The book is full of details that just feel authentic, all incorporated naturally without that aroma of the research note that too often distracts me in historical novels. This is excellent, the strongest M/M historical I've read. I'd actually really like a glimpse from a year or so ahead. There's both a lot of work and great things to come. The extra chapters showed not everything is smooth but that the strength and love are there for things to be good, it's what makes me champion them as a couple. At the same time I liked learning where they went next because I know it couldn't be easy and there were still things to be faced. The story could have finished nicely after the fourteenth chapter it felt rounded off there and it would be a good moment to leave them. Though there's certainly moments that bring a reaction. They all appear enough to leave their mark, add colour but never take over the focus. There's some great side-characters I loved Millie and the talk they have, young Sarah is endearing never precocious.
This worked for me because both were keeping time avoiding life but they bring each other alive and back into the rush. A story or survival and love.Īs the story heats up emotions getting messy and alive the prose does fill out more, leaning a little towards purple compared to what has come before. When they act on their desires it feels deeper, skipping candlelight to go straight to the heart. It's a story of healing of getting to know each other. Slow moving in many ways I'm not sure this can be classed as romance, it's not until past halfway attraction comes into play. Caring came with attitude rather than sentimentality. From there we're taken to the country a la 'The Secret Garden' 'Beauty and the Beast' and countless gothic romances yet this never felt like a gender switch, it progressed naturally while keeping the characters real. It gave a gritty feel for a story of ex-soldiers in difficult times, the main character unapologetically male. The beginning felt sparsely written, no flowery words or angst. No-one is perfect, the ending feels a well earned happy rather than idealised fantasy, not to spoil but I really liked how things worked out or them.Ĭontinue to love this book and hope from more by this author (as of Jan a return to writing is promised! :D:D ) It has a sense of time, struggles and strength with characters you can believe in. Two men surviving war and family, healing each other in turn. This book REALLY deserves more attention.
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