This is going to be the THE book of the summer. I devoured this book, couldn’t get enough of the characters! This gives Fourth Wing and Hunger Game vibes and it’s 100% worth the read!

Read This If You Like:
🖤Military Academy
🩶Telepathic & Physic Powers
🖤Enemies to Lovers
🩶Secret Identities
🖤Rebellion
🩶Betrayals & Secrets

Holy forking shirtballs this book is amazing. This will be living rent free in my brain for the rest of time. I loved every single second of it. It is full of action, romance, secrets, lies, twists, and turns.

Wren has become one of all time favorite FMCs. I love her sass and her bravery. She is so witty and didn’t take crap from anyone, no matter what their rank was. Did her impulsiveness and recklessness get her into trouble at times? Yes, and I love her for it.

Commander Cross. What a man. Love me an alpha hero who will send someone away just for touching his girl and will burn the world down to protect her. I looooove their banter and the slow burn of the relationship.

So like I need book 2 right now! That ending had me gasping and I need to be back into this world. Thank you to Hambright PR & Del Ray for an e-arc. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Ideal for readers who crave a tense, darkly romantic dystopian saga where forbidden love and high-stakes rebellion collide amidst a divided world teetering on chaos.

Did you love The Hunger Games as a teen? Are you ready to dive into dystopian fiction again, but with smut? Then please enjoy this.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House/Del Ray for the ARC!

Ahhh I LOVED this book!! I've been struggling with fantasy lately, but I think the urban dystopian vibes were perfect in this and it felt both nostalgic and fresh to me. The worldbuilding, the plot, the romance, the characters - I loved was here for all of it.

First off, the whole concept of modified people and the different abilities at their disposal was so interesting to me. I loved seeing our fmc, Wren, in action and everything that she could do. She was such a badass and I was in awe of how powerful she was. I think my favorite part was that it wasn't by chance. I mean, the abilities she possessed was by chance, but she trained from such a young age and worked hard as hell to be as strong and masterful in her abilities.

The political climate of their world was rough, and I couldn't help but notice certain parallels into our current reality in the way that modified people or anyone seen as "other" were treated. It was despicable.

The romance was one of my favorite parts!! I love it when the broody, grumpy mmc claims he'll never get romantically involved with the fmc and then he falls hardest out of the two of them. I liked how he couldn't help himself from seeking her out and falling for her. I won't say much else about their romance as to not spoil some things, but I loved how it all played out.

I really enjoyed the writing style - it was addictive, easy to follow, and made me want to never put the book down. I saw some of the twists coming from a mile away, but there were others that actually got me and had me audibly gasping. That ending was wild and I need book 2 like yesterday!!

This one comes out on tomorrow and I definitely recommend it!

𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰
𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞
𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬
𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟔𝐭𝐡

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Read this book if you like:
□ dystopian
□ enemies to lovers
□ touch her, and you die
□ secret identity
□ explicit sexual content
□ training and missions
□ telepathy, mind-readers
□ fierce FMC
□ broody MMC

Thank you, Del Ray and Netgalley, for the ARC.

First of all, why am I always attracted to books that have a cliffhanger that wants to make you throw the book through the room? Argh!

I can already tell that this is my favorite book of the month. Waw, I am truly blown away. I loved every second, every page of this book. From beginning to the end.

This dystopian story is so well-thought. The characters, the plot, the action, the romance, the twists and turns. Everything is out of this world.

And the whirlwind of emotions you feel while reading this remarkable story... the happiness, the sadness, the shock... let's say you will feel every emotion.

I highly recommend this book. It's for a thrilling wild ride! Can't wait for the next book.

Well well well… what an absolute sweet treat.
I’m spitballing this entire review so hold onto your hats.

This is one of those books that has you up late at night reading, dreading the day you’re about to have at work because you really should’ve slept but you couldn’t. Because the book was too addictive to put down.

This was so fun. This is a dystopian fantasy with all your standard themes of a dystopian hell scape - segregation, mass murder, war, surveillance, manipulation of reality, isolation and rebellion. What makes this one even more fun is you don’t really know whose side is right or wrong.. and it begs the question, is there ever a right or wrong in war? BUT WAIT… there’s more. We have an MMC with dimples *screams* and likes it rough *louder* (and he’s also obsessed and down bad and very competent).

The FMC is erratic, emotional, rash, impulsive, caring, sensitive, filled with regret, sarcasm and the ability to lie through her teeth. She’s hilarious and probably has ADHD and that’s also why I found her to be incredibly relatable. She is full of complexities and we love to see it!

Important note!!!! ‼️ this is not the hunger games, divergent, or fourth wing. But it is SIMILAR in the way that it shares dystopian themes and a YA style of writing (easy, well paced). But it is not the same.

You will love this if you love dystopian themes, steamy scenes, feisty (probably “unlikeable”) FMC’s, banter, lies, twists, betrayals and exciting plots that will keep you hooked til the last page (what a bombshell though 👀)

Absolutely a masterpiece! I still can't stop thinking about it! It was everything and a little bit more!

This book hooked from the first chapter and didn't let go. It has some vibes of military academy like FW BUT it was so much better! Amazing reading.
I absolutely loved the setting! Military academy and dystopian atmosphere. Totally unique and captivating. Worldbuilding was great, it wasn't hard to follow and it is truly interesting and unique.
Plot twists were very enjoyable, we got an opportunity to understand more depth and angles of the story.

Our FMC - Wren Darlington (super cute name!) - I want to be her when I grow up! THe development of the character was amazing. She's strong, independent, she can do it all! Her con-woman actions were so entertaining. Her witty banter, sarcasm and attitude! Chef kiss!
MMC - Cross Redden (I also love the name very much) - OMG, what was it? GORGEOUS and DELICIOUS! How he was jealous, how he was charming! Please bring me more! New book boyfriend in town, girls!

The romance line - what can I say? I'm in love! We even got some pieces of love triangle (Team Cross!!!).


Side characters were great, thoroughly done.

The writing style, the pace - perfection! We definitely need need more stories like that!
Run, don't go for this book! 10/10, best romantasy book of the year!

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to read this early copy of the Silver Elite.

DNF at around 15%.

I can tell even from this small amount that I read that this book will not be for me. This definitely falls into the category of romantasy with a dystopian/urban fantasy. And sometimes I am into that type of story, but this really just felt like leftovers from the fourth wing hype with a more dystopian set dressing. And that's really not my bag.

The FMC was thirsting over everyone in the room after just watching her only parental figure die and being interrogated. She is also written in a very "not like other girls' headspace which is a turn off for me.

So, all in all, a bit disappointing that we can't do new things with the romantasy genre.

I feel this is going to be a BIG hit with readers. It feels like Divergent meets Fourth Wing, while it still stands on it own. It builds really well and is every easy to get into and understand. I personally LOVE how powerful Wren is but she also makes the most WILD decisions - which makes for an entertaining read. Unfortunately, I didn't connect with the romance, but there's no doubt in my mind that others will! Other than that, I was shocked multiple times, even though you may guess a thing or two. I didn't want to put this down and I am very intrigued to see what comes next!

Thank you so much to Del Rey for my ARC, I appreciate it!

3.75/5 ⭐️

If Divergent, Fourth Wing and the Hunger Games merged into one book, no one can tell me it wouldn’t be Silver Elite.

There aren’t many books that have had me so sucked into the plot that I feel like I need to take a day to stare at a wall to process, but Silver Elite could get anyone out of a reading slump just to put them in a need for a recovery support group.

My favourite fantasy series are the ones where you can’t guess what will come out of the next page, where characters do get killed off and you get more invested out of concern for your favourites an whether they will make it out.
I loved the characters, and somehow I loved how I would go from loving a character one second to suddenly despising them, or suddenly liking a character I’d disliked most of the book.
The author wrote this so well that I kept having to lay the book down to stare at the wall to try process while muttering ‘oh my god’ or random swear words under my breath.

While dystopia is definitely coming back, I will say that if you see the dystopia label for Silver Elite and jump to read it, the story definitely leans more toward the romantasy route than a full dystopian dive into systematic collapse and other usual dystopian themes. However, it is the first in a series and I believe there’s good chance that we’ll get more intricate dystopian structure and as the series goes along and Francis gets to give us more world building.

I went into Silver Elite with something between neutral to low expectations, which was foolish of me. I was completely unprepared for how hooked I would be, as well as how mentally scrambled the story left me when I got to the end. It was only worse when I remembered that the book isn’t even out yet so the wait for answers in the sequel that isn’t even announced yet is going to be dreadful.
If this is how Dani Francis debuts, I can’t wait to see what she will give us in the future, with or within this series.

⭐️⭐️⭐️.8
A Fast-paced and divergent-esque dystopian world. I loved getting to know the different abilities. The slow burn was just the right amount and enjoyed the dynamic between Cross and Wren.

I’m looking forward to finding out more about the Uprising in the next book, I have a feeling our fiery fmc is going to be butting heads with a lot of people.

Hi guys, here I am again! Another book another review!
This time I'm reviewing Silver Elite written by Dani Francis. I read this as an ARC, thanks to Netgalley and also the author Dani Francis and Random House Worlds.

It's a dystopian, enemies to lovers and sci-fi book with a pinch of spice but still romantically. I can compare it with Divergent.

My first opinion when I started this book was, oh no, I don't like to read the real sci-fi stories with the guns and the futuristic airplanes and that sort of a stuff so I would try and give it a chance to read like the first 100 pages...

Oh boy! WHERE DID I GO WRONG??? Even before I reached like page 50 of the book, I was addicted and I couldn't get it out of my head. I just wanted to read it, absorb all of this and now... I'm so hooked on it and utterly lost because I finished it. When is book 2 coming out?!?!

I know I'm not letting you know the story and what's it about. I have to let you read it, yourself! Because if I start here and tell you all about it, people will know it ALL, thanks to my blabbing mouth.

So people, dear readers, bookish friends, this has to be on your TBR!!

So it earns an easy 5-star!!!

Thank you to Del Rey and NetGalley for providing me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

In Silver Elite, we follow our FMC, Wren, in a world where people with psychic abilities (Mods) are in danger of facing a death sentence.

Wren is a very powerful Mod and after bringing too much attention to herself, ends up being forced to train in the most elite programme. A programme to join the enemy’s ranks. However, it becomes an opportunity to take the enemy down from the inside.

We follow Wren at the training academy, where she has to complete numerous training tasks and assessments, before the story develops once we’ve found out whether Wren makes it through the training successfully.

On top of this, Wren’s commanding officer, Cross, is this ruthless and beautiful man who Wren can’t seem to fight her attraction to.

I absolutely loved this and couldn’t put it down! Very few books give me this feeling nowadays, once you’ve read enough of them they all start feeling the same. But this was incredible.

By the time I reached 30%, I was preordering the physical copy. I just knew I needed this for my shelf as a trophy!

This is perfect for anyone who loves Dystopian Fantasy like The Hunger Games or Shatter Me, but wishes they were written for adults. This was so easy to read and although spicy, it didn’t feel too spicy to the point where it took away from the plot.

I loved the twists and turns throughout, and although I predicted a few things, I still ate it up!

I’m very much looking forward to the next book in this series!

Characters - 10/10
Atmosphere - 10/10
Writing - 10/10
Plot - 10/10
Intrigue - 10/10
Logic - 10/10
Enjoyment - 10/10

not me having back to back infinity star reads?????? WE ARE SO BACK!!!!!!!!!!

“Be safe, Daisy.”
“You too, Wolf.”

I NEED TO BE COMMITTED LOL this book was so good you guys. This gave me everything that I wanted to get out of it and more! I went in with the expectation that this would satisfy my craving for a dystopian romance that would take me back to my ROOTS: the peak dystopian romance era of 2013/2014, and that’s exactly what I think everyone should go into this book expecting.

I INHALED this. It was so fun, but the plot was also SO interesting and kept gripping me and pulling me in the longer I read! The world building came together piece by piece so well that by the time I finished, I really felt like I was in it. And the plot twists and reveals at the end???? I was gagged, truly, I didn’t see any of it coming and now I’m sitting here with my jaw on the floor staring at my wall. Wow.

Now… the ROMANCE!!!!!! The romance 😭 oh they are everything to me. No spoilers, but wow. I miss them already. That romance was built brick by painstaking brick and the payoff was SO so so good. Cross… 🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️ that’s all I’m gonna say LOL

I need the next book… expeditiously. New auto-buy author and favorite series for sure!

This book gave me life!!!! Such a refreshing fantasy romance but I would categorize it as a dystopian romance. Wren is so fierce and strong and I hope she gets everything she wants. I know this will be a booktok hit. I was hooked from the very beginning to end. If your love dystopian stories, forbidden romance and hidden identities you will eat this book and it’s gonna leave u wanting more!

Silver Elite is my latest obsession—think Divergent meets Fourth Wing with a military academy twist, and I was hooked from page one. The tension, the stakes, the betrayal, the spice… all of it hit exactly right. I laughed, I screamed, I literally called my wife multiple times to scream about how much I loved this book while reading it. The twists kept coming, the pacing was sharp, and the emotional payoff was everything. I preordered the moment I finished because this one needs a permanent spot on my shelf.

It’s been a while since I devoured a book and I ate this one up. This book felt like Fourth Wing meets Shatter Me to me, and while both of those are favorites of mine, I will now be adding this beauty to the shelf right alongside them.

While SILVER ELITE didn’t deliver anything particularly new or groundbreaking in the world of dystopian fiction, there was an addictive quality to the way Francis told the story that had me constantly thinking about this world and these characters, and it was that compulsive element that I enjoyed so much. The world is dark (literally, in some parts), harsh, unforgiving, and a perfect backdrop to the trials that the characters have to endure in order to succeed. It was a little confusing at times trying to figure out why the world is the way it is, but I was able to grasp it eventually and I ended up really enjoying the divided world.

I so wanted Wren to succeed and find a bit of happiness because she’s truly been through the wringer. Not only is she totally alone in the world, except for her childhood friend Wolf with whom she communicates psychically, she’s also very much alone in the fact that she’s a Mod amongst people who hate them. Hidden identity is one of my favorite tropes and I adored that aspect in this book.

There were some major twists and turns throughout the story, which definitely kept me on my toes, and I’m looking forward to seeing how those play out in subsequent books. The ending was a bit of a brutal one and now I’m bereft and lost because I have to wait for the second book. Though this one put me in a major slump, so I may just reread it, repeatedly, until book 2 comes out. 5 stars.

Thank you NetGalley and Del Rey Books for the ARC — all opinions are honest and my own.

This is a fantastic debut! And I’m obsessed, I’ll admit it. I can’t stop thinking about this story… I’d been wanting to read more dystopians this year but I prefer a romantic element in my reads — this one delivered the sci-fi and love story in the measures I hoped for.

I’ve seen a lot of comparisons to Divergent & Fourth Wing — Silver Elite definitely has those vibes with a bit of a romantasy flair (I’ve seen “romantasci” circulating recently as a subgenre term, this probably qualifies?) The love story is set against a harrowing backdrop of post-war dictatorship and survivalism. Ever since a biotoxin released 150 years prior gave some people psychic abilities it’s been one side against the other. And being Modified in the current regime is a death sentence.

Wren, the FMC, is Modified. For her, it’s hide, lie or die. She’s a bit reckless & impulsive but despite some questionable decisions, I generally liked her. I enjoyed that she’s flawed! And she’s a tough cookie.

Her CO, Cross Redden… I cannot get this man out of my head. He just exudes sex appeal and he’s the kind of morally grey that you can’t fully trust, but the things he says & does… I could quote him from memory!

No one in this book can be trusted to be who they say they are. There were so many twists I didn’t see coming and this author isn’t afraid to do drastic, unexpected things with the characters. That being said, I found the side characters to all be enjoyable, no matter their motives. There’s a little bit of a ‘found family’ element but again, this book builds trust issues fairly quickly. In a way, it feels like how the main characters must feel in the story — always a little on-edge and therefore keeping everyone at arm’s length.

Medium pacing, which I liked. Interesting world building but not too deep as to become confusing and I’d describe the general atmosphere as “grey”, not dark, which felt appropriate for this story. This one is definitely a favorite and I’m anxious for the next book! I have a feeling there’s many more twists to come

Review of Silver Elite
When I first started Silver Elite, I wasn’t sure how much I’d enjoy it—but by the second page, I was completely hooked. I actually put down every other book I was reading just so I could finish this one—it was that good. The story was gripping, the characters were compelling, and the pacing never let up. It delivered a totally satisfying conclusion to the cliffhanger in the first book, while still leaving me eager for more. I can’t wait for the next installment in this trilogy!

Dystopian is so back, baby!!!!

Did this book hijack my brain and refuse to let go? Yes. Did I love every second of it? Absolutely. I devoured 75% of it in one sitting. This one easily outshines everything it’s compared to. The writing? So smooth and addictive—I was hooked from the first chapter. No exaggeration, I was sold the moment Wren hid in Cross’s room and ended up beneath him. That was it for me. Done. Gone.

We get high-stakes dystopia, psychic powers, political intrigues and rebellion, intense trials, a military-academy type setting, female friendships and rivalries, undercover operations, completely unhinged side characters (aka squad teammates), and a main couple with chemistry so explosive it was firing sparks through my Kindle.

Wren is a Mod (Modified). She is clever, fierce, and full of secrets—and Cross? He’s her commanding officer. A cocky, maddening menace with—ohhh—his own secrets, and he fully occupies my brain now. Book boyfriend list: updated. The tension between them? Insane. I was giggling, kicking my feet, and yelling at my Kindle every time they interacted. Enemies to lovers with a slow burn, drunk confessions, he-falls-first energy… it had everything.

And yes—did I mention Wren also has a mysterious male friend in her head she’s never met? Mhm… instantly obsessed.

It’s sharp, fast-paced, and totally unputdownable. I couldn’t stop flipping pages and I’m already desperate for book two. This is like if Divergent, The Hunger Games, and Fourth Wing had a baby—and that baby turned out to be the best one yet.

Huge thanks to Del Rey Books for the eARC through NetGalley!