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A review by claudia_is_reading
A Midwinter Prince by Harper Fox
5.0
I never thought I would say this about a Harper Fox's book, but this is a sweet love story :P
That doesn't mean that there aren't dark moments, only that the darkness lays outside the protagonists, who are, in essence, young men who were forced into adulthood by the circumstances of their families rather than age.
Laurie is rich and quite disinterested in his own life and his future; his only interest lays in protect and nurture his young sister in a home presided by an authoritative, bigot father and a medicated, absent mother. Sasha is a Romani illegal immigrant, living in the streets and with a past he prefers to keep in the shadows.
When they meet a series of events are set in motion that will lead to Laurie's father beating him savagely, Laurie leaving home, getting a job as an actor in a play, Sasha's sudden absence, and Clara (Laurie's little sister), vanishing from the family's home.
From then on, betrayal and deception become the main theme and the plot will grip you mercilessly until the very end.
The writing is not the best I have read by this author, but it's still great, and still compelling. And the narration is simply gorgeous.
Another favourite.
That doesn't mean that there aren't dark moments, only that the darkness lays outside the protagonists, who are, in essence, young men who were forced into adulthood by the circumstances of their families rather than age.
Laurie is rich and quite disinterested in his own life and his future; his only interest lays in protect and nurture his young sister in a home presided by an authoritative, bigot father and a medicated, absent mother. Sasha is a Romani illegal immigrant, living in the streets and with a past he prefers to keep in the shadows.
When they meet a series of events are set in motion that will lead to Laurie's father beating him savagely, Laurie leaving home, getting a job as an actor in a play, Sasha's sudden absence, and Clara (Laurie's little sister), vanishing from the family's home.
From then on, betrayal and deception become the main theme and the plot will grip you mercilessly until the very end.
The writing is not the best I have read by this author, but it's still great, and still compelling. And the narration is simply gorgeous.
Another favourite.