Review: Very Strong M/M Historical
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 31, 2014
Chambers has an excellent feel for historical fiction--I felt immersed in the world of Edinburgh lawyers, and the book was full of vivid, authentic details that were presented in the most natural, effortless way. For good reasons there is not a lot of sex or even contact between the MCs. For the most part the story held my interest, though it’s a quiet rather than intense appeal--I did not speed through it breathlessly like I sometimes do. I liked both MCs though I would have preferred more time with Balfour. I did think there were disadvantages to restricting the narration wholly to David’s perspective. Balfour feels a bit vague and risks becoming just a sexy fantasy figure, whereas David always was always vivid and sharply defined.Bottom line: slam dunk for the “historical” aspects, and I liked everything else quite a bit and have already started part two of the trilogy.