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Moon & Sun #2
The Silver Door
In the powerful, lyrical follow-up to THE RUBY KEY, Genna must master her new powers and summon an ancient magic to save her people in the fight for their freedom.
In the battle between nightlings and humans, it's prophesied that the Sunrider is destined to unite the magics of the sun and moon for the good of all. She alone can lead the fight to defeat an immortal evil.
Genna is the chosen Sunrider, and under nightling protection, she must learn the acient magics so she may bring an end to the war between slaves and masters. When she escapes a brutal plot concoted by the evil kai lords, Genna finds herself cast into the depths of the Sun Wizards' world.
In the battle between nightlings and humans, it's prophesied that the Sunrider is destined to unite the magics of the sun and moon for the good of all. She alone can lead the fight to defeat an immortal evil.
Genna is the chosen Sunrider, and under nightling protection, she must learn the acient magics so she may bring an end to the war between slaves and masters. When she escapes a brutal plot concoted by the evil kai lords, Genna finds herself cast into the depths of the Sun Wizards' world.
368 pages, Hardcover
First published April 15, 2009
About the author
Holly Lisle
107 books446 followersHolly Lisle has been writing fiction professionally since 1991, when she sold FIRE IN THE MIST, the novel that won her the Compton Crook Award for best first novel. She has to date published more than thirty novels and several comprehensive writing courses. She has just published WARPAINT, the second stand-alone novel in her Cadence Drake series.
Holly had an ideal childhood for a writer…which is to say, it was filled with foreign countries and exotic terrains, alien cultures, new languages, the occasional earthquake, flood, or civil war, and one story about a bear, which follows:
“So. Back when I was ten years old, my father and I had finished hunting ducks for our dinner and were walking across the tundra in Alaska toward the spot on the river where we’d tied our boat. We had a couple miles to go by boat to get back to the Moravian Children’s Home, where we lived.
“My father was carrying the big bag of decoys and the shotgun; I was carrying the small bag of ducks.
“It was getting dark, we could hear the thud, thud, thud of the generator across the tundra, and suddenly he stopped, pointed down to a pie-pan sized indentation in the tundra that was rapidly filling with water, and said, in a calm and steady voice, “That’s a bear footprint. From the size of it, it’s a grizzly. The fact that the track is filling with water right now means the bear’s still around.”
“Which got my attention, but not as much as what he said next.
” ‘I don’t have the gun with me that will kill a bear,’ he told me. ‘I just have the one that will make him angry. So if we see the bear, I’m going to shoot him so he’ll attack me. I want you to run to the river, follow it to the boat, get the boat back home, and tell everyone what happened.’
“The rest of our walk was very quiet. He was, I’m sure, listening for the bear. I was doing my damnedest to make sure that I remembered where the boat was, how to get to it, how to start the pull-cord engine, and how to drive it back home, because I did not want to let him down.
“We were not eaten by a bear that night…but neither is that walk back from our hunt for supper a part of my life I’ll ever forget.
“I keep that story in mind as I write. If what I’m putting on paper isn’t at least as memorable as having a grizzly stalking my father and me across the tundra while I was carrying a bag of delicious-smelling ducks, it doesn’t make my cut.”
You can find Holly on her personal site:
Hollylisle.com
You can find Cadence Drake, Holly's currently in-progress series, on her site:
CadenceDrake.com
You can find Holly's books, courses, writing workshops, and so on here:
The HowToThinkSideways.com Shop, as well as on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and in a number of bookstores in the US and around the world.
Holly had an ideal childhood for a writer…which is to say, it was filled with foreign countries and exotic terrains, alien cultures, new languages, the occasional earthquake, flood, or civil war, and one story about a bear, which follows:
“So. Back when I was ten years old, my father and I had finished hunting ducks for our dinner and were walking across the tundra in Alaska toward the spot on the river where we’d tied our boat. We had a couple miles to go by boat to get back to the Moravian Children’s Home, where we lived.
“My father was carrying the big bag of decoys and the shotgun; I was carrying the small bag of ducks.
“It was getting dark, we could hear the thud, thud, thud of the generator across the tundra, and suddenly he stopped, pointed down to a pie-pan sized indentation in the tundra that was rapidly filling with water, and said, in a calm and steady voice, “That’s a bear footprint. From the size of it, it’s a grizzly. The fact that the track is filling with water right now means the bear’s still around.”
“Which got my attention, but not as much as what he said next.
” ‘I don’t have the gun with me that will kill a bear,’ he told me. ‘I just have the one that will make him angry. So if we see the bear, I’m going to shoot him so he’ll attack me. I want you to run to the river, follow it to the boat, get the boat back home, and tell everyone what happened.’
“The rest of our walk was very quiet. He was, I’m sure, listening for the bear. I was doing my damnedest to make sure that I remembered where the boat was, how to get to it, how to start the pull-cord engine, and how to drive it back home, because I did not want to let him down.
“We were not eaten by a bear that night…but neither is that walk back from our hunt for supper a part of my life I’ll ever forget.
“I keep that story in mind as I write. If what I’m putting on paper isn’t at least as memorable as having a grizzly stalking my father and me across the tundra while I was carrying a bag of delicious-smelling ducks, it doesn’t make my cut.”
You can find Holly on her personal site:
Hollylisle.com
You can find Cadence Drake, Holly's currently in-progress series, on her site:
CadenceDrake.com
You can find Holly's books, courses, writing workshops, and so on here:
The HowToThinkSideways.com Shop, as well as on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and in a number of bookstores in the US and around the world.
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June 1, 2009
In part 2 of the Moon and Sun series (after The Ruby Key), Genna and her friend Catri are abruptly wrenched from a slightly dull and anti-climactic life in the nightling city Arrienda, and transported (via dragon cheeks) to the last existing, although almost completely deserted, sun wizard city – the Spire.
Like a weird kind of long-lasting technology, the magic that ran the Spire is still active, and Genna and Catri learn a great deal about the last great battle between the nightlings and the humans a thousand years ago, that resulted in the humans serving as beasts of burden for the nightlings ever since. Assisting in their orientation to sun wizard history and ways is Jagan, a boy a couple of years older than the girls who was frozen into a magical sleep one thousand years ago by his parents – who never came back to wake him up. It is Catri’s impulsive kiss that does the trick.
Genna’s destiny as Sunrider can’t allow her to remain a scholar living in the lap of luxury, of course, and soon enough drastic events compel her to leave the Spire and plunge back into danger in order to rescue her loved ones – and to do not the easy thing but the right thing.
Genna’s brother Danrith and her friends Doyati and Yarri make only brief appearances in this story, which belongs to Genna, Catri, the dragon, and of course the cat. The mystery of who or what the cat is irritates Genna like an itch she can’t scratch – although she certainly tries. The cat, with his customary mixture of disdain and bad temper, puts her off – and somehow he remains as intriguing and attractive as ever, despite his penchant for clawing Genna at every opportunity.
We learn much more about the culture of Genna’s people and about the secret magic and traditions that certain people have passed down through the generations directly from the sun wizards themselves. Honor and integrity are valued highly, which makes sense for a people who are controlled almost entirely by hostile outside forces. What you can control – your own actions, your sense of right and wrong – becomes all-important. Readers will appreciate gaining an understanding of Genna’s people and will empathize with her uneasy feelings about the comfortable but restrictive environment in the Spire.
The tension of ever-present danger and impending doom that drove the plot forward in the first book only appears occasionally in this installment. Instead, we get a breather along with Genna, as she prepares for what appears to be an impossible challenge – to unite humans, nightlings, and the people of the moonroads. I, for one, can’t wait to find out how she and her friends and allies will achieve this.
Highly recommended for grades 5 to 8, but only if they’ve read book 1 – The Ruby Key.
Like a weird kind of long-lasting technology, the magic that ran the Spire is still active, and Genna and Catri learn a great deal about the last great battle between the nightlings and the humans a thousand years ago, that resulted in the humans serving as beasts of burden for the nightlings ever since. Assisting in their orientation to sun wizard history and ways is Jagan, a boy a couple of years older than the girls who was frozen into a magical sleep one thousand years ago by his parents – who never came back to wake him up. It is Catri’s impulsive kiss that does the trick.
Genna’s destiny as Sunrider can’t allow her to remain a scholar living in the lap of luxury, of course, and soon enough drastic events compel her to leave the Spire and plunge back into danger in order to rescue her loved ones – and to do not the easy thing but the right thing.
Genna’s brother Danrith and her friends Doyati and Yarri make only brief appearances in this story, which belongs to Genna, Catri, the dragon, and of course the cat. The mystery of who or what the cat is irritates Genna like an itch she can’t scratch – although she certainly tries. The cat, with his customary mixture of disdain and bad temper, puts her off – and somehow he remains as intriguing and attractive as ever, despite his penchant for clawing Genna at every opportunity.
We learn much more about the culture of Genna’s people and about the secret magic and traditions that certain people have passed down through the generations directly from the sun wizards themselves. Honor and integrity are valued highly, which makes sense for a people who are controlled almost entirely by hostile outside forces. What you can control – your own actions, your sense of right and wrong – becomes all-important. Readers will appreciate gaining an understanding of Genna’s people and will empathize with her uneasy feelings about the comfortable but restrictive environment in the Spire.
The tension of ever-present danger and impending doom that drove the plot forward in the first book only appears occasionally in this installment. Instead, we get a breather along with Genna, as she prepares for what appears to be an impossible challenge – to unite humans, nightlings, and the people of the moonroads. I, for one, can’t wait to find out how she and her friends and allies will achieve this.
Highly recommended for grades 5 to 8, but only if they’ve read book 1 – The Ruby Key.
February 28, 2011
The stakes are much higher in the sequel to The Ruby Key and Lisle complicates matters much more when she reveals that the good guys may not have been as good as they were thought to be. The Silver Door is a well thought out novel that ups the ante in the Moon and Sun series as Genna and Catri find themselves stranded in the castle/estate that belonged to the human civilization of yester years. Secrets are revealed and some friendships are forged anew while others sacrificed. There are hearts broken and hearts that skip a beat for the first time. The tension between Doyati and Genna are, at times, infuriating and at times endearing. Genna’s role in what appears to be fast becoming a war for survival is further fleshed out and the reader gets a premonition that much may be expected from Genna, perhaps more than she is willing to give. The novel also presents an interesting question – one of human fallibility. Whether we, as a race, have the strength to continue even when we have been displaced from the top of the food chain. All in all, The Silver Door is just as riveting a read as The Ruby Key and I recommend anyone who’s looking for a strong, kickass heroine with an intriguing love interest and a brother who is just as dashing as she is to read this book. You will be entertained, you will laugh, cry, gasp and at the end, thirst for more.
February 2, 2010
2.5 stars
I was pleased that in this second book we learn more about Genna's world and the culture that the humans once had before the Nightlings defeated them in the war and enslaved those they did not slaughter. The Sun Wizards were extremely advanced, both technologically and in their magics. But for all the learning and the glorious achievements, they were lacking in interpersonal connections.
After the events in The Ruby Key, Genna, Doyati, Yarri and Catri are learning about the Sun Wizards and trying to discover more about Genna's mission as the Sun Rider. They are not making much progress under Nolan, and then Catri and Genna barely survive an attempt on their life, being saved by the dragon that was supposed to eat them and he takes them to the Spire, the great home of the Sun Wizards. There Genna and Catri explore, waking a young boy Jagan who has been in a sort of suspended animation for 1000 years. Catri is smitten. The ghosts of the past wizards determine they must be trained in the Sun Magic and it turns out that Genna is of a very important magical family. The cat shows up and makes lots of cryptic statements and Genna learns that she has a greater enemy than Banris that she must help defeat. And she learns that Banris is attacking the humans, including her family, who think that she and Catri are dead. So, against the wishes of the Spire and the ghosts, she uses the moonroads to go to her family. They use an air ship of the wizards to return to the Spire, where they are met by other refugees that the cat has brought. The people of Hillrush must adjust to the strange rules of the Spire and still Genna is no closer to accomplishing her goals. In the end, she and her brother Danrith, along with the cat, go to rescue the dragon from nightlings and taandu monsters. By so doing, they make themselves enemies of the Spire. They are all reunited with Yarri and Doyati, as well as the audiomaerist (sp?) and they must plan from there. So, this was very much a slow, middle "learning" book, with less forward action, but it did not bother me as much as usual because I really did want to learn more about Genna's world before dashing off to save it.
My complaints are that Catri turns on Genna too easily. They are these life-long best friends and then suddenly Catri throws in her lot with Jagan and his people. I have little trouble believing Catri would do it, but then why emphasize the strength and duration of their friendship when in the end it was fragile and easily destroyed??? Bad characterization. And while we know that Genna likes Doyati, they did very little to show that. Very. Very little. That said, I did like the scene when Doyati meets up with Genna after believing her dead.
Looking forward to seeing how the series ends...
I was pleased that in this second book we learn more about Genna's world and the culture that the humans once had before the Nightlings defeated them in the war and enslaved those they did not slaughter. The Sun Wizards were extremely advanced, both technologically and in their magics. But for all the learning and the glorious achievements, they were lacking in interpersonal connections.
After the events in The Ruby Key, Genna, Doyati, Yarri and Catri are learning about the Sun Wizards and trying to discover more about Genna's mission as the Sun Rider. They are not making much progress under Nolan, and then Catri and Genna barely survive an attempt on their life, being saved by the dragon that was supposed to eat them and he takes them to the Spire, the great home of the Sun Wizards. There Genna and Catri explore, waking a young boy Jagan who has been in a sort of suspended animation for 1000 years. Catri is smitten. The ghosts of the past wizards determine they must be trained in the Sun Magic and it turns out that Genna is of a very important magical family. The cat shows up and makes lots of cryptic statements and Genna learns that she has a greater enemy than Banris that she must help defeat. And she learns that Banris is attacking the humans, including her family, who think that she and Catri are dead. So, against the wishes of the Spire and the ghosts, she uses the moonroads to go to her family. They use an air ship of the wizards to return to the Spire, where they are met by other refugees that the cat has brought. The people of Hillrush must adjust to the strange rules of the Spire and still Genna is no closer to accomplishing her goals. In the end, she and her brother Danrith, along with the cat, go to rescue the dragon from nightlings and taandu monsters. By so doing, they make themselves enemies of the Spire. They are all reunited with Yarri and Doyati, as well as the audiomaerist (sp?) and they must plan from there. So, this was very much a slow, middle "learning" book, with less forward action, but it did not bother me as much as usual because I really did want to learn more about Genna's world before dashing off to save it.
My complaints are that Catri turns on Genna too easily. They are these life-long best friends and then suddenly Catri throws in her lot with Jagan and his people. I have little trouble believing Catri would do it, but then why emphasize the strength and duration of their friendship when in the end it was fragile and easily destroyed??? Bad characterization. And while we know that Genna likes Doyati, they did very little to show that. Very. Very little. That said, I did like the scene when Doyati meets up with Genna after believing her dead.
He was looking at me, staring, his eyes huge and he said,"You're here." In the same voice a poor man would use if he fell into a field of gold and found out that it was all his. You're here. I will never as long as I live ever, ever forget the sound of his voice as he said those two words.
Looking forward to seeing how the series ends...
December 30, 2010
This is the second book in the Moon and Sun trilogy (at least I've heard that it's supposed to be a trilogy) by Holly Lisle. It was an excellent addition to the series and is a wonderfully told story.
In the first book we find out that Genna is destined to be the Sunrider. This book starts out with Genna, Dan, Doyati, Catri, and Yarri being tutored in the Sun Wizards language by the very tedious Master Navan. Things quickly change though when Genna and Catri are attacked by a dragon and carried off to the Spire, an ancient stronghold of the human Sun Wizards of old. There Catri and Genna learn more about the humans' past and about the Sun Wizards in general. But will the help the Spire gives be of a benefit or detriment to Genna's path to become a Sunrider?
This was a wonderful book. Lisle has an excellent writing style for telling a good solid fantasy. The characters are well developed and the plot thickens as more characters are thrown into the mix and the humans' situation gets more dire than ever. Much of the book revolves around Catri and Genna exploring the enormous Spire and about what they find out there. Most of this book focuses around the past of the humans and how they came to be slaves to the Kai Lords.
This book was a little more wandering than the last book. In process of exploring the Spire, Genna looses some focus on her Sunrider duties, but that is all part of the story. This book really gave the story a lot more breadth than it had in book 1.
I love Lisle's writing style and her skill in building worlds and characters that are engaging and completely natural feeling. I love that the characters , especially Genna and the Cat, have a sense of humor that occasionally rears its head...this keeps things from ever getting overly serious. Genna is a great character, she is kind yet possess honor,persistence, and a practicality that is admirable. I was a little disappointed that we didn't get to spend more time with Yarri and Doyati, but the additions of Jagan and the Dragon more than made up for the nightlings' absence in this story.
Another great addition to this series, I can't wait to read the next book! This book would appropriate for all ages. If you like the Fablehaven series, The Last Apprentice, or even Harry Potter I would check out this series.
In the first book we find out that Genna is destined to be the Sunrider. This book starts out with Genna, Dan, Doyati, Catri, and Yarri being tutored in the Sun Wizards language by the very tedious Master Navan. Things quickly change though when Genna and Catri are attacked by a dragon and carried off to the Spire, an ancient stronghold of the human Sun Wizards of old. There Catri and Genna learn more about the humans' past and about the Sun Wizards in general. But will the help the Spire gives be of a benefit or detriment to Genna's path to become a Sunrider?
This was a wonderful book. Lisle has an excellent writing style for telling a good solid fantasy. The characters are well developed and the plot thickens as more characters are thrown into the mix and the humans' situation gets more dire than ever. Much of the book revolves around Catri and Genna exploring the enormous Spire and about what they find out there. Most of this book focuses around the past of the humans and how they came to be slaves to the Kai Lords.
This book was a little more wandering than the last book. In process of exploring the Spire, Genna looses some focus on her Sunrider duties, but that is all part of the story. This book really gave the story a lot more breadth than it had in book 1.
I love Lisle's writing style and her skill in building worlds and characters that are engaging and completely natural feeling. I love that the characters , especially Genna and the Cat, have a sense of humor that occasionally rears its head...this keeps things from ever getting overly serious. Genna is a great character, she is kind yet possess honor,persistence, and a practicality that is admirable. I was a little disappointed that we didn't get to spend more time with Yarri and Doyati, but the additions of Jagan and the Dragon more than made up for the nightlings' absence in this story.
Another great addition to this series, I can't wait to read the next book! This book would appropriate for all ages. If you like the Fablehaven series, The Last Apprentice, or even Harry Potter I would check out this series.
February 21, 2012
Holly Lisle has tremendous skill in world-building. I love the world of the Moon & Sun books - all the different types of characters and the way she ties it all together with a complex and engaging mythology. I wonder what kind of research it takes to create something like this.
Her protagonist, Genna, faces many difficult challenges and she's courageous and thoughtful and very self-aware. Genna is a very balanced character - she's not some over the top "Save the Day Hero" but neither is she a trembling, passive Mary Sue. I think she's fantastic and a great role model for any 14-year-old.
The only nagging point that stuck with me while reading this was that the book was very obviously a transition from the first book towards some greater conclusion. There are plenty of new developments in this story, but it didn't feel quite so much of an adventure in its own right, as I think books in a series ought to. But it is a minor criticism, to be sure.
Of course, I can't find any hint of the continuing Moon & Sun series anywhere and that is VERY distressing! Please don't keep us waiting much longer, Holly Lisle!
Her protagonist, Genna, faces many difficult challenges and she's courageous and thoughtful and very self-aware. Genna is a very balanced character - she's not some over the top "Save the Day Hero" but neither is she a trembling, passive Mary Sue. I think she's fantastic and a great role model for any 14-year-old.
The only nagging point that stuck with me while reading this was that the book was very obviously a transition from the first book towards some greater conclusion. There are plenty of new developments in this story, but it didn't feel quite so much of an adventure in its own right, as I think books in a series ought to. But it is a minor criticism, to be sure.
Of course, I can't find any hint of the continuing Moon & Sun series anywhere and that is VERY distressing! Please don't keep us waiting much longer, Holly Lisle!
March 21, 2012
Another captivating read. Genna is trying to find her true purpose and it shows. Because of this I feel that The Silver Door is a bit of a transitional book - I felt that the story arc within wasn't quite as tightly structured as in The Ruby Key (only by a small margin), nevertheless the overall mythology of this series remained strong. Much is revealed regarding the past of the humans, nightlings and other creatures. Several new characters are introduced, some are revisited, and the world opens up quite a bit. There were a couple moments of confusion here and there when the author forgot to explain a little detail and jumped the narrative forward (and one where a character name was mixed up with another, leading to a confusing sentence). Not too big of a deal but mildly irksome for my OCD tendencies. I found the ending quite satisfying: the promise of more adventure building to a sure-to-be-epic-future-confrontation but for now the characters you care about are safe and enjoy a little respite from recent exploits.
August 5, 2013
Genna and Catri are saved from a plot to assassinate Genna by an unlikely ally. They are taken by their savior to the Spire, which ends up being an old human city with incredible magic that protects them and has incredible innovations. Unfortunately this protection has it's dark side and Genna eventually has to leave, both to move forward with her Sunrider responsibilities and to be safe.
This felt kind of like a bridge novel. Everything that happens is to move the entire series (or trilogy) to a conclusion. It doesn't feel like a complete story and you are very aware that it's part of a larger tale. That being said I had pretty much completely forgotten everything that happened in the first book and still found it an enjoyable/entertaining read. There is amazing attention to detail and world building,the characters are likable and while I don't think it can completely stand on it's own b/c it doesn't feel like a completed story by itself, someone who doesn't get too focused on the missing information can read it and enjoy it.
This felt kind of like a bridge novel. Everything that happens is to move the entire series (or trilogy) to a conclusion. It doesn't feel like a complete story and you are very aware that it's part of a larger tale. That being said I had pretty much completely forgotten everything that happened in the first book and still found it an enjoyable/entertaining read. There is amazing attention to detail and world building,the characters are likable and while I don't think it can completely stand on it's own b/c it doesn't feel like a completed story by itself, someone who doesn't get too focused on the missing information can read it and enjoy it.
December 30, 2013
Why?
There were so many Why and how and what. None of them answered. The last sentence of the novel, I remember still, was "I laughed" sounded like the author is laughing at the reader. Saying I fooled you.
The 1st Part of the Moon and Sun series-The Ruby Key was well ended, though Letrin was killed quite easily, at least that was some end. The Silver Door, kept on piling up the questions and answered none.None.
And there is no sequel yet.
I just want to know from author, Why in the world, you create a story, you keep on building it, adding quests, villains and raising questions; then suddenly it ends; without completing any of the quest, without ending any of the villain, without answering any question. It is like all columns and beams erected but not wall or roof to give any meaning to those beams and columns.
Why Holly Lisle, Why?
There were so many Why and how and what. None of them answered. The last sentence of the novel, I remember still, was "I laughed" sounded like the author is laughing at the reader. Saying I fooled you.
The 1st Part of the Moon and Sun series-The Ruby Key was well ended, though Letrin was killed quite easily, at least that was some end. The Silver Door, kept on piling up the questions and answered none.None.
And there is no sequel yet.
I just want to know from author, Why in the world, you create a story, you keep on building it, adding quests, villains and raising questions; then suddenly it ends; without completing any of the quest, without ending any of the villain, without answering any question. It is like all columns and beams erected but not wall or roof to give any meaning to those beams and columns.
Why Holly Lisle, Why?
May 14, 2010
I love the 1st and I love the 2nd! Also it's no mystery that Genna likes Doyati and it seems he likes her. I mean he pick her up and spun her around while hugging her. Also he was smiling and laughing while doing so and when he put he down he blushed. He was the happiest person in the world when he saw her sitting at the table. I can't believe she can't see he likes her or that he can't see she likes him. They are blind. I so hope they hook up in that 3rd book. I will go crazy if not. Also ends in cliffy and now will go crazy not knowing whats going to happen. The cat if so funny and hope to see more of his humor in the 3rd book. If I don't die waiting for the 3rd book. I loved it and can't wait for 3rd book.
October 29, 2010
If you read my review of the Ruby Key, you know that I enjoyed that book, but compared to how much I loved this book, my reaction to the first book was more lukewarm. In this one you follow the main girl as she learns about the past of the humans before the nightlings became so powerful, and tries to find out what kind of power she needs to have and who she needs to become to free the humans and nightlings from those who wish to control them. Its very well written and creative.
*This book ends implying a third book is coming, but from all I can find on the author's site, that is not going to be the case, at least not anytime soon, so I'm very sad right now*
*This book ends implying a third book is coming, but from all I can find on the author's site, that is not going to be the case, at least not anytime soon, so I'm very sad right now*
June 16, 2011
The Silver Door by Holly Lisle is the second book in this series. Genna now knows she is the Sunrider and must defeat many obstacles to free humans from slavery. But someone betrays her and sends her and Catri to certain death via dragon. But the dragon has a different agenda and leads Genna to a place where the Nightlings can't follow. But is the place as safe as it seems...?
OK, you really have to read the first book to know what is going on. It is well written, well paced and has good character development. This series is perfect for a girl aged 12 to 15. That said, I am much older then that and really enjoyed it.
OK, you really have to read the first book to know what is going on. It is well written, well paced and has good character development. This series is perfect for a girl aged 12 to 15. That said, I am much older then that and really enjoyed it.
November 24, 2011
The stage that Holly Lisle set in The Ruby Key is filled out with a depth that gives me high hopes for the rest of this series. Much about the world and the history of how things got this way is revealed. This book holds all the wonder that drew me to the first book but it does suffer from middle book syndrome. Where the Ruby Key had clear goals for the heros to achieve and had clear narrative structure, this book introduces conflicts that will become in later books a more complex and epic story. The Silver Door is just the beginning, a good beginning but only one piece of a larger whole that I look forward to reading.
July 6, 2012
So I really adore Holly Lisle. I'm not sure why, because she is not in the same style as the books I tend to love, but I like her. And I really like her moon and sun series. I'm sad right now that M&S3 seems to have hit a bump... she's working on a different book right now (which I'm also looking forward to).
I really enjoyed the story of the Silver Door, and I was especially pleased by the fact that this book has some hard hitting themes and difficult situations, but is still written in a for-kids kind of way. It's the kind of book that is equally enjoyable for adult and young adult fans of fantasy or Ms. Lisle's other work.
I really enjoyed the story of the Silver Door, and I was especially pleased by the fact that this book has some hard hitting themes and difficult situations, but is still written in a for-kids kind of way. It's the kind of book that is equally enjoyable for adult and young adult fans of fantasy or Ms. Lisle's other work.
July 8, 2013
The sequel is better than the first book in the series, but I am giving it 4 stars with some reservations. The ending is pretty muddled. At times, the "Silver Door" proves to be a very good fantasy but, like the first book, it is too wordy. It could have been pared down by 100 pages or so, and the pre-teen drama makes it a little painful for adults. My 8-year old quite liked it and that bumped it up in my rating.
May 18, 2009
I really like where the story is going. Genna and Catri find themselves on a living spire where the past sun wizards lived before the nightlings attacked. Genna finds her strengths and learns that things once thought good can have a dark side and things once thought evil can be good. In the end she has only a few people/creatures that she can trust on her way to saving the sunworld.
June 24, 2009
While this was book was very interesting, I loved the Spire part. It fulfilled my dream of living in a old castle like place full of old magic. But the climax and plot seemed like it was just filling stuff in until the next book. I was most of the way through and wondering when it was going to pick up and give us a final battle or something. But, still good. All over, I enjoyed it.
September 14, 2009
This book is an amazing book if you like action and books that change genres really quick!This book is about two girls.1st off thy meet a man eating dragon that they soon befreind.When there city gets over run they are forced to move to a place called the prime(i think thats what its called its been ages since i read this book).This book is an amazing action packed book
March 22, 2010
I didn't like this as well as the first book, but it is worth reading. The middle gets sort of slow, with lots of 'foreign' terms, words, etc. But keep reading, as it gets better. Of course, it doesn't finish the story, I am not sure when the next book comes out.
April 1, 2011
This is a middle-grade fantasy book about a heroine with special powers, she's trying to find her way through many challenges. I felt the characters were well developed, but at times the plot felt a little less focused.
I enjoyed this story and would like to read the book before and the sequel.
I enjoyed this story and would like to read the book before and the sequel.
April 14, 2013
This one is better then the first... maybe. I really liked it, and the Green Sorceress bit sent chills down my back. Because, really, who is the cat?
4 stars for imagination + 1 star for the cat - 1 star for boring parts = 4 stars
4 stars for imagination + 1 star for the cat - 1 star for boring parts = 4 stars
January 12, 2010
Holly at her best. The Silver Door includes woven within its story a lesson of individual achievement in the face of insurmountable odds.
February 12, 2010
the series moon and sun are really good full of suprises
January 28, 2011
Review to be added later.
June 1, 2017
After reading the first book and enjoying it, I got this book and finished it within a day. Great sequel. I felt like it was on par with the quality of the first book and it left me wanting more.
June 8, 2011
I really enjoyed both of these books. I contacted Holly Lisle and it looked as though there were questions as to whether the third book would get picked up. Last I heard it was yet to be started.
July 3, 2011
There is bound to be another in this series. Choices, choices, choices!
September 20, 2011
good, i liked the first book better but this one was good too
November 10, 2012
Two words: Loved It! Definetly better that the first book but if it was a picture, it would be BEAUTIFUL!
February 6, 2014
I loved these books so much when I was younger.
March 24, 2023
In 350 pages this book provides no satisfying payoffs to ANYTHING set up in either book one or two. In the end you have far more questions than answers, which was much more palatable at the end of the first book in the series, but after the SECOND it just feels tiring, especially given there is no book three. I feel like I’ve wasted my time, and all the interesting ideas that either book presented are now a wash. They don’t go anywhere.
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