Arctic Sun: A Gay Romance

Delightful slow-burn romance that will touch your heart! Both MC's have challenges and have created coping mechanisms that tend to isolate them from real emotional connections. I really found both men likable and their flaws made the story that much more compelling for me. The growth that both men experienced in communicating and learning to trust themselves and each other was good for my heart. The story took its time and their was a beautiful flow to their story. There was some angst, but these guys are a work in progress and all journeys have bumps. River and Griffin have a connection that scared them and yet attracted them at the same time. Griffin has isolated himself and become and become almost anti-social to ensure that he stays sober. Where River has real challenges with real intimacy and a intense focus on living in the moment. Both men need each other and they really balance each other out. I was so rooting for them to find their HEA!! The writing flowed and the story-line had me hooked and i read this book in one sitting. i absolutely loved the last chapter!! This is the first book in the series and i am looking forward to the next book! There are triggers in this story with an alcoholism and an eating disorder. Therapy and AA are also part of these guys journey. I was gifted this book from the LesCourt Author Services and i freely give my honest opinion and review.

Fantastic start to a new series. Annabeth Albert has done it again! I am a huge fan of this author's writing and could hardly wait to read the first book in this series. I was lucky enough to take a trip to Alaska last May and this series was announced before I left. During many moments of my trip I found my thoughts wandering to the upcoming book and how things I was seeing might appear in the story. In the story the characters venture into places that I didn't go but I could imagine the beauty of the places that are described so richly by the writing. It didn't hurt, I'm sure, that I had visited Alaska but even if I hadn't Annabeth's writing always has a way of pulling me right into the story with her beautiful words. Arctic Sun is about two broken men who eventually manage to find their HEA with each other but it wasn't easy. I happen to love a good angsty story and this one really got to me. There were happy tears and sad tears but everyone one of them was worth it. I can't wait to read the next story in this new series. ***Reviewed for Xtreme-Delusions dot com*** (posting on 4/8/19)

Anyone who has every read Annabeth Albert know what an amazing author she is!!! Arctic Sun is the first book in the series and did not disappoint it carries with it depth, characters that are real ( this is a big thing for) and the ability to enter a world so brilliantly described that it is as if you are standing right there yourself. Two souls who are lost and need each other, a story told so many times and yet each time it as poignant as the first.