Hello over there, people. ^^ I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Today I come with another review, this time with a bit of ghosts and fantasy for you: Willowhope Manor, by Sammi Cee. This is the second book in the Beyond the Realm: Remember Series, composed of eight standalone novels. Thanks to Gay Book Promotions for the review copy!
- Series: Beyond the Realm: Remember Series #2
- Print Length: 134 pages.
- Publisher: Selfpublished (October 8, 2020).
- Publication Date: October 8, 2020.
- Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Gay, Homoerotic, Romance.
- Rating: 3,5 / 5
“There’s no time. Remember Willowhope Manor.”All Chance wants is a change of pace and a little excitement, so opening a B&B in a town surrounded by ghost stories sounds like the perfect solution.Throw in Jett, the super-sexy handyman, who is as willing to work him over as he is to help return the manor to its former glory, and Chance knows he made the right decision.On the surface, the renovation is moving along perfectly. Then Chance asks questions that were better left buried, and the manor is quickly overrun with restless spirits.Will Chance have to sacrifice his dreams, tuck tail, and run, or will Jett stand by his side to face-off with the ghosts of Willowhope Manor?This is a fun and silly story about two men finding themselves in a campfire-type ghost story while falling in love.
I liked the idea for this book and even more after I started it. These characters are far from perfect, and with their defects they set the stage for an interesting nvoel inspired by old ghost stories. I liked hwo things got started and the course they took, even more how the author played with the instalove idea to make it much better than I thought at first.
The fantasy part took a bit of time to appear, being in the background for almost all of the first half of the book, but once it came it did taking the center and front of the stage. The way things got dark and creepy like in legends and scary tales got me excited. All of that mistery and magic kicked me in the face when he least expected it!
However, the part of the explanation got me confussed and took me out of the reading in a second. I kept reading and going thought those pages, but I was totally lost. It wasn't until I was done with a few pages that it all made more sense, although I till fail to see how a single character could guess all of that in all of a sudden. Those scenes were the only ones that didn't work for me, to be honest.
If you like ghost stories with a dose of humor and kink, and vivid, teasing descriptions that put your imagination up to work, this is definitely the kind of reading for you. I liked a lot how Sammi Cee worked on Willowhope Manor, how she developed and made the characters take their time falling in for each other. That last scene was the year's biggest tease, though!
About Sammi Cee:
Sammi Cee was raised in a family of readers. Summer vacations consisted of a good book while sitting lakeside from as far back as she could remember. After growing up and having her own children, her appreciation of how the written word could transport you on an adventure, bring you to tears, or give you hope, took on a whole new meaning. These days Sammi is watching her children develop into fine young ladies while doing the things she enjoys most: drinking coffee, eating chocolate, and writing her own stories. Twitter.
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