Hoarfrost
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Sorcerer Percival Endicott Whyborne and his husband Griffin Flaherty have enjoyed an unprecedented stretch of peace and quiet. Unfortunately, the calm is shattered by the arrival of a package from Griffin's brother Jack, who has uncovered a strange artifact while digging for gold in Alaska. The discovery of a previously unknown civilization could revive the career of their friend Dr. Christine Putnam-or it might kill them all, if the hints of dark sorcery surrounding the find are true.With Christine and her fianc� Iskander, Whyborne and Griffin must journey to the farthest reaches of the arctic to stop an ancient evil from claiming the life of Griffin's brother. But in the rough mining camp of Hoarfrost, secrets fly as thickly as the snow, and Whyborne isn't the only sorcerer drawn by the rumors of magic. Amidst a wilderness of ice and stone, Griffin must either face his greatest fear-or lose everyone he loves.Hoarfrost is the sixth book in the Whyborne & Griffin series, where magic, mystery, and m/m romance collide with Victorian era America.
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11 primary books14 released booksWhyborne & Griffin
Whyborne & Griffin is a 14-book series with 11 primary works first released in 2012 with contributions by Jordan L. Hawk.
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This is a review for the audio book version. I loved this. This series is just sucking me in and I hate the fact that I have over a week to go before I can buy the next.
I have very mixed feelings about this book.
On the one hand, I loved the ‘monster of the week' resolution and what that could mean for this series going forward. I loved the message of love and acceptance that I took away from it. I liked finally getting into Griffin's head and I liked Griffin's point of view - mostly because every single interesting thing that happened either happened to him or during his chapter. (Especially his change and I'm interested to see how it will change things for Whyborne and Griffin. Also all the stuff with his brother.) I love the relationship between Christine and Iskander - would really love to have a series for these two. I am also very happy that we seem to be done with romantic upheavals, misunderstandings and just relationship angst.
While that's a lot of stuff that I at least liked... On the other hand, I had two pretty big issues.
This book feels so slow. I don't know if it is slower than the rest, I don't know if it was just me, but it feels like it takes forever to actually get moving. I think part of that is because it's actually so late in the book before we really deal with what's supposed to be the main plot. (The ‘monster of the week' isn't introduced until surprisingly late in the book which, honestly, makes a lot of this feel like filler.)
Secondly, Griffin's point of view was needed, it actually adds a lot to the story and I was very happy to see it. But I often had the problem - as is often the case with rotating first person perspectives - that I didn't know whose head I was in. Because of events late in the book, it got a little better, but early on, the duel perspectives sound a distressing amount alike to me. This is why I'm not really a fan of rotating first person.
So, while there was some good - even a couple great - I decided that my problems would drop the rating. (Being fair, this is probably more of a 3.5, but I rounded down, because, no matter how awesome the ending was, my frustrations were still there during the first part.)
