Review: Blaze of Winter
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 10, 2012
Theo and I got along so much better than his twin Seb and I did. I loved Theo. He is a writer who is experiencing a serious case of writers block. He is hoping that spending some time in Star Harbor with his brothers might loosen him up a bit. The problem is that he is living on a boat with his two older brothers cramped into a tiny room with one of them. The lack of personal space is not helping him find his missing muse. He is one the right path to finding the missing muse in Star Harbor though.Following the advice of a friend Theo checks into the local inn. Like everything in and about Star Harbor it is small and intimate. That is one of the reasons Avery is seeking solace there. She is trying to find herself. She is trying to figure out what she wants in life. Avery has spent so much time helping others that she no longer knows how to help herself. She is killing time while helping her aunt.Most of the time Avery and I got along just fine. She is uptight. She had her moments where she annoyed me to the point that I wanted to tell her to grown up. Her behavior before and after the first sex scene makes her appear childish, to the point that I was positive she was going to turn out to be an untried virgin. Her character is just actually very guarded. Avery just gave me too many mixed signals to really enjoy her thoroughly.I love Star Harbor. Elisabeth has created a wonderful little town. She has written in an impressive amount of secondary characters that are so real. Anyone who has ever experienced life in a small community knows these people. These secondary characters know Theo and Avery sometime better than they know themselves. I enjoyed reading the little pushes that the Star Harbor natives gave Avery. They seemed to know that she needed just a bit of guidance to find what she was actively looking for.I love how the Siren Lorelei played into Blaze of Winter. I can't wait to see where that part of the story line is going. Theo weaves pirate lore into his books. He is from a town that is deeply immersed in its own pirate lore. Readers of Elisabeth get little snippets of there being something big coming with the legend. It is a nice added bonus to the steamy romance.Favorite quote: Theo to Avery. This shows just how much he knows her and deeply cares for her."Been seeing that shrink in Boston. I know. It's good for you. You have some issues to work out. So do I, but we're doing it together."book provided by publisher for the purpose of an honest review