• Format: Kindle Edition
• Dorlana Vann’s Website
• List Price: $0.99 
• File Size: 232 KB
• Publisher: Pixie Punk Press (November 20, 2010)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004D4ZXN8

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Once upon a time Granny was attacked by a werewolf. Eighteen years later her grandson, Aiden Young, arrives in Indiana for his aunt’s funeral, and his unfortunate discovery of the family secret leads to a fatal mistake.

Before the weekend is over, he’s trapped by a blizzard along with his superstitious cousin, Diesel, and Scarlet, Diesel’s manipulative girlfriend. In his grandmother’s spooky, old house in the middle of the woods, the teen faces life and death decisions: who can be trusted, and who needs to be saved? However, he must first figure out what the true monster is… werewolf or fear.

Because in this Little Red Riding Hood-inspired supernatural fairy tale, the roles of prey and predator become interchangeable.

Silverweed is a Little Red Riding Hood inspired fairy tale that has all sorts of twists & turns, yet it’s only 81 pages.

Aiden travels with his mother to his grandmothers house after the death of his aunt, only going with her to avoid a break up with his girlfriend Summer. Once they arrive, Aiden discovers how weird his Granny & cousin Diesel are. They believe in all sorts of superstitions, to the point Aiden thinks them both crazy.

When his baby brother & father come down with an illness, Aiden’s mother flys home leaving Aiden to care for his Granny. Little does he know, the recipe his cousin Diesel said she must have every evening, stops her from changing into something Aiden wouldn’t have believed possible had he not seen it with his own eyes.

I was pleasantly surprised with Ms. Vann’s writing, it drew me in right from the start & kept the suspense level high all through-out the book. My only issue was it all resolved a little too fast for me, but I understand it’s only a novella. I liked how Ms. Vann used Little Red Riding Hood as inspiration but totally flipped it on it’s tale.

You don’t know who the bad guy or girl is, it keeps flipping on you! Seriously, at first I thought it was one person & by the end of the book, I had went through the same thoughts with all of the characters! It was like a supernatural version of CLUE.

Silverweed is a great guessing game & a totally different version of a fairy tale we all know by heart.