Shadows on the Border

Lost in Time, Book 2

De: A.L. Lester

Narrado por: Callum Hale

Duración: 5 h y 32 m

Resumen del Editor

Newspaper reporter Lew Tyler and his lover, Detective Alec Carter, are working out the parameters of their new relationship. Meanwhile, time traveler Lew is trying to decide whether he wants to stay in the 1920s or find a way to get back to 2016, and Alec doesn’t know if he can bear the vulnerability of being in love with someone who uses such dangerous magic.

Fenn is a Hunter from the Outlands, come through the Border to search for the murderous Creature and its offspring at the behest of the Ternants, who maintain the balance between Fenn’s world and ours. Fenn strikes a bond with Sergeant Will Grant, Alec’s second in command, who is keen to learn more about his own magical abilities. As time goes on, Will grows keen to learn more about Fenn, as well.

Fenn has their own painful secret, and when they appear to have betrayed the team and goes missing in London, Will is devastated. He has to choose between following his heart or following his duty.

Moving through the contrasting rich and poor areas of post-First World War London from West End hotels to the London docklands, the men need to work together to capture the Creature...and choose who - and what - is important enough to hold on to and what they may need to give up.

The second book in the 1920s London Lost in Time trilogy, part of the Border Magic Universe.

©2019 JMS Books LLC (P)2021 A. L. Lester

I enjoyed it more than the first

I found this one easier to follow than the first one. someone left a review on that book about conflict being resolved rather quickly and I can definitely see that. You definitely know what you're getting into when you see a cover like this one so you shouldn't be too surprised it's not groundbreaking writing. I was sad we didn't see a lot of the build to the main relationship between Lew and Alec until all of a sudden they were having sex at the end but it was easy enough to get over since the rest of the couples were at least fleshed out more. My only true complaint is that sometimes the narrator would mix up his base voice with someone else ie. he would be reading a Lew chapter and 90% of the non-dialogue writing was done in Lew's voice than a few lines were done in Alec's. It didn't detract from the book but it was a little distracting.