Review: My favorite Fenraven story so far!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2014
I’m trying to quit smoking.  I’m rewarding myself by reading Theo Fenraven’s backlist.  Few things can distract my mind right now, but his words never fail to suck me in and hold me in their spell.  It’s working - I’m on day three - so I went and bought the rest of his books.Today I pulled Blue River up on the Kindle.  I’d heard good things about this book, but, (and it seems I say this about every single one of his books), time travel stories aren’t normally my thing.  But, just like every other one of Theo’s stories, the moment Ethan got sucked into the mist, I got sucked into the story and couldn’t put it down.Ethan is a typical Fenraven character.  He could easily be your best friend.  He’s down to earth, open and honest.  He tells it like it is.  He’s got both feet firmly planted in 2013 and all the amenities and conveniences it provides.  Until he’s transported back in time, that is, to a time of outhouses, oil lamps and infrequent bathing.Quinn, however, was very different from the other Fenraven characters I’ve encountered so far.  He lives in 1863, he’s a farmer and he’s engaged to be married to a girl he doesn’t love because he’s a deeply closeted gay man.  He’s polite and proper and has always done what’s expected of him and has never acknowledged his true desires.  Along comes Ethan and Quinn sees possibilities he never dared existed.I thought the scenes between Ethan and Quinn were exceptionally hot.  Not in an erotic or explicit way, but in a “first time-awkward groping” kind of way.  The kind of excitement experienced by someone having their very first kiss or very first sexual encounter.  It was sweet and tender and steamy simply because of the innocent emotions involved.I think this may be my favorite book of Theo’s so far, but I’m not done reading them all…yet.  I may have quit smoking (fingers crossed), but I will never quit reading Theo Fenraven’s words.