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A review by bookcraft
The White Knight by Josh Lanyon
4.0
I think this is arguably Josh Lanyon's best story to date. The sequel to The Dark Horse (and sprinkled with flash-backs to the case that brought Sean and Dan together in the first place, making it also a prequel of sorts), this is both a tightly plotted mystery and a strong relationship story, the two so intertwined that it would be impossible to separate them.
If you've read The Dark Horse (and you should!), you're already invested in Sean and Dan's relationship, so it's easy to be immediately drawn into the conflict here and to ache for both of them as they try to navigate through an awkward and complicated situation. I literally could not put the book down until I'd finished, and there were several points where I was nearly in tears on behalf of the characters—something that rarely happens to me.
I think Lanyon's choice to put specific scenes in third-person POV was an excellent one; it not only shows Sean's state of mind and his desperate need to put emotional distance between himself and certain events, but it also allows the reader enough emotional distance from those same events to keep them from being overwhelming.
If you've read The Dark Horse (and you should!), you're already invested in Sean and Dan's relationship, so it's easy to be immediately drawn into the conflict here and to ache for both of them as they try to navigate through an awkward and complicated situation. I literally could not put the book down until I'd finished, and there were several points where I was nearly in tears on behalf of the characters—something that rarely happens to me.
I think Lanyon's choice to put specific scenes in third-person POV was an excellent one; it not only shows Sean's state of mind and his desperate need to put emotional distance between himself and certain events, but it also allows the reader enough emotional distance from those same events to keep them from being overwhelming.