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A review by catari
Fatal Shadows by Josh Lanyon
5.0
4.5 stars. I can see myself rereading this, easily.
First person POV, following Adrien-with-an-e , a writer who has a library, loves to scavenge rare editions and collections and is part of a weekly meeting of mystery authors. His life in turned upside down when his friend and coworker Robert turns out dead in an alley.
Some points that can be spoiler-ish, so I'll hide:
- I could only think on Riordan the author when reading the character's name LOL
- TIL: in my country, LGBT is a recent change, as it was GLBT before 2008 and probably was everywhere else as well, since the author won an award for GLBT fiction in 2006 for this book.
- 100% a fan of the romance up until Riordan calls Adrien 'baby' at the 100% mark of the book, since the relationship didn't seem to be at that point yet. I guess the lack of POV from him makes it difficult to understand what's going on in his head, but I didn't catch anything before that. Adrien wasn't flirty
(apart from the handcuff comment), Riordan wasn't as well. Maybe it'll be one of those that the plot will be better than the developement of the romance.
- The way the story gives so many suspects kept me on my toes.
First person POV, following Adrien-with-an-e , a writer who has a library, loves to scavenge rare editions and collections and is part of a weekly meeting of mystery authors. His life in turned upside down when his friend and coworker Robert turns out dead in an alley.
Some points that can be spoiler-ish, so I'll hide:
Spoiler
- I could only think on Riordan the author when reading the character's name LOL
- TIL: in my country, LGBT is a recent change, as it was GLBT before 2008 and probably was everywhere else as well, since the author won an award for GLBT fiction in 2006 for this book.
- 100% a fan of the romance up until Riordan calls Adrien 'baby' at the 100% mark of the book, since the relationship didn't seem to be at that point yet. I guess the lack of POV from him makes it difficult to understand what's going on in his head, but I didn't catch anything before that. Adrien wasn't flirty
(apart from the handcuff comment), Riordan wasn't as well. Maybe it'll be one of those that the plot will be better than the developement of the romance.
- The way the story gives so many suspects kept me on my toes.