Rating: 4
Steam: 3
PoV: dual, 3rd person
Genre: contemporary romance, MM
Tropes / tags: age gap, hurt / comfort, found family
Claude’s warm tongue was touching his own. He was gentle and careful but persistent. He urged Harley into a soft dance, their bodies surging and moving with the rhythm of the kiss, and Harley knew that if Claude wasn’t careful, he’d give up sleeping, eating, and breathing just to keep doing this.
I love when E.M. Lindsey writes sweet and swoony romances, and Snow Storm was a very cosy and heartwarming winter read!
The story started off really rough for Harley, people were truly awful to him and walking all over his boundaries, and I felt so bad for him. He was such a sweet and gentle character, and it was a relief to see him find a safe and soft place at Claude’s resort to land after what he went through. I loved to see them connect; they were both lonely in their own ways, and the support combined with the hurt / comfort between them was beautiful.
The romance between Claude and Harley had some insta-love, but it worked well here and didn’t feel rushed at all. I think the setting of the resort helped, with its isolation and quietness, and it just made it seem like they spent a longer time together than what they did. They were both mature and even if neither of them were looking for love, they couldn’t deny the feelings that they quickly developed for each other. They were so sweet together, and I loved how tactile and touchy they both were – there were a lot of cuddles, massages and small touches, and it was hard not to adore how they couldn’t keep their hands off each other.
Snow Storm was a romantic and cosy story that had me smiling and swooning! E.M. Lindsey is amazing at writing heartfelt stories that has me captured from the first chapter, and this story was no exception. It’s the perfect pick if you’re looking for a sweet winter read with fantastic hurt / comfort, disability rep and found family!
Whatever he was feeling, it wasn’t filling some kind of void.
It was soft. It was easy.
It was right.
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