I'll try to avoid spoilers. Mercy lives in a world that has changed rapidly for the populous which inhabits it, except for her. She's always walked that fine line between Human and Something Else. She turns into a coyote, and because she's one of a kind, was raised in Montana by werewolves. There is some drama involved with being a coyote among wolves. Drama that only ended when the local Alpha, without telling Mercy, claimed her for a mate.
This is the culmination of that story. Silver begins with Mercy's new beginning with Adam Hauptman, the pack alpha, and the returning of a borrowed book. One of my favorite features of Brigg's storytelling is how Mercy always starts out with something that should not cause a problem, a mundane action that shouldn't result in crazy, yet it always does for Mercy. It's endearing, and by book 5, you truly want Mercy to win in spite of her rotten luck and penchant for trouble.
Samuel Cornick lives with Mercy and can be easily qualified as her best friend. He's a very old wolf with a lot of life behind him and serious present-day depression. Their relationship has evolved to something resembling sibling closeness over the progression of the story, and Briggs skillfully uses Samuel to show us the very best of Mercy in this novel.
She also closes that gaping story hole of the pack and its reaction to Adam bringing Mercy into their group. The author consistently proves to be a master of writing relationships, but here she really writes the pack as wolves. That makes for some interesting reading to say the least. Fitting in with people would be difficult, but fitting into a literal pack of wolves would be insanity for almost anyone in Mercy's alternate universe. One wrong move, and anyone is prey. It's a dog eat dog world, no question.
My recommendation is to read the whole series. It's a rich and compelling story from the first book to the last. Does it require suspended disbelief? Big time. Is that easy? It is the way Briggs does it. This is a fairy tale for adults, and you never forget that. There are lots of adult themes including rape and the aftermath of rape. This isn't a book for children or almost adults.
Recommendation: It's a keeper.
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