Love Triangle Factor: None (maybe very mild in the first 1/3)Ĭliffhanger Scale: Low. But Silver in the Blood read quickly for me and I enjoyed it as a palate cleanser. I'm not sure if I enjoyed this book enough to continue the series if it became one. I never really felt strongly convinced about the mission of the Florescues (Dacia and Lou's family), the villains were one dimensional, and I started to feel like the drama building at the end was all a bit silly. She only truly falls for one of them and there isn't any wavering once that happens. At first it appears that Dacia is going to have multiple suiters, but only one of them goes anywhere, and I never worried about a love triangle developing. As the story was written in third person, it was a great way to hear from each of them in their voices.Įach girl gets her own romance and both are sweet and slowly developing throughout the course of the story, though not heavy on the swoon (or physical activity, which follows historical customs). I also liked the letters and diary entries we got from each girls at the beginning of the chapters. I liked seeing them both come into their own in this story, though Lou especially has a bit of a personality change with her first transformation, that I didn't quite understand. Dacia is the feistier of the two, while Lou is quieter and much more of a rule follower. I liked Dacia and Lou from the start, though when we meet them, they are silly society girls, more concerned with their social standing, gowns and getting husbands than anything else. Right away strange things begin to happen and the girls realize that their heritage is much different than they ever imagined. The book begins when both girls are in-route to Bucharest. That is until this summer when they are to travel to Romania to stay for several months and meet their relatives at last. Their mothers are sisters from Romanian, though the girls don't know much about that part of their family, since they've never been to visit. But even though this overall story read young to me, there are some more serious, darker events that happen near the end of this book that make definitely a YA read.ĭacia and Louisa (Lou) are 17 year old cousins from wealthy New York families - on their fathers' sides. I wished for a lot more atmosphere and mood in these pages, which is one of my favorite elements of this genre.
However the character voices and tone of the story read much younger and lighter than I expected for the setting and themes, and that affected my enjoyment of the story.
Plus the 19th century setting was a plus for me.
I'm a great fan of historical fantasy, and the idea of this book excited me right away - Romania, Vlad and Dracula references as well as shape shifters.
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