Percival Endicott Whyborne is an introvert translator at a museum in Massachusetts in 1897, he has only one friend, Dr. That’s what this book is about, add the m/m romance most of these fandoms ask for and you’ll have the Whyborne and Griffin series.ĭr. Okay, imagine Sherlock meets Pride, Prejudice and Zombies (because badass ladies), meets Supernatural. Furthermore, I saw a fan cast of Whyborne as Tom Hiddleston which totally sold the book to me.

I absolutely adored this book! I think it was specially because I wasn’t expecting it to be anything like it ended up being so it was such a pleasant surprise. Hi everyone! New Year, New Books! I have been off for a while because of my exams but now I can review so I will swarm you with all the books I have read so far this year (which aren’t that many, I think), so lets get on with it! When the cult resurrects an evil sorcerer who commands terrifying monsters, can Whyborne overcome his fear and learn to trust? Will Griffin let go of his past and risk falling in love? Or will Griffin’s secrets cost Whyborne both his heart and his life? Spells the intellectual Whyborne doesn’t believe are real.Īs the investigation draws the two men closer, Griffin’s rakish charm threatens to shatter Whyborne’s iron control. But the powerful cult which murdered Glenn has taken root in Widdershins, and only the spells in the book can stop them. Griffin left the Pinkertons following the death of his partner, hoping to start a new life. So when handsome ex-Pinkerton Griffin Flaherty approaches him to translate a mysterious book, Whyborne wants to finish the job and get rid of the detective as quickly as possible. After the tragic death of the friend he secretly loved, he’s ruthlessly suppressed any desire for another man. Repressed scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has two skills: reading dead languages and hiding in his office at the Ladysmith Museum.

Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk