Silver by Olivia Levez
Their love will set the stars alight.
Silver has been trained since birth for her mission: collect data on the humans to test if Earth is viable for her home ship, Charybdis, to colonise. The only rules are that she must feed back the data she collects to the ship, and at all times follow the Mantra: To touch is agony. To feel is pain.
So when Silver inhabits the body of a young woman and infiltrates the house she is staying in, she must learn to pass as a human without revealing her true identity. But she isn’t prepared for how the humans will get under her skin. And she definitely isn’t prepared for Finch, the boy she starts to fall for. Especially when he touches her – and it doesn’t hurt.
It is not how Charybdis said it would be.
Have they been lying all along?
4 Comments
Etta
2nd October 2025 at 2:56 pmI thoroughly enjoyed the book Silver, I loved how it made the aliens ‘normal’ and the humans were the weird ones coming into the aliens’ life instead of the aliens being the ones coming into the humans’ life. I really enjoyed how it twisted your perspective and how it was from the alien’s point of view. I loved how the aliens were so similar yet so different from humans, they followed the mantra very closely – it was their bible and their religion just like humans have their one. I think my favourite part of the book is the way it makes you think from a different point of view on humans and it really makes you wonder if there is anything else out there. I would definitely recommend it.
Niamh year 8 St Pauls
1st October 2025 at 11:45 amI really liked this book, despite not being a big sci-fi fan myself. The characters were very well written, and the plot definitely drew me in to the story; I did not see the plot twists at the end coming! I liked the romance subplot very much as well. I would recommend to fans of sci-fi.
Lara year 9
23rd September 2025 at 7:14 pmI really liked this book; I loved all the wholesome moments and the message it told. Although I did get a little second hand embarrassment when she was learning to become a human. The ending was also well written as I could predict what would happen but it still made me shocked and wanting more. So I would definitely recommend it.
Tabitha year 9
11th September 2025 at 7:17 pmThe book blends sci-fi and emotion with a great outcome; it makes you think about what it means to belong and feel. It’s almost lyrical, especially in Silver’s gradual awakening to the human world and the exploration of touch, empathy, and identity, which make it interesting even if you don’t particularly like sci-fi and romance novels normally. One critique I do have is that the plot leans on familiar tropes that have been done a lot but it was written miles above the rest. it’s definitely worth a read