By: C.S. Poe

Available on: Amazon, Audible, and Barnes and Noble.
Overview:
Blurb: Sebastian Snow didn’t think Christmas would bring a break in to Snow’s Antique Emporium and a handful of murders. With his boyfriend, Detective Neil Millett so far in the closet he has to pass Narnia their relationship was strained even before Sebastian found a heart under his floorboards. Thankfully, there may be help available in the form of one smoking hot detective by the name of Calvin Winter.
Trigger Warnings:
Ableism, Blood, Bullying, Death, Drug Use (Prescription), Emotional Abuse, Food, Gore, Gun Violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Internalized Homophobia, Murder, Off Screen Infidelity, On Screen Sex, Sexism, PTSD, Toxic Masculinity, Violent Imagery, War (mentioned)
Body Count: 3
The Specs:
- Series
- Series Name: Snow and Winter
- Book Number: 1 of 3
- Genre
- Technical Genre: Gay and Lesbian, Mystery, Mystery, and Detective
- Theo Genre: Awesome, Mystery, SAGA Mystery
- Page count: 216 pages
- POV: 1st Person
- Publication information:
- Paperback page count: 216 pages
- Publisher: DSP Publications
- Language: English
- ASIN: B01HM8F0OS
Other Fun Stuff:
To Read or Not To Read (Again):
Bedside Bookshelf Donated Furniture Support
Rating out of five: 4.5 out of 5
Representation and Sexism Tests:
- Bechdel–Wallace Test: FAIL
- Do two female characters talk about something than a male character? YES NO
- DuVernay Test: PASS
- Are there fully actualized characters of color? YES NO
- Ellen Willis Test: PASS
- Would two related characters still work to carry the story if their genders were reversed? YES NO
- Mako Mori Test: FAIL
- Is there a female character? YES NO
- Does she get her own arc? YES NO
- Does it do anything other than supporting a man’s story? YES NO
- Sexy Lamp Test: PASS
- Would the plot fall apart if the female character was replaced by a sexy looking lamp? Absolutely Maybe? No.
- Vito Russo Test: PASS
- Is there a character on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum? YES NO
- Are they a character beyond their orientation? YES NO
- Do they affect the plot? YES NO
Overall review:
Thoughts:
I literally needed to buy the next two in the series after reading this first one. I loved Sebastian and really jived with his struggle with the closeted significant other.
The book itself has great pacing, witty dialoge, and a great twist on the Poe-obsessed murderer.
Smutty moments/smut review: GOOD SMUT. 10/10 would read again.
Favorite passage:
Was it engaging?
Yes No At times Room for improvement Had to fight through it.
Favorite Character:
Sebastian Snow!
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