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Silver Road by James Maxwell

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Brief synopsis (no spoilers)
Dion knows about his origin, and tries settling with the Eldren people, but he's too different from them and can't control his ability, so he leaves to find his place at sea. Chloe is engaged to a man she does not love, just as the Oracle told her, and he turns out to be even worse than she thought, so she leaves to find her exiled father, and has her own adventure. Kargan sees the leadership of his kingdom change a few times, and decides to take his future into his own hands. Nikolas basically goes Napoleon, but I'll leave that intentionally vague (no spoilers). And the Eldren keep trying to recover the Horn of Marrix, now that they know where it is, and restore their homeland. And there's more, but too much to explain.

CategoryFiction, fantasy

Why I chose this bookNext in series

My personal opinion (the review)
When I reached 72 percent of this book, and saw that the action was still going strong, I knew it would be a cliffhanger. But more things ended up resolved than I expected. A couple pieces are totally left hanging, though. Excellent story line. Kudos to the author! Thank you for keeping the fun clean!

WarningsLanguage: None
Violence: Frequent fighting
"Adult" situations: One scene of intense kissing
Death: Yes, and of major characters

Movie rating equivalentPG-13

Protagonist descriptionChloe is a princess from Phalesia, who becomes more independent as the story progresses. Dion is a prince (but not heir) of Xanthos who finds his place in the world, out of the shadow of his father and older brother.

Point of view of storyThird, focused on 4-5 main characters

Book lengthMedium-long

Story flowExcellent

Grammar and spelling issuesNone

Character connection (no spoilers)
Several- too many to list

For series:Independent or integral (stand-alone or back story dependent)
Integral

Series review as a wholeI recommend holding off on reading this book until the third one is released (Aug 2017), so you can go straight into it. I'm going to have to reread the first 2 when it does. You can read the first one alone, but the second leads right into the third, so read those together.

If you only have time for one, read: (which one)
Start at the beginning, Golden Age

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