Friday, June 1, 2018

Silver Hollow by Jennifer Silverwood. (Blog Tour + giveaway)

On Tour with Prism Book Tours

Silver Hollow
(Borderlands Saga #1)
By Jennifer Silverwood
Urban Fantasy
Paperback & ebook, 429 pages
May 31st 2018 by SilverWoodSketches

"I shouldn't have to tell you this isn't a fairy story..."

After her parents' car crash ten years before, Amie Wentworth trusts books more than people. She may be a writer, but she believes in reality over fiction. She ignores the unexplained mysteries surrounding her, never mind the dreams of a past life, or the fact she can fry technology with a touch. Not even a timely invitation from her long-lost uncle in England gives Amie incentive for anything other than ire.

Until she is stabbed in an alley and brought back to life by a handsome stranger. Soon Amie is dragged into the very sort of tale she is used to selling. To make matters worse, the man who saved her life keeps turning up and her would-be-murderer is still at large.

After crossing the Atlantic to her father’s homeland, she discovers a world beyond imagining. Silver Hollow is a place of ancient traditions and supernatural dangers, where everything is the opposite of what it seems and few escape sane. Faced with an impossible choice, Amie is forced to confront a deadly family legacy while remembering a life she soon wishes to forget.

**Previously published in 2012. This NEW EDITION has been FULLY REVISED AND EXPANDED. The original novel is now no longer available.**

 My thoughts:  When I picked up this book, I thought it would be a typical fantasy book.  I was wrong.  Jennifer Silverwood has created a book that has familiar elements but incorporates other stories into hers.

Amie is a  woman who has faced many tragedies.  She lost her parents at eighteen and her saving grace has been her best friends who watch out for her.  Soon, the friends cannot do anything to save her from the danger that awaits her on the other side of the "veil" where she discovers her true heritage.

I mentioned that this book incorporates elements that I wasn't expecting.  Amie becomes a part of the Seelie and Unseelie world.  She has magic that has been hidden from her.  This is a book where she uncovers one piece at a time her past and her heritage.  There are also ancient tales that become part of her story.  I was happy and surprised to find Arthur and Merlin as part of her story. (I grew up loving that story.)

This book is full of intrigue, war between ancient legends, romance, and non-graphic violence.  There are fade to black scenes of intimacy.

Source:  I received a complimentary copy.  All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.
Rating: 4 of  stars




About the Author


 Jennifer Silverwood was raised deep in the heart of Texas and has been spinning yarns a mile high since childhood. In her spare time she reads and writes and tries to sustain her wanderlust, whether it’s the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania, the highlands of Ecuador or a road trip to the next town. Always on the lookout for her next adventure, in print or reality, she dreams of one day proving to the masses that everything really is better in Texas. She is the author of two series—Heaven's Edge and Wylder Tales—and the stand-alone titles Stay and Silver Hollow.




PRIZE PACK #1: 1 winner will receive new Silver Hollow swag, themed bookmarks, stickers, bookish themed tote, and B&N Illustrated Hardcover Editions of Grimm's Fairy Tales and The Story of King Arthur & His Knights (US only)
PRIZE PACK #2: 1 winner will receive signed swag (mainly Silver Hollow and Wylder Tales), ebooks of the Wylder Tales Collection, and a free voucher for Bound Beauty to be published later in 2018 (open internationally)
ENDS: June 6th

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Posted by Bookworm Lisa at 9:38 AM

2 comments:

  1. Jennifer SilverwoodJune 1, 2018 at 1:39 PM

    Hi Lisa, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts on Silver Hollow 2018! I'm so happy you enjoyed diving into the adventure :D

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  2. Peace in PiecesJune 2, 2018 at 2:30 AM

    This place is so special! Speaking of special, this is how our evening went. I met my buddies in the downstairs part of the party venue, which is more than just an average kind of bar with a lot of woodwork.

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