Both Adrian and Sydney's POVs are back in this book, although by this point it could be through the eyes of Neil and I wouldn't care because I just want to finish this series to see what happens. We're treated to a three month time skip because apparently all that happened since the end of Fiery Heart was Adrian going to school and drinking and Sydney locked in a pitch black room. 
 Sydney's time in re-education is... interesting. In fact, other than the fact that Sydney herself is still a moron, I didn't mind reading about re-education and its horrors and finding out exactly why Alchemists fear it so much. They're basically trying to turn the reformers into robots (for lack of a better term); ones who follow orders, don't think, never question, aren't creative, et cetera, et cetera. If you speak out against them, you get 'purged'; injected with a compound that makes you feel like you want to vomit while being shown pictures of Moroi, then forced to throw up and afterwards everyone else gets rewarded with some food you love to make the pain in your body worse. It's terrible and interesting at the same time; pity that the Alchemists are really lame villains. Sydney gets sent to purging a lot initially because she can't keep her mouth shut. Seriously, does the girl not know how to play along until she can find a way to escape? Obviously not since she stubbornly let herself be locked in 'reflection' for three months. Adrian can't contact her in her dreams because all the detainees are drugged every night with gas, so she's on her own. 
 Adrian, oh Adrian. Instead of looking for Sydney, he's been finishing college because 'it's what Sydney would want'. (No, I'm pretty sure Sydney wants to be out of re-education.) He's off the mood stabilizers (they've served their purpose; letting Adrian and Sydney have wild sex without Jill watching) and when he's not drunk he's trying to use Spirit to reach out to Sydney in her dreams. Eventually his mother, fresh out of prison, comes to get him and take him back to Court. This is probably the worst place for him because he finds out his parents have a loveless marriage and his mom just accepts it, which makes him angry because his true love with Sydney is obviously the perfect example of how a relationship should be. *snort* He also starts hanging out with Nina (she was introduced in Fiery Heart as the Spirit user who saved her sister Olive from being a Strigoi), spending tons of money on her and taking her to parties even though he knows his girlfriend is probably being tortured somewhere and can't be bothered to help Marcus look for her. Nina has a crush on him and even though he thinks they're just friends, he's leading her on pretty hard. What the heck happened to Adrian? Obviously the real Adrian is dead and gone somewhere and this is an imposter, or a clone, or something. Eventually he snaps out of it (after making out with Nina in his sleep and then rejecting her) and with renewed determination decides to look for Sydney hardcore, even though he should have been doing that for four months. They do make contact and Adrian actually gets off his ass to help Marcus find Keith so they can get a clue as to where the re-education facility might be. (Oh, and Marcus falls for Carly Sage, so tick another pairing off the list.) 
 In re-education, Sydney's so-called passion for helping people because 'it's the right thing to do' takes over, as she uses her witch magic (which supposedly protects her from the compulsion in the Alchemist tattoos, how convenient) to save people who turn on each other on a whim because that's how re-education works. She makes impromptu salt solutions that should temporarily protect them from compulsion like how the anti-compulsion ink works and hands it out like candy. She also uses an invisibility spell to move around at night and swipes an I.D. card, only to use it later on thinking no one is watching the card's activities since it was probably reported missing. This leads to her getting caught and sent to a special level where she's constantly tortured for being a witch. This doesn't last long because Adrian, Marcus, Eddie, and a bunch of others find the place, bust in and free all the prisoners. Sydney also takes her cross back, which Sheridan has been wearing for a while, HOW DARE SHE. 
 Almost immediately after, Adrian and Sydney break away from the others because Sydney can't bear to put people in danger because she's the number one Alchemist fugitive now. (Seriously... why? Because she loves a vampire and escaped re-education and has special witch powers? Sydney has done almost nothing against the Alchemists compared to Marcus, but she takes his place as numero uno just because? I don't know if that screams Mary Sue or the Alchemists just have crap priorities.) She and Adrian go to Nevada where of course the Alchemists catch up to them but they escape to Las Vegas. Oh gee, Las Vegas, what happens in Vegas? Gambling, CSI... oh and marriage! Seriously, if you didn't see this coming, I don't know what to tell you. Adrian decides the best way to keep Sydney safe is marry her so she becomes an Ivashkov and is given sanctuary by Lissa. Of course, because she loves him so much, Sydney agrees. I'd say this marriage isn't going to last but who am I kidding, of course it is! At least Rose has the common sense to not want to get married right away even though Dimitri is her true love. Anyway, Adrian sells his aunt's cufflinks to fund their wedding and splurges, but after the ceremony they're on the run from the Alchemists again. Eventually they make it to Court, where Lissa caves in and agrees to let Sydney stay as an Ivashkov, pissing everyone off except Adrian's mom and Rose. (While we're on the subject, why does Adrian care so much if Rose approves of his relationship with Sydney? Does everyone need the Rosemarie Hathaway seal of approval for their love lives?) Oh, and now Ian, the Alchemist who was all gaga for Sydney, has a crush on her sister Zoe. Add the pairing to the list! Daniella (Adrian's mom) finally leaves her husband and moves in with Adrian and Sydney at their new apartment that Lissa sets up for them. 
 Sydney is just as moronic in Silver Shadows as she was in Fiery Heart, except she can't have sex with Adrian every spare moment she gets. That doesn't stop her from trying; she tries to seduce him in a Spirit dream and the night after she breaks out of re-education. Shouldn't she be, I dunno, suffering PTSD or traumatized? Torture is not something you just shrug off and I swear a lot of authors don't realize what a mental impact it can have on someone. Sydney comes out of this no worse for wear, other than when she freaks out about being left alone in the dark. She also doesn't want revenge against the Alchemists and wants to just let it go... ooooookay. Less than two days of freedom and she starts nagging Adrian to go back on the mood stabilizers, even though his Spirit magic is what helped him to find and save her ass (talk about ungrateful!) because remember, Adrian is a problem for Sydney to fix! Her faith in Adrian is laughable, as he doesn't show up in her dreams for a week when she finally gets the gas turned off and brushes it off as 'he has a good reason'. Oh Sydney, if you only knew. It's okay though, because their love is so strong and pure and she has no reason to doubt him. Obviously she didn't learn anything while being locked in a torture prison for four months. She's still got her wishy washy crap going on; when she tells Adrian she doesn't want to change her last name and then insists to her father that her last name is Ivashkov. I'm not against women who want to change their last name to match their husband, but Sydney's "My name is Sydney Ivashkov" line has nothing to do with wanting to be with Adrian and taking his name, but sticking it to her father. Does that not set warning bells off to anyone? Adrian was probably just so happy that she supposedly caved in to taking his name that he ignored it. *sigh* This marriage in real life would be an absolute disaster, but because this is a book, they'll have the perfect marriage with no problems. 
 The book ends with Sydney and Adrian discovering that Jill has disappeared and considering someone fitting Alicia's description was seen looking for Sydney and Adrian, it's a safe bet she's behind it. Honestly, I'll just be glad when The Ruby Circle is out and I can know how it all ends, even though I don't care about most of the characters and my favorite character isn't really the same anymore.