 2) when it’s released later in the year.
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TanaT | 4 autres critiques | Aug 7, 2013 |
I received this book to review from the Author. All opinions are my own and I was not compensated for them.

Review:

When I was asked to read Silver Knight my first thought was reincarnation eek. I've read a couple really great reincarnation books through the years but the majority have left me horribly confused or just fell flat of being anything spectacular. With some hesitation I decided to give Silver Knight a shot. Here are my thoughts:

Characters- Diana is a very likable character in that she is strong, independent and fierce but I also found her a bit naive and certainly blinded by love. Speaking of which we have Alexander Diana's on again, off again, demon lover. I enjoyed him but he was also a really big bastard to Diana and I just had a hard time believing someone would still want to be with them after all that. I mean he tried to kill her that's not usually something you forgive no matter how swoon worthy they might be. I also really enjoyed some of the bit characters Diana encounters in her past lives and hope to see a few of them pop up again even in flashbacks.

World Building- I loved being able to journey into the past with Diana. Caron Rider really put in some nice details from each time period and I found that to be quite a bonus. That being said while all the flashbacks were great and richly detailed I felt the present felt a bit flat in comparison. Wasn't bad, just not nearly as exciting to read about as those flashback scenes.

The Warriors Of Light- This is the group Diana belongs to. They keep the balance between Light and Darkness each member being reincarnated over and over to do so. Since the members are all intertwined I understand why we see so many different points of view but it just could of been packaged a bit better. At times I was left confused as to who we were following and in a way all the flashbacks and flashforwards slowed the pacing down as I had to keep going back and rereading paragraphs before moving on.

Flaws- The Author paints Alexander into this corner as being this hard-ass character that it really becomes hard to root for him by the end of the book. I also had to laugh at Diana's independence. Reincarnated Warrior or not she's still 17 and last I checked that meant Parents should be a bit more involved in things. I just didn't find it believable how little they seemed to care about her whereabouts. I also could of used less flashback scenes. The flashbacks felt a bit overwhelming at times and it brought the enjoyability of the book down a notch for me.

Final Thoughts
Overall Silver Knight was an action packed read with richly detailed narratives and enjoyable if at times a bit confusing character development. If you like History then I definitely think you will be able to appreciate Silver Knight as it has some very interesting perspectives on past events. `In the end I will be giving Silver Knight ★★★.
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Hermyoni | 4 autres critiques | Nov 5, 2012 |

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