The Silver Door by Holly Lisle

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

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!



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