![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The years bleed into one another until they have almost no meaning. Knowing life will end is what, for many of us, keeps everything flowing into motion. Without it, we would stagnate, or fester. Death is terrifying and inescapable, and many, many books have been inspired by the cruel and beautiful concept of mortality. THE SILVER KISS is a surprisingly powerful story in how it handles its difficult themes. Even so, the similarities are hard to ignore and it is difficult to say with certainty that there was no way Meyer didn't read or hear about this book and feel inspired by it. TWILIGHT is more of a traditional love story with vampirism thrown in for lols, whereas THE SILVER KISS stays truer to its horror roots and has a grittiness to it that the Mormon housewife-penned TWILIGHT lacks (drugs, suicide, rape, death, etc.). Zoe is precocious, alienated, and old-fashioned in a way that doesn't really feel realistic for a teenage girl. Simon the vampire is ancient, gloomy, and obsessive. THE SILVER KISS was TWILIGHT for the 90s set. ![]()
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