{"id":2450,"date":"2011-07-31T08:34:17","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T13:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2018-04-10T21:20:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-11T01:20:39","slug":"silent-blade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2450","title":{"rendered":"Silent Blade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002BX87E0\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=randomreading-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399373&#038;creativeASIN=B002BX87E0\">Silent Blade<\/a><\/em> (2009) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/andrewsi.php\">Ilona Andrews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002BX87E0\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=randomreading-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=B002BX87E0\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Silent-Blade.jpg?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7019\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meli is an assassin who has inherited gifts from her family that make her an excellent assassin. However, after years of killing for her family, she has decided to retire. And she enjoys her retirement until her family asks her for one last death&#8211;the death of the very man who ruined her life.<\/p>\n<p>A fun story and a nice distraction.<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published by Samhain Publishing Ltd<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silent Blade (2009) Ilona Andrews Meli is an assassin who has inherited gifts from her family that make her an excellent assassin. However, after years of killing for her family, she has decided to retire. And she enjoys her retirement until her family asks her for one last death&#8211;the death of the very man who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,26,35],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-2450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-romance","category-short-story","tag-ilona-andrews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-Dw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13558,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13558","url_meta":{"origin":2450,"position":0},"title":"Emerald Blaze","author":"Michelle","date":"November 6, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Emerald Blaze (2020) Ilona Andrews (Hidden Legacy) I used to pre-order all Ilona Andrews books and then devour them as soon as I got them. But to be honest I still haven't finished the Kate Daniels series, and I have not found the Hidden Legacy series as enjoyable as their\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Bad Cover&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Bad Cover","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/bad"},"img":{"alt_text":"Emerald Blaze","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Emerald-Blaze.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2969,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2969","url_meta":{"origin":2450,"position":1},"title":"Of Swine and Roses","author":"Michelle","date":"May 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Of Swine and Roses (2011) Ilona Andrews Alena's family is forcing her to go on a date with Chad Thurman, a thug, but a member of a family in a position to do Alena's family a favor. Things go worse than anyone could have expected. 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I read it a little slower this time, and overall it was a good book, however, this time around I found myself a little disappointed in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fantasy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/fantasy"},"img":{"alt_text":"gunmetal-magic","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gunmetal-magic.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2737,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2737","url_meta":{"origin":2450,"position":5},"title":"Magic Gifts","author":"Michelle","date":"January 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Magic Gifts (2011) Ilona Andrews I actually finished this a couple weeks ago, but somehow forgot to write about it. For Christmas, the husband and wife team of Ilona Andrews made a novella, Magic Gifts, available for download from the website for a limited time. 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