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I find it hard to review the books of this series because I have fallen in love with this world and the people that populate it to the point where I am not sure I am writing an unbiased review anymore. It still feels like I am reading a genre that is only populated by this series.

The writing alone is so exceptional that it pulls you in from the first page, I was addicted by the 15% mark and the story was revealed a bit at a time so you got to know the good, the bad and the Others a bit more intimately than before since in this book you are introduced to a new host of characters to love.

I have to say I was disappointed when I heard we were leaving the Lakeside community behind and all the wonderful characters we had come to know and was sure it would not be a good series without them ……. I was wrong.

In Sproing (no that is not mis-spelled and named after rabbit looking creatures that are probably NOT what they seem) we have an almost clear landscape for Ms Bishop to paint new stories in words and she gives us a bevy of new characters to root for or hate and the ever-present Others and we get to meet a few Elders (sort of) and our first male Elemental that we get just enough page time of to make me wonder if we shall see more of him in future books.

One of the few complaints I heard about the previous books was the romance or to be more exact, the lack thereof, this book is much the same, she plays with the reader to the point you are not sure if there is a small love triangle or just 3 people who become good friends as the story progresses. It worked wonderfully for me since I am curious to see if anything happens in that area in future books (assuming we stay in this locality for future novels). NOTE: As with Simon Wolfgard in Lakeside I get the vibe that perhaps down the road Ilya Sanguinati may be more involved with our heroine than at present but that is just my own imagination possibly but he is a true enigma in this novel as a bit Hannible Lector and White Knight wrapped up together with a positive result.

There are many mysteries and twists that you don’t see coming and I loved it all, but since I am a confirmed revenge-junkie, justice is served in a manner that put me into my happy dance.

Just for basic info we have a fairly large cast of characters but the plot revolves around these 4 mainly (bad guys not included):

Victoria “Vicky” DeVine – The slightly plump and mentally abused by her ex-husband for over a decade before getting a divorce and moving to Sproing to rebuild/manage The Jumble, a bit of a vacation cabin establishment.

Officer Wayne Grimshaw – Highway Patrol and temporary Chief of Police for Sproing (friend to almost everyone and really believes the “Serve & Protect” mantra)

Julian Farrow – Former cop, current owner of the local bookstore and keeper of a lot of secrets about himself.

Ilya Sanguinati – “Other” Attorney and seemingly mover and shaker for everything that goes on if he wishes to be. Only answers to the “Elders”

And as always, when I finished that line came to mind:

“So good I needed a cigarette when I finished”

NOTE/UPDATE: According to her webpage the next book will be in Bennett where a few of the people who left Lakeside went so not sure if we will see the characters from this book again or not


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Lake Silence World of the Others The Anne Bishop 9780399587269 Books Reviews

Lake Silence marks the next story arc in Anne Bishop's The Others series. This time around we follow human Vicki DeVine, living in a little town called Sproing, who received in her divorce settlement an old run-down resort known as The Jumble - which straddles the line between what can be considered "human run" and "wild country" but more closely associated with the wild country. Basically, it was a place initially set up so the terre indigene could closely study and learn about humans. Vicki works really hard to get The Jumble habitable again, but soon after she's completed renovations, a dead body is discovered on the property. Being a law abiding citizen Vicki immediately calls the police, but when some out-of-town detectives start investigating, they want to blame Vicki for the murder. As Vicki and her friends start their own investigation, that someone is interested in The Jumble and wants to push Vicki out no matter the cost. But what they don't understand is that just because you can't see some of the terre indigene doesn't mean they're not watching.

When I learned that Anne Bishop was ending story arc one with Meg and Simon and continuing the series with new characters, I was a little unsure. I mean over the course of five books I had really grown to love Meg, Simon, and all the other characters in Lakeside. I should have known Anne Bishop wouldn't let me down.

Lake Silence deals more with the human side of Thaisia and specifically it's a chance for us to really see the consequences from The Great Predation - when a group of humans got together to try and attack the terre indigene and subsequently failed - what that did to the smaller settlements in Thaisia. But in addition to focusing more in the human side, we also get a lot more focus placed on the Elders and Elemental terre indigene which were more on the periphery in the first arc with that focus being more on the vampires and shifters.

I liked Vicki, she's a woman who has been through a brutal marriage and still struggles daily to get past the poison her husband spewed to her throughout the years of their marriage. I loved the glimpses we get of her unguarded thoughts that show us this spunky woman. It makes the brutality of what her husband did her stand out more because she's so unsure of herself and she censors or hides herself because she has been told repeatedly that is where her place is, hidden. I look forward to the series continuing and seeing Vicki break out of that shell she's formed around herself.

Vicki's only paying lodger Aggie, a Crowgard, is also a wonderful addition to this series. She's inquisitive, like the Crow we've seen from the first story arc, but I think we see her really begin to understand the humans a bit more than other terre indigene from this series to the point where she really lets her investigative skills shine a couple of times. She's able to put herself into the mindset of the humans in certain cases. I'm interested to see where her character goes from here.

Lake Silence drew me in like all the others in this series, Anne Bishop has a pretty good formula worked out, but even though it does feel a bit formulaic at times, I still enjoyed the read.
I find it hard to review the books of this series because I have fallen in love with this world and the people that populate it to the point where I am not sure I am writing an unbiased review anymore. It still feels like I am reading a genre that is only populated by this series.

The writing alone is so exceptional that it pulls you in from the first page, I was addicted by the 15% mark and the story was revealed a bit at a time so you got to know the good, the bad and the Others a bit more intimately than before since in this book you are introduced to a new host of characters to love.

I have to say I was disappointed when I heard we were leaving the Lakeside community behind and all the wonderful characters we had come to know and was sure it would not be a good series without them ……. I was wrong.

In Sproing (no that is not mis-spelled and named after rabbit looking creatures that are probably NOT what they seem) we have an almost clear landscape for Ms Bishop to paint new stories in words and she gives us a bevy of new characters to root for or hate and the ever-present Others and we get to meet a few Elders (sort of) and our first male Elemental that we get just enough page time of to make me wonder if we shall see more of him in future books.

One of the few complaints I heard about the previous books was the romance or to be more exact, the lack thereof, this book is much the same, she plays with the reader to the point you are not sure if there is a small love triangle or just 3 people who become good friends as the story progresses. It worked wonderfully for me since I am curious to see if anything happens in that area in future books (assuming we stay in this locality for future novels). NOTE As with Simon Wolfgard in Lakeside I get the vibe that perhaps down the road Ilya Sanguinati may be more involved with our heroine than at present but that is just my own imagination possibly but he is a true enigma in this novel as a bit Hannible Lector and White Knight wrapped up together with a positive result.

There are many mysteries and twists that you don’t see coming and I loved it all, but since I am a confirmed revenge-junkie, justice is served in a manner that put me into my happy dance.

Just for basic info we have a fairly large cast of characters but the plot revolves around these 4 mainly (bad guys not included)

Victoria “Vicky” DeVine – The slightly plump and mentally abused by her ex-husband for over a decade before getting a divorce and moving to Sproing to rebuild/manage The Jumble, a bit of a vacation cabin establishment.

Officer Wayne Grimshaw – Highway Patrol and temporary Chief of Police for Sproing (friend to almost everyone and really believes the “Serve & Protect” mantra)

Julian Farrow – Former cop, current owner of the local bookstore and keeper of a lot of secrets about himself.

Ilya Sanguinati – “Other” Attorney and seemingly mover and shaker for everything that goes on if he wishes to be. Only answers to the “Elders”

And as always, when I finished that line came to mind

“So good I needed a cigarette when I finished”

NOTE/UPDATE According to her webpage the next book will be in Bennett where a few of the people who left Lakeside went so not sure if we will see the characters from this book again or not