Review: Wonderfully entertaining and engaging.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 23, 2014
My first taste of this writer's works wasA Hard Winter Rainwhich I did not finish because I did not like a villain's viewpoint. As the writer does write well I did pick upLoving Hectorbut it also did not work for me as I found the humor too outrageous, at times gross. Reading some good reviews of this recent one in "goodreads", I am very glad to have given this writer another try. In Spirit, the writer has reined in his over the top humor and what we have is a funny, heartwarming, engaging and hugely entertaining story with a little bit of mystery suspense. Sad and moving too as the plot unfolds revealing the identity of our ghost. This may be a ghost story but far from being creepy or spooky, it is wonderfully engaging and will stick with me for some time. I love all four characters including old Thumper of course! I do not favor children in my MM romance but four year old Timmy really got under my skin with his innocent hilarity and his loss. Little Timmy has to be the best child character featured in a MM romance after "The Kid" inBear, Otter, and the Kid. Even if old Thumper never spoke a word, I love this little dog's constant faithful presence by Timmy's side. As for the two mains, Jason and Sam, these two are endearing characters and I really enjoy Jason's narration. Their romance is sweet without any contrived angst and I easily forgive the usual instant love thing. Highly recommended.