Audio Review: Snow on the Mountain by P.D. Singer

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Snow on the Mountain
Author: P.D. Singer
Narrator: Finn Sterling
Series: The Mountains #2
Heroes: Jake Landon and Kurt Carlson
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 6 hours and 43 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Available at: Amazon, iTunes & Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Sequel to Fire on the Mountain

Champagne powder snow, gorgeously groomed slopes, and elegant hotels draw the expert and the wealthy to the exclusive Wapiti Creek Ski Resort, but for Jake Landon and Kurt Carlson, the lure is work. A novice skier, Jake’s been assigned to run the bunny lift, but Kurt’s afraid he’ll be stuck shoveling snow all winter. Instructing at a private ski school should be his dream job, but it brings giggles and sideways glances among their new friends.

All summer, Jake and Kurt were alone in the wilderness. If Jake wanted to stay in the closet, it didn’t matter. Now they have to navigate a relationship in public, where the five-year-old twins who’ve adopted Jake as their ski buddy are as big a nuisance as the ski patroller who has a crush on him. Would-be friends, vicious coworkers, and the perils of the mountain could mean the end for Kurt and Jake, but their biggest danger comes from each other.

Bonus story: “Mistletoe on the Mountain”

Jake’s agonizing over what to give Kurt for their first Christmas together – he knows what Kurt wants most can’t be gift wrapped.

Review:

In book one we meet Jake and Kurt and this is their continued story.  They’ve been living together and working for the past 5 months and though they are pretty secure in their love for each other, they haven’t said the “L” word out loud.  Jake is still a bit in the closet and this can be frustrating for Kurt, especially when Jake inadvertently leads on one of his co-workers!

PD Singer does another fantastic job describing the life and times at a ski resort.  Having grown up on the slopes of Colorado myself, I really felt the descriptions, terminology and scenes developed there were accurate and put the reader right there in the snow with the guys.

The romance between Kurt and Jake is both hot (their sex scenes are blazing!) and appropriately mundane as they learn how to be a couple.  I enjoyed watching them mature as a couple and liked that we got both Kurt and Jake’s POV.  I loved the ending and the cute little bonus story!

As far as the “action” part of the story- there are scheming ski bunnies, European gangsters, an avalanche, daring rescues, clingy kids, hot-to-trot co-workers, an escort service- it was a bit much.  Though it was sometimes handled with humor (much appreciated) it still felt a bit too “Dynasty” at times.

All in all I am still really enjoying the series, love Kurt and Jake as a couple, am excited to keep reading about Kurt and Jake and their adventures and think PD Singer does a great job with writing full, complex characters and is excellent at setting the scene.

4.0 of 5 stars

Audio:

Finn Sterling does a terrific job with the narration.  He gives the Europeans nice accents, adds nice inflections to the emotional and exciting scenes and handles the strange words very well.  I think his children’s voices are good, but didn’t like his female characters very much.

I think listening to this book is the best way to experience it.

4.5 of 5 stars

Overall Impression: I loved it

*I purchased my own, personal copy of this book for review.*