I find myself saying this often, but once again Fox grabs a hold of me and doesn’t let go. She mixes reality with the near fairytale – in this case, an actual fairytale set in fairly modern times.The voice she gives Gavin is intelligent, strong, fallible and unafraid to go for the one thing he knows he had and wants again: someone whose embrace feels like home. Even more than the sword in the stone, he wants love and has the backbone to go for it, if he can just get out of his own logical way.As usual, and as an essential part of being one of us human being types, the humor pops up in unexpected places. Nope, we don’t always have the best of timing and sometimes just can’t keep it down. Even better, when the timing is perfect and proper guffawing ensues.Just as quickly as that humor arrives, the drama is kicked up a notch. I mean, freaking Pele would be proud. Hee! She’s so good. I thought I knew maybe where this was all going, and I was wrong.This happens time and again and I love not knowing what’s going to happen, that it simply cannot be figured out based on what we’ve already been given.Sweet, hot and it made my heart skip a beat. Gavin got his Arthurian legend after all. ;) This book came to my attention through a friend during a discussion of legends and other things... I hadn't read any Harper Fox before and I gave it a try, partly in the context of our conversation. I did not read the whole book blurb before diving into it and I didn't know anything about it except that it involves a M/M relationship, and refers to Arthurian legends... And I liked the way the legend was brought into the story. It was not what I was expecting, and interestingly handled.The style is fairly romantic and emotional, and Ms Fox writes well. Though basically a novella (35k words), I think this is the first full length M/M romance I've read. It's written first-person from Gav's point of view. There's a lot of material packed into the book as well; a lot of information and story threads and relationships for such a short work, but it manages.The last couple of chapters could have perhaps been slightly shorter, but then again, I was totally absorbed in it and read through most of the evening, ending near midnight, so I was probably just getting tired toward the end. :-)Also, I found no typographical errors in the book.
What do You think about Winter Knights (2000)?
The first outstanding m/m book I've read this year. Stunning. I even shed a tear... or two.
—Tauria
Eerily haunting - but in an entirely good way.
—zaika_helen
