DNF Series Review: Silent by N E Henderson

Series Review: Is this series worth your time? Does it get better as the novels progress? Or does it get worse? Find out below:

Synopsis for Silent No More (from Goodreads):
She thought silence was her best option…until the past threatened to ruin her future.

Shannon Taylor has it all: great friends, her dream career, a loving fiancé, and a best friend that’s like the sister she never had. Life couldn’t get any better—or so she thought.

Just when you think you have it all, add in a little betrayal and a few lies and you have the
perfect mixture for a storm, strong enough to send you spiraling into a life full of unknowns—or could that have been the point? When traveling down the wrong path sometimes we need to be blown into a different direction.

Now unsure of everything she had planned for herself, Shannon is on a mission to forget, but
what she isn’t expecting to run into is the arrogant, womanizing, control freak that clearly thinks he’s a gift to all women. That may be for most women, but not this one.

Meet Nicholas Lockhart.

He’s sexy, domineering, and has a temper that is easily triggered, but those things are a must when in the business environment that he is. To be successful means to be the best, the alpha, controlling all others. Meeting a woman who can turn his world upside down is not in the cards, not part of the plan. Why have one woman when there are so many appetizing ones to taste? A renowned eligible bachelor is the person he likes to be, that is until the defiant, redhead turns his head and puts him in his place.

Their quick and intense passion takes them both by surprise, eliciting a relationship neither expected. When her past collides with her present, Shannon is forced to confront it head on, tangling her in a web of lies and twisted truths that soon leave both bare and vulnerable.

Sometimes the only option is to be silent no more…

Series: Silent Duet
Author: N E Henderson
# of Books: 2 (Silent No More, Silent Guilt)
Book Order: Chronological, Connected (Silent Death)
Complete?: Yes but there are other books that may be released
Genre: New Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Drama
Heat Rating: unsure
Point of View: First Person, Single
Publication Dates: December 2013 – May 2014
Source & Format: Own–eBook

Disclaimer: I stopped reading Silent No More at 13% (Start of Chapter 4). Find out why below…

Why I Picked it Up / My Expectations:

I bought this book nearly 3 years ago…and I don’t really remember why. I’m sure I came across it while I was looking for New Adult reads. Maybe Kobo suggested it?

Anywho, I knew what Shannon’s betrayal was going to be based on the synopsis. It’s a common trope but I was curious to see what they were going to so with it all. And Nicholas’ character intrigued me. I have a soft spot for the player turned monogamous man. It is fiction after all 😉

What I Liked:

I didn’t really find anything I liked…that’s why I DNF’d it so early…

What I Didn’t Like:

–Nothing I Haven’t Encountered Before–

Everything seemed pretty cliche to me: ie it wasn’t anything new to me as a frequent reader of the New Adult genre.

Like I said, I knew that Shannon was going to find her fiance cheating on her in the first chapter. The betrayal was pretty easy to pinpoint from the synopsis. And I could get past that; but even the prologue from Nicholas featured the typical rich boy cliches.

And there really is nothing wrong with those tropes/characteristics. I mean, they’re tried and true tropes for a reason. But I wasn’t in the mood for your everyday NA read. Especially with a title like “Silent No More”, I expect something epic to happen in the plot, not just go through the motions.

–Wish it was Alternating POVs–

I had a hard time connecting with Shannon who was the main POV for the first three chapters I read. I’m not sure if Nicholas POV comes into play later or if he was just featured in the prologue.

Regardless, Shannon was a little too angsty for me. Even if I understood the reason for her anger (the “betrayal”), she read like a broken record because that’s all she moaned about for those first 3 chapters. She just bored me.

So I think having Nicholas’ POV would have given me something else to focus on besides her drama and kept me interested in this story.

Will I Finish It?

Probably not. While I hate having unfinished titles on my eReaders, I just don’t want to commit myself to two books that I’m just not feeling.

Series Rating: DNF

Silent No More DNF | Silent Guilt N/A | Silent Death TBR | Silent Fall TBR

If you like dramatic reads and are newer to the NA genre, this is probably a great book for you to read. But for fans who have read a lot NA books over the years, this might be a little too basic for you.

Read if You Like: drama, contemporary
Avoid if You: want a “fresh” NA read