Review: Silver Shark is an excellent novella
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 22, 2011
You know what? I totally loved this book and devoured it in one sitting. I am a fan girl, you know that right? But still,I call it like I see it, and I don't have an issue saying when I don't like something. Even from a favorite author. But I really enjoyed Silver Shark. Except for one thing. I'll get to that in a minute.Claire Shannon is a powerful psycher, and can obliterate you with her mind. That is an awesomely scary superpower.  Trapped on a barren, mining planet since birth, and torn away from her mother when she was 14 to train in the service, Claire is very powerful, but she is alone. When a mission goes wrong and the war ends, Claire has to make a choice to hide.I really felt Claire's pain when she had to hide. I felt her emotions at all times during Silver Shark. I felt her wonder at a strange new planet. I felt her lust for Venturo, I felt her ache to viewed as more than an office drone. Hiding who you really are sucks.Let's talk about Venturo. Ruler of the Powerful Escana family, he runs the Guardian-a sort of security company. He is also an extremely powerful psycher. Venturo is very sweet to Claire and very compassionate about her circumstances. I hate that Claire had to lie to him. So did she. This leads me to the only issue I had with the book, but it is sort of a spoiler.What I love about Ilona and Gordon is their seamless and straight-forward writing style. Their colorful world building {And I mean that literally, their worlds are always filled with so much color} They have the coolest monsters and gadgets. I can't wait to read more from them. Be it Andrea, Kate, Edge or Kinsmen. Oh, or the Alpha's. You can't go wrong with an Ilona Andrews book.Back to the small issue, the end was resolved too quickly between Ven and Claire. To-forgive and forget too fast, but it's a novella, and that can be overlooked in favor of the awesomeness of the entire world they created in a small amount of page. They are certainly gifted when it comes to creating worlds, characters and kick ass hero's and heroines.