Reviewed by Taylor
TITLE: Snowbound
AUTHOR: Scarlet Blackwell
PUBLISHER: Totally Bound
LENGTH: 83 pages
BLURB: Love at first sight doesn’t just happen in the movies…
Winter in the most inhospitable of environments. Lost in a small South Dakota town during a snow storm, Hayden Berry is rescued by Deputy Sheriff Dylan Hubble after crashing his car. The attraction between the two men is instant. Dylan takes him to spend the night at his own house. One night turns into two when they are snowed in and something blossoms between them.
Something that can’t possibly happen because Hayden isn’t free to be with Dylan. But love at first sight doesn’t just happen in the movies and Hayden’s feelings for Dylan cast a shadow over the rest of his life…
REVIEW:
Um, I’m not even sure what I just read. If ever a book put a nice little slap and finish on an ending, it’s this one.
Hayden Berry is traveling one night out of state in the snow. His car breaks down and local Deputy Sheriff Dylan Hubble stops and helps him by giving him a place to stay while the roads are closed and Hayden gets his car fixed. Instant attraction, instant smexin.
First you have to believe in love at first sight…and I’m not so sure I do. So there’s that. I really liked Dylan and felt horrible for him and what he was left behind with, but at the same time, I don’t exactly know ANYTHING about him. Nada. Same goes for Hayden. I know that he never acted on his homosexual feelings and that he’s torn with the life he settled in to, but I don’t know anything about this man. So the reader gets this two day whirlwind and then time forwards a really long ass time.
But it was the reunion that had me completely scratching my head. What does either of them know about the other? What on Earth was that conversation with Dylan and someone I won’t mention for spoiler reasons? Oh come on!! I would have dumped eggs on Dylan’s head and broke dishes. What was with all the time wasted and years waiting? Gahhh, just sad.
The thing that annoys me the most about all this is that this could have been awesome. The story is there, and has all the classic plot points of anguish from some of my old m/f books, but there is just nothing for the reader to grab on to. If the author had developed the personalities and bonding of the characters, and absolutely developed that ending, this would have so been a guilty pleasure of mine. As it stands, it’s OK, but not something memorable.
RATING: 
BUY LINKS: TOTALLY BOUND