166
pages
Available
through KU
Blurb
After running from a past destined to kill him,
Snow has been hiding on the streets.
Tell nobody your name.
Tell nobody your secrets.
Trust nobody!
These are the rules of the streets.
His entire life changes when he saves an eight-year-old boy from a violent end.
Christopher Manos is one of the most powerful crime bosses in the country.
Don’t ask anyone to do something you aren’t willing to do yourself.
Secrets can get you killed.
Trust nobody!
These are the rules he lives by.
When his eight-year-old nephew disappears, he never expects the boy’s savior to end up being his own.
A man with a dangerous past and a man with a dangerous future find love amidst murder and mayhem. But with Snow's life being threatened at every turn, will Christopher's best be enough to prevent Snow Falling?
Tell nobody your name.
Tell nobody your secrets.
Trust nobody!
These are the rules of the streets.
His entire life changes when he saves an eight-year-old boy from a violent end.
Christopher Manos is one of the most powerful crime bosses in the country.
Don’t ask anyone to do something you aren’t willing to do yourself.
Secrets can get you killed.
Trust nobody!
These are the rules he lives by.
When his eight-year-old nephew disappears, he never expects the boy’s savior to end up being his own.
A man with a dangerous past and a man with a dangerous future find love amidst murder and mayhem. But with Snow's life being threatened at every turn, will Christopher's best be enough to prevent Snow Falling?
Review
To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect
when I started reading Snow Falling but, based on the
blurb, I prepared myself for a journey into the dark.
And, fair is fair, this story certainly contains its fair
amount of dark, hard to read, and even heart-stopping moments. But, the feeling
I was left with after finishing this book was mostly one of delight and
admiration. I’m impressed with the way Davidson King managed to be true to the
darker side of Christopher’s ‘business’ and the things he had to do to stay on
top of his game, without ever making me doubt that he was, beneath it all, a
good, honorable and even loveable man.
But, no matter how much Christopher impressed me, Snow is
without a doubt both the hero and the star of this story. I dare any reader not
to fall for him in the very first chapter when he abandons self-interest to do the
right thing and save an eight-year-old boy. And, from that moment forward, he
only dug his way deeper into my heart. For someone who’s had to look out for himself
on the streets for five long years, he really doesn’t have a selfish bone in
his body. Of course, his selflessness leads him to make one or two less than
sensible decisions, but in the context of who he was and the situation he
faced, those seemingly reckless actions made perfect sense.
In fact, that’s another thing that really impressed me. I have a
rather profound dislike for forced angst and tension in stories. And for a
moment, midway through this book, I feared the story-line was going to be
exactly what I detest. I’m very happy to say it didn’t. While Snow’s actions—which
will remain undisclosed—did very much make me shake my head (and want to shake
him) they were explained in such a way I understood where he was coming from.
While all the other
characters in this story managed to make an impression, the prize for best and
cutest secondary character ever goes to Simon. This gorgeous eight-year-old
managed to capture my heart with as much force as Snow did.
Snow Falling really gives the reader
everything they could hope for in a book. The story grabs your attention from
the start and never releases its grip until the very happy ending in the
epilogue. The balance between suspense, darkness, light, and sexy was just
about perfect, and I found myself incapable of putting the book down once I’d started
it.
Colour me very
impressed with this debut and don’t be surprised if you find me reviewing Hug
it Out in the not too distant future.
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