Cast in Silence: The Chronicles of Elantra, Book 5

It's a great story and it explains so much of some passages on the previous books. I read some reviews where it was said that there were holes in the plot line but I believe that if not intentional (as cliff hangers) this book covers a lot of the "unexplained things", specially regarding her 6 month absence between the fifs and the hawks. Get it! You won't be sorry! I can't wait to hear the next one. I could probably read it because they are available in print but it won't be the same as Khristine Hvam brings so much to the plate and delivery of the story.. so I will patiently wait (sighs)..

This series has been great up until this book! I'm sad to say that the introduction of a character from Kaylin's past disrupted a great story with awful language. Some language can be tolerable if the story is really good, but the F-word is most definately not! I have already purchased the next couple of books in this series & I am afraid to find more disappointment. The character Morse says the F-word almost everytime she's introduced in the storyline. It's very sad to find a great author & then find that they turn to such inappropriate language in their books as they become well known.

I liked this narrator, Khristine Hvam, very much & was disappointed to hear her use such language. I search for books by narrator to attempt to avoid the books I find inappropriate & of course because of their talent. So, this really was a great disappointment. She's really a very talented narrator.

Kaylin spent a lot of the beginning on the book talking about how awful her past in Barren was, but when it all came down to it, most of the the people around her knew most of her past and didn't care. So, I had some trouble figuring out why Kaylin made such a big deal about all of that. I do not like flash backs but here there was a lot of information about Kaylin.

There’s an anomaly in the heart of fiefs and Kaylin is sent to investigate, accompanied by Severn and Tiamaris The story goes along okay until they enter the Tower and it gets confusing and bogged down with how a Barrani becomes a fief lord.

I liked that the tower has an avatar but confused why and how it happened. How / what happened to the Old Ones and the connection to lllian. Lord Tiameris found a horde, yeppie.

How she join the Hawks and her relationship with them was a perfect fit with the series and characters. It made a certain sort of sense why the dynamic in the Hawk is the way it is when it comes to Kaylin.

I was low on credits and looking for something new. I tend to stick squarely to romance novels, and vampires, witches, and werewolves. Needless to say I was browsing free novellas and came across Cast in Moonlight. It was soon that I was hooked, it still was a fantasy and it dealt with a side of the supernatural I had yet to consider. I have now read every book in the series, and I am aching for more. What a good storyline. I feel like I know Kaylin I am empathic to her cause, and I still feel on the edge of my seat with each new book. It's such and interesting way to picture a fictional world, and what it would be like to have to deal with the day to day in a time an place unlike ours. The storyline is deep, and funny, giving way to a strong willed child and her life as see grows into a formidable women. Each new book builds on the last, however unlike most series of books, the ending doesn't leave you hanging. Michelle closes it up in such a way that you want more, but you also know that this portion of Kaylin life is complete.

This book drove me nuts! I didn't like it very much at all. I've enjoyed the rest of the series although it does have plot holes and inconsistencies. This one was murder to get through. First, I HATE the f-word. There is a new character who uses it all the time. She isn't too major in the book but she will be a continuing character and I just bought the rest of the series on the last sale. I'm VERY disappointed in Michelle Sagara.

Second, this story is about as convoluted a telling as could possibly be. I explained to my husband in about 5 to 10 minutes what the plot is for this book. It took 14 hours to do it. I think the editor died and didn't look at it at all. It could have been at least 6 hours shorter and not lost much. She does a whole lot of agonizing over her bad past. It is a past you haven't heard of before, but not good.

I actually read 8 books while I was trying to slog my way through this one. I would listen until I got too disgusted with either the language or the story and then read something else. The only reason I continued is because I have bought the rest of the series. I suppose if I hate the rest of them as much as this one I'll return them all. UGH!!

Third, there were some really stupid inconsistencies that drove me nuts. She would NOT know what to do.... Woe is me.... Then she would be told what to do or she would suddenly know what to do and it would still be a half an hour before she either remembered she knew or acted on what she was supposed to do. Or she would be told what to do and then still get out of that situation and act like she hadn't a clue as to what to do. This more than even the other two drove me insane!!!!

To sum it up this is now at the bottom of all the books I've purchased on Audible. Go read Tiger's Curse if you like romantic fantasy. It is PG rated at worst and has a wonderful adventurous fantasy with lots of romance and NO really bad language. Maybe this series just can't be compared to that one. I loved it and am really starting to detest this one.

I really like this series. I enjoy the characters a lot- they're well written. This book sheds some light on what happened to Kaylin after she left Nightshade. Hvam does a great job, she's become one of my favorite narrators.

It was so hard to get through this one. It didn't feel like we knew where we were going or why. All the time travel and new "old" friends it was confusing and weird. Actually i'm scrolling through trying to update my reviews and realized, I don't think I even finished the book. I completely lost interest. Up to this book I was so excited, I was talking to my husband about it and the whole concept and world and he said he wanted to read it too... Then I felt like we started spinning. Not enough action or forward movement or enough of a plot that I could follow or at least believe I could predict. I don't know. Maybe I'll try again at a later time.
I do love Kristen Hvam though.

Great story and narration I like the twists in the story line. Sometimes the books start out a little slow but they pick up and leave the reader wishing for more.

This books is possibly the weakness in the series. It jumps around in time a lot and has many and long flash backs. Iit provides a great deal of back-story and fills in details of some the more prominent side characters and the past that brought our favourite Hawk to the attention of the Lord of Hawks. The pace is slower but it is interesting and does explain a number of things about the city and the immortals. I enjoy this book and book 6 really picks up the pace.

NO! I got into this series because Ms Sagara seemed to go out of her way not to use of bad language. Loved the first four books. This one was shocking to my senses. I realized that she was trying to setup a character that was uneducated and had lived under terrible conditions, but, to me, the distraction to the audio book was immense. I may never listen to another one of her books, at least not without reviews that indicate that that she has used much better ways to describe such conditions without using the "F" word in such a liberal way. Sorry MIchelle, people may talk that way, but I don't have to listen.