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Tyack & Frayne #12
To Find Him and Love Him Again, Volume 3
This is Volume Three of Three in this tenth Tyack & Frayne story.
In a nightmare city, against all the odds, Gideon and Lee have found each other again. In this place and time they are strangers to each other, and their meeting has astounded them both with the shock of recognition and shared memories.
But Alice Rawle’s curse is in full play, and this reunion is the last thing she wants. When Lee vanishes, it’s up to Gideon to rescue him from Alice’s twisted timeline and help him return to their own beloved world.
Old friends and strange new enemies, mysterious figures from the wild landscapes of ancient Cornwall – all have come to accompany Gideon and Lee on their journey. Only by trust and love can each one of them escape from the web of Alice’s dream, and only by the renewal of a passion as ancient as the rocks and moorlands of Dark can Lee and Gideon find their way home.
In a nightmare city, against all the odds, Gideon and Lee have found each other again. In this place and time they are strangers to each other, and their meeting has astounded them both with the shock of recognition and shared memories.
But Alice Rawle’s curse is in full play, and this reunion is the last thing she wants. When Lee vanishes, it’s up to Gideon to rescue him from Alice’s twisted timeline and help him return to their own beloved world.
Old friends and strange new enemies, mysterious figures from the wild landscapes of ancient Cornwall – all have come to accompany Gideon and Lee on their journey. Only by trust and love can each one of them escape from the web of Alice’s dream, and only by the renewal of a passion as ancient as the rocks and moorlands of Dark can Lee and Gideon find their way home.
245 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 2, 2021
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Harper Fox
58 books1,176 followersHarper Fox is an M/M author with a mission. She’s produced six critically acclaimed novels in a year and is trying to dispel rumours that she has a clone/twin sister locked away in a study in her basement. In fact she simply continues working on what she loves best– creating worlds and stories for the huge cast of lovely gay men queuing up inside her head. She lives in rural Northumberland in northern England and does most of her writing at a pensioned-off kitchen table in her back garden, often with blanket and hot water bottle.
She lives with her SO Jane, who has somehow put up with her for a quarter of a century now, and three enigmatic cats, chief among whom is Lucy, who knows the secret of the universe but isn't letting on. When not writing, she either despairs or makes bread, specialities foccacia and her amazing seven-strand challah. If she has any other skills, she's yet to discover them.
She lives with her SO Jane, who has somehow put up with her for a quarter of a century now, and three enigmatic cats, chief among whom is Lucy, who knows the secret of the universe but isn't letting on. When not writing, she either despairs or makes bread, specialities foccacia and her amazing seven-strand challah. If she has any other skills, she's yet to discover them.
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March 13, 2023
I haven't found anything from the author stating this was the final book in the series, but it very much feels like it was. It linked back to all the things that happened in previous books, it wrapped things up, and the last line really brought things full circle.
I have a couple complaints about this final book, but I have mostly good things to say, about this and the series overall.
These volumes of Book 10, especially this one, had a different vibe from the earlier books with the murders and disappearances and mysteries that Gideon and Lee were solving while dealing with family drama and figuring out their relationship. I sort of missed that. And I still don't fully understand everything that happened in this one, with all its paranormal stuff. Darren's inclusion seemed especially strange to me. But it seems like the author had been planning this all along, and it did make some of the things from previous books feel a little less random.
There was also a lot of politics and human rights stuff, especially in one section. They were things I agreed with, it was just that they felt so weirdly shoved into the story, didn't fit with the rest. Especially when they sat around doing a lecture with one character learning lessons. And for a book that had so much care about racism and LGBT+ rights, these characters sure used a lot of ableist words and insults, regarding mental illness.
All that out of the way, now let me talk about the positive things, like...
The paranormal elements in this whole series were so unique and sort of more realistic-feeling than most paranormal books, in the sense that they were messy and unsettling. Yes, confusing sometimes, but I can be both confused and appreciative.
The family element in this series has been so cute and sweet. Not just Tamsyn, but also their relationship with Zeke and Gideon's mother and *SPOILER* *END SPOILER* and even their friends who were like family.
But more than anything else, Gideon and Lee have such a beautiful, solid kind of love, and they have ever since Book 1. I have never doubted their relationship, and this finale only solidified that. No matter what life throws at them, it's always worth the struggle and they know they'll get through it because they have each other.
So despite some ups and downs that I've had with this series, despite a few complaints, the final books did bring it all home and solidify everything, and I have very much enjoyed getting to know the wonderful characters Lee and Gideon and getting to see their beautiful, supportive relationship and family!
*Rating: 4 Stars // Read Date: 2023 // Format: Ebook via TTS*
Recommended For:
Fans of Books 1-11 in Harper Fox's Tyack & Frayne series. Anyone who likes loving and supportive m/m romance, clairvoyants, mysteries, and small English towns.
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I have a couple complaints about this final book, but I have mostly good things to say, about this and the series overall.
These volumes of Book 10, especially this one, had a different vibe from the earlier books with the murders and disappearances and mysteries that Gideon and Lee were solving while dealing with family drama and figuring out their relationship. I sort of missed that. And I still don't fully understand everything that happened in this one, with all its paranormal stuff. Darren's inclusion seemed especially strange to me. But it seems like the author had been planning this all along, and it did make some of the things from previous books feel a little less random.
There was also a lot of politics and human rights stuff, especially in one section. They were things I agreed with, it was just that they felt so weirdly shoved into the story, didn't fit with the rest. Especially when they sat around doing a lecture with one character learning lessons. And for a book that had so much care about racism and LGBT+ rights, these characters sure used a lot of ableist words and insults, regarding mental illness.
All that out of the way, now let me talk about the positive things, like...
The paranormal elements in this whole series were so unique and sort of more realistic-feeling than most paranormal books, in the sense that they were messy and unsettling. Yes, confusing sometimes, but I can be both confused and appreciative.
The family element in this series has been so cute and sweet. Not just Tamsyn, but also their relationship with Zeke and Gideon's mother and *SPOILER* *END SPOILER* and even their friends who were like family.
But more than anything else, Gideon and Lee have such a beautiful, solid kind of love, and they have ever since Book 1. I have never doubted their relationship, and this finale only solidified that. No matter what life throws at them, it's always worth the struggle and they know they'll get through it because they have each other.
So despite some ups and downs that I've had with this series, despite a few complaints, the final books did bring it all home and solidify everything, and I have very much enjoyed getting to know the wonderful characters Lee and Gideon and getting to see their beautiful, supportive relationship and family!
*Rating: 4 Stars // Read Date: 2023 // Format: Ebook via TTS*
Recommended For:
Fans of Books 1-11 in Harper Fox's Tyack & Frayne series. Anyone who likes loving and supportive m/m romance, clairvoyants, mysteries, and small English towns.
More Reviews @ Metaphors and Moonlight
June 14, 2021
To Find Him and Love Him Again (Parts 2 and 3)
BY Harper Fox
FoxTales publications, 2021
Four stars
If these two books get just four stars from me, it’s because only readers familiar with—and in love with—the Tyack and Frayne stories could make any sense at all out of them. I’m reviewing volume 2 of book 10 (a short one) and volume 3 of book 10 (a long one) together, because I purposely read them together so as to spare myself any undue agony.
Yikes. Part 2 was, as the UK says, disorientating. From page one. Suddenly we have Lee living and struggling along as a barback in London; while Gideon is, quite randomly, also in London, working as a policeman and living in a basement apartment near the police station. Things seem off, both with our familiar characters and with London in general. It is a post-Brexit city, rattled with racial and economic hostilities. There is even one disquieting reference to COVID-19, but that slips by with barely a mention until it reappears in volume 3. Is that part of one of Lee’s visions? Lee’s visions seem to be out of control, for all that he’s hundreds of miles away from Cornwall. He also, very clearly, doesn’t know Gideon, although they keep crossing paths in ways that seem weighted with Destiny trying hard to correct the nasty machinations of a third party. And we know who that is, right?
One of the lovely surprises in this book is that we meet Lee’s father, Caden, I think for the first time (but honestly I didn’t check back through all the other books). He is every bit as appealing a character as Lee, but living on borrowed time. Which, you know, is apt. Given the circumstances. Right?
The only rational hook I had on which to hang my understanding of this book’s “Ulysses in Night Town” surrealism is the sense that Lee and Gideon are struggling to find each other, even if they don’t know it, and they’re being helped by something beyond human comprehension. Oddly enough, that was a comfort to me, as I simply let myself go with the flow, tears almost constantly gathered at the back of my eyes. Harper Fox’s skill at poking tender spots and creating vivid imagery that heightens every possible emotion is working at full force.
Lee’s immediate understanding of Gideon’s true nature is also a first—something we’ve all been bobbing and weaving around since it first popped up way back when. Lee truly sees Gideon, because he doesn’t know him and therefore has no reason to spare him any scrutiny. A long feverish night in Gideon’s bunker-like flat is another gorgeous romantic scene that comforted me profoundly, and made it clear that Ms. Fox is not just winging it. There is a plan, and it will be a good one.
When the scene shifts back to Bodmin and the town of Dark in the second part of the book, the flipside of the London nightmare is revealed. My memories of the previous book began to fall into place and the way forward became clear just in time to end book 2 and move into book 3.
The last book, the extended finale—which surprises us with an unexpected paranormal event at the end—makes no sense if you don’t know the entire series. It is an exercise in spiritual re-capping of what went before, in order to reweave the torn threads of Alice Rawle’s destructive attempts to force Destiny to her will. What Fox does so cleverly is to use this as an opportunity to remind us of all the weird little things we might not have quite understood in the previous nine books, or might have even purposely set aside because we found them disturbing. Aside from simply repairing damage done, this book is also, somewhat to my surprise, a corrective for Lee and Gideon. For all the idyllic romance of their relationship, there have in fact been all sorts of awkward things left unexplored, as well as conversations left unspoken. These, too, get investigated, bringing all of us into a fuller appreciation of the complex narrative the author has woven, as she takes us warmly by the hand and brings us home.
The final finale, so to speak, threw me for a loop, and yet ultimately made me very happy. Two little girls, one abandoned to clinical brutality, one nurtured with loving tenderness, are offered up as the final counterpoint and as the last, unanswered “what if?” There is, in the end, nothing more than good and evil, and the world’s inherent magic. Good and evil are relative, while magic is impossible for humans to fully comprehend or control.
Harper Fox leaves us with no guarantees at the end of the Tyack and Frayne series; but in the end we at last know who everybody is, and thus we can pretend that we have a pretty good idea.
BY Harper Fox
FoxTales publications, 2021
Four stars
If these two books get just four stars from me, it’s because only readers familiar with—and in love with—the Tyack and Frayne stories could make any sense at all out of them. I’m reviewing volume 2 of book 10 (a short one) and volume 3 of book 10 (a long one) together, because I purposely read them together so as to spare myself any undue agony.
Yikes. Part 2 was, as the UK says, disorientating. From page one. Suddenly we have Lee living and struggling along as a barback in London; while Gideon is, quite randomly, also in London, working as a policeman and living in a basement apartment near the police station. Things seem off, both with our familiar characters and with London in general. It is a post-Brexit city, rattled with racial and economic hostilities. There is even one disquieting reference to COVID-19, but that slips by with barely a mention until it reappears in volume 3. Is that part of one of Lee’s visions? Lee’s visions seem to be out of control, for all that he’s hundreds of miles away from Cornwall. He also, very clearly, doesn’t know Gideon, although they keep crossing paths in ways that seem weighted with Destiny trying hard to correct the nasty machinations of a third party. And we know who that is, right?
One of the lovely surprises in this book is that we meet Lee’s father, Caden, I think for the first time (but honestly I didn’t check back through all the other books). He is every bit as appealing a character as Lee, but living on borrowed time. Which, you know, is apt. Given the circumstances. Right?
The only rational hook I had on which to hang my understanding of this book’s “Ulysses in Night Town” surrealism is the sense that Lee and Gideon are struggling to find each other, even if they don’t know it, and they’re being helped by something beyond human comprehension. Oddly enough, that was a comfort to me, as I simply let myself go with the flow, tears almost constantly gathered at the back of my eyes. Harper Fox’s skill at poking tender spots and creating vivid imagery that heightens every possible emotion is working at full force.
Lee’s immediate understanding of Gideon’s true nature is also a first—something we’ve all been bobbing and weaving around since it first popped up way back when. Lee truly sees Gideon, because he doesn’t know him and therefore has no reason to spare him any scrutiny. A long feverish night in Gideon’s bunker-like flat is another gorgeous romantic scene that comforted me profoundly, and made it clear that Ms. Fox is not just winging it. There is a plan, and it will be a good one.
When the scene shifts back to Bodmin and the town of Dark in the second part of the book, the flipside of the London nightmare is revealed. My memories of the previous book began to fall into place and the way forward became clear just in time to end book 2 and move into book 3.
The last book, the extended finale—which surprises us with an unexpected paranormal event at the end—makes no sense if you don’t know the entire series. It is an exercise in spiritual re-capping of what went before, in order to reweave the torn threads of Alice Rawle’s destructive attempts to force Destiny to her will. What Fox does so cleverly is to use this as an opportunity to remind us of all the weird little things we might not have quite understood in the previous nine books, or might have even purposely set aside because we found them disturbing. Aside from simply repairing damage done, this book is also, somewhat to my surprise, a corrective for Lee and Gideon. For all the idyllic romance of their relationship, there have in fact been all sorts of awkward things left unexplored, as well as conversations left unspoken. These, too, get investigated, bringing all of us into a fuller appreciation of the complex narrative the author has woven, as she takes us warmly by the hand and brings us home.
The final finale, so to speak, threw me for a loop, and yet ultimately made me very happy. Two little girls, one abandoned to clinical brutality, one nurtured with loving tenderness, are offered up as the final counterpoint and as the last, unanswered “what if?” There is, in the end, nothing more than good and evil, and the world’s inherent magic. Good and evil are relative, while magic is impossible for humans to fully comprehend or control.
Harper Fox leaves us with no guarantees at the end of the Tyack and Frayne series; but in the end we at last know who everybody is, and thus we can pretend that we have a pretty good idea.
November 18, 2024
Ugh. I don’t want to say goodbye to these people. It was bittersweet. Especially Rufus. I wasn’t expecting what happened and I’m sad even if he irritated me at times, but I’m happy for him too. So yeah, bittersweet.
I wasn’t expecting the shout out to the world’s current issues either.
But Lee and Gideon’s love expanded all time and planes. That is why I have loved this series so much.
I wasn’t expecting the shout out to the world’s current issues either.
But Lee and Gideon’s love expanded all time and planes. That is why I have loved this series so much.
August 22, 2021
As much as I love these guys and this series, I think this 3-part 10th book could be skipped, by those who prefer a straightforward narrative. There is much to enjoy in the tangled web of this long final book, but you have to like "what-ifs" and tolerate watching solid things smashed apart, be ready for things that were a given suddenly changing, and also be prepared for a repeated political voice that remains strong in this installment. Some readers will love it, others won't. I enjoyed it but it didn't feel necessary to me, as fascinating as it was, to be happy with the series. (And you will want to either have read parts 1 and 2 recently, or just go with the surrealism of the plot.)
This third section in the 10th series book brings our wandering men back together again, finally, across changing timelines, different histories, memories lost and regained. There were parts I loved and I was relieved and happy at the end, to watch their love and family and friends settle into the HEA.
Occasionally the messaging got heavy-handed, but our guys are still the men we've adored and followed through the series. There are moments of humor mixed in, although the general tone is angsty and action-oriented (though not as angsty as book 2.) The antagonists are dealt with in their various appropriate ways, and the strength of love - both romantic and familial - sustains the story and brings us the HEA.
And as always, Harper Fox's writing is lovely and emotional and atmospheric, and there are moments when the love between Lee and Gideon rings like pure gold. Those are the reward for this read and as always, the best part of the series.
This third section in the 10th series book brings our wandering men back together again, finally, across changing timelines, different histories, memories lost and regained. There were parts I loved and I was relieved and happy at the end, to watch their love and family and friends settle into the HEA.
Occasionally the messaging got heavy-handed, but our guys are still the men we've adored and followed through the series. There are moments of humor mixed in, although the general tone is angsty and action-oriented (though not as angsty as book 2.) The antagonists are dealt with in their various appropriate ways, and the strength of love - both romantic and familial - sustains the story and brings us the HEA.
And as always, Harper Fox's writing is lovely and emotional and atmospheric, and there are moments when the love between Lee and Gideon rings like pure gold. Those are the reward for this read and as always, the best part of the series.
May 18, 2021
Well...I didn't dislike it BUT I can't honestly say I loved this final trilogy either [if indeed this IS the end for the characters of Gideon and Lee]. I knew [prayed] that book 3 wouldn't/couldn't be as depressing after the tentative tendrils of hope for both of them in book 2, and so it turned out to be thank goodness. 4 stars.
So many timelines, characters returning from who knows where and popping up in the unlikeliest of places, and so different to their previous selves...eg DI Lawrence, although I do remember saying that she was a bit of a hypocrite in Once Upon a Western Shore 😉. Shame that certain characters will no longer appear in any future stories...should they happen 🙏🙏🙏.
So many timelines, characters returning from who knows where and popping up in the unlikeliest of places, and so different to their previous selves...eg DI Lawrence, although I do remember saying that she was a bit of a hypocrite in Once Upon a Western Shore 😉. Shame that certain characters will no longer appear in any future stories...should they happen 🙏🙏🙏.
May 10, 2021
I’m in awe at the intricacy of the plotting involved in the three volumes of book 10, weaving a tale that touches on all the major players and events of the entire series. Fox does a pretty good job of refreshing the reader’s memory as she goes along, but I have to admit that between starting this almost 8 years ago and the nature of the paranormal/mythic elements, I didn’t always remember or follow things as much as I would’ve liked. I think it will take rereadings for that. (And yay, she says she hopes to finish the series in audiobooks which left off at book 7.)
But boy does the love come through. Between Gid and Lee and from all their beloved friends and family. Fox tweeted that in this book they “…set off on their final journey - for now.” and I’m happy with where things were left. A sweet conclusion until we meet again.
But boy does the love come through. Between Gid and Lee and from all their beloved friends and family. Fox tweeted that in this book they “…set off on their final journey - for now.” and I’m happy with where things were left. A sweet conclusion until we meet again.
May 7, 2021
On the face of it, this didn't seem like my thing (a psychic and his cop boyfriend, and ancient earth magic and witches and werewolves and creepy things that go bump in the night), but... I really loved this whole series, blitzed it all in about two weeks. But 10-3 wasn't out yet! I'm pleased to say 10-3 wraps this up very nicely, very satisfying. A lot happens in this series, and there are multiple timelines/realities and it's a good idea to PAY ATTENTION - or plan to reread, which I will.
Also, I need to go to Cornwall.
Also, I need to go to Cornwall.
May 3, 2023
Gosh this is hard for me to rate. I liked some parts and hated others. Thankfully there wasn’t the endless tirade about Brexit this time, but instead we were being bombarded with lessons about racism. At one point, there was even a speech about Black Lives Matter. As I’ve stated before, I do NOT like when politics and things like this get preached about in fiction books. Whether I agree on the stance or not, I read to get away from the ugly hate and screwy politics in the world. Reading is my escape. So when that’s introduced into my romance books, it messes with my happy!!! Books 10, 11, and 12 did that and I absolutely hate that the author brought that crap into these stories.
I also hated all the errors. In book one the Kemp children were Lorna, Jenny, and Shaun. Book seven saw that changed to Lorna, Jenny, and Bradley. Bradley was shortened to Brad for book eight, but in this book we’re back to Sean, just spelled differently. Why? Even though I noticed this many books back, there are 3, yes 3, Jennys in this series. Jenny Kemp, Jenny Salthouse, and Jenny Spargo. Again, why? There’s an abundance of female names to choose from! The church from book 10 was St. Wyllo, but for some reason it’s been changed to St. Wynnoe in this last book. There was also a paragraph that had the same sentence written twice with a sentence or two in between. He and Gideon had both inherited the pastor’s thick dark hair. Okay, we got it. It wasn’t even something that was important that needed to be stressed. It was just a passing observation.
I was confused at the end when Gideon had given up his role as the Guardian of the Moors, aka the Beast of Bodmin, and he stated that now Tamsyn was as “normal” as he was. Then, when they were all at Beaumont Hall, there was Tamsyn holding up the ceiling so it wouldn’t fall down and crush everyone to bits. Either she had no powers or she was the same as she always had been. It was contradictory.
I’m glad that Gideon and Lee got their HEA. I loved the parts where Lee got to spend more time with Cadan and Gideon was able to meet him. For some reason, I had assumed that when the timeline was righted that Cadan would have been there too. Sadly, that wasn’t the case. 😭 I also loved The Lord of Misrule! It was a great way to shine a good light on Daz, to honor all the times Gideon was there to help him.
Overall, I really enjoyed this series. But the last 3 books left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. I’d say that I should have ended with book 9, but there were still things that were left unfinished. It’s too bad the author ruined it with all the political BS and lectures on racism/tolerance. I wish she had just stuck to the mystical stuff from the first 9 books. 5 stars for Gideon, Lee, and all the wonderful characters, but I’m removing 2 stars for all that other crap.
My favorite quotes from this book:
▪️“Right, my fine Sergeant Tyack-Frayne. Don’t be afraid. You feel as if you’re dying now, but it’s just because we’re close to the source, the place where everything can end and start again.”
▪️ “I don’t understand it all yet, but I think there are currents and streams of time. Alice can control them. But she can’t control the people she sweeps up in them”
I also hated all the errors. In book one the Kemp children were Lorna, Jenny, and Shaun. Book seven saw that changed to Lorna, Jenny, and Bradley. Bradley was shortened to Brad for book eight, but in this book we’re back to Sean, just spelled differently. Why? Even though I noticed this many books back, there are 3, yes 3, Jennys in this series. Jenny Kemp, Jenny Salthouse, and Jenny Spargo. Again, why? There’s an abundance of female names to choose from! The church from book 10 was St. Wyllo, but for some reason it’s been changed to St. Wynnoe in this last book. There was also a paragraph that had the same sentence written twice with a sentence or two in between. He and Gideon had both inherited the pastor’s thick dark hair. Okay, we got it. It wasn’t even something that was important that needed to be stressed. It was just a passing observation.
I was confused at the end when Gideon had given up his role as the Guardian of the Moors, aka the Beast of Bodmin, and he stated that now Tamsyn was as “normal” as he was. Then, when they were all at Beaumont Hall, there was Tamsyn holding up the ceiling so it wouldn’t fall down and crush everyone to bits. Either she had no powers or she was the same as she always had been. It was contradictory.
I’m glad that Gideon and Lee got their HEA. I loved the parts where Lee got to spend more time with Cadan and Gideon was able to meet him. For some reason, I had assumed that when the timeline was righted that Cadan would have been there too. Sadly, that wasn’t the case. 😭 I also loved The Lord of Misrule! It was a great way to shine a good light on Daz, to honor all the times Gideon was there to help him.
Overall, I really enjoyed this series. But the last 3 books left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. I’d say that I should have ended with book 9, but there were still things that were left unfinished. It’s too bad the author ruined it with all the political BS and lectures on racism/tolerance. I wish she had just stuck to the mystical stuff from the first 9 books. 5 stars for Gideon, Lee, and all the wonderful characters, but I’m removing 2 stars for all that other crap.
My favorite quotes from this book:
▪️“Right, my fine Sergeant Tyack-Frayne. Don’t be afraid. You feel as if you’re dying now, but it’s just because we’re close to the source, the place where everything can end and start again.”
▪️ “I don’t understand it all yet, but I think there are currents and streams of time. Alice can control them. But she can’t control the people she sweeps up in them”
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 22, 2021
What an absolutely amazing epilogue (?) of the series! It felt like just yesterday when I’ve read its first book, Once Upon a Haunted Moor. In this last volume of the ’10th,’ book, we get to see yet again the slew of characters we’ve met and fell in love with, since the series’ release in 2013.
I was actually trying to read this slowly and in between other books on my TBR list but because of the build-up of the events from the last volume, I was also dying to know how will they ever find themselves into the present– into their reality. Who will be the hero this time when both Lee and Gideon are powerless to control this alternate reality they were thrown into. It was just very fascinating how the author was able to intricately connects everything, each character in such powerful scenes that will make you sob and and sigh with relief at the same time.
This volume three wraps up the series very nicely, with all the feels that only the likes of Harper Fox could so eloquently conveyed, I’m still hoping that we’ll get more of Gideon and Lee, even a little novella here and there because this series for me is one of the most beautiful works I’ve read from this genre. It’s definitely worth your dime, and absolutely worth your time.
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
I was actually trying to read this slowly and in between other books on my TBR list but because of the build-up of the events from the last volume, I was also dying to know how will they ever find themselves into the present– into their reality. Who will be the hero this time when both Lee and Gideon are powerless to control this alternate reality they were thrown into. It was just very fascinating how the author was able to intricately connects everything, each character in such powerful scenes that will make you sob and and sigh with relief at the same time.
This volume three wraps up the series very nicely, with all the feels that only the likes of Harper Fox could so eloquently conveyed, I’m still hoping that we’ll get more of Gideon and Lee, even a little novella here and there because this series for me is one of the most beautiful works I’ve read from this genre. It’s definitely worth your dime, and absolutely worth your time.
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
May 15, 2021
Restored...Maybe?!
Lee & Gideon Tyack-Frayne fight to reunite in this alternative, multidimensional reality and find a way home. If you enjoy whimsical, fantasy full of mystics, psychics, shapeshifters, psychos, and a boatload of quirky characters, this is the book and series for you. In this final segment, all the untold truths are told, the guilt is resolved, the misdeeds are forgiven and all are restored to their rightful place. This was such a bizarre, well-written, diverse world of characters, and culture with the beloved MCs. It's a literary love story that stands the test of time and dimensions. Then thrown in the middle of this strange tale are commentaries on current societal and governmental issues.
However, at times, it was difficult to follow all the fantastical twists and turns; Cornish/British folklores and culture. I also didn’t understand Darren/“Daz” re-surfacing to take such an important part of the ending storyline.
Overall, a damn good yarn and a great series. I’m sad to see it end, but I can always start from the beginning, and read it all again!
Lee & Gideon Tyack-Frayne fight to reunite in this alternative, multidimensional reality and find a way home. If you enjoy whimsical, fantasy full of mystics, psychics, shapeshifters, psychos, and a boatload of quirky characters, this is the book and series for you. In this final segment, all the untold truths are told, the guilt is resolved, the misdeeds are forgiven and all are restored to their rightful place. This was such a bizarre, well-written, diverse world of characters, and culture with the beloved MCs. It's a literary love story that stands the test of time and dimensions. Then thrown in the middle of this strange tale are commentaries on current societal and governmental issues.
However, at times, it was difficult to follow all the fantastical twists and turns; Cornish/British folklores and culture. I also didn’t understand Darren/“Daz” re-surfacing to take such an important part of the ending storyline.
Overall, a damn good yarn and a great series. I’m sad to see it end, but I can always start from the beginning, and read it all again!
June 14, 2021
I wish I'd re-read the previous two novels in this final chapter of Tyack & Frayne. I couldn't remember half of what I'd read previously, and I definitely couldn't remember certain characters who re-appeared from earlier novels. I was confused at times but let that ride as Harper's language is so beautifully atmospheric. That language, in itself is just a pleasure to read. A HEA? I hope so.
June 12, 2021
Overall, a very good read. It didn’t grab me quite like parts 1 & 2 but it was still a satisfying conclusion to this part of the story arch.
August 9, 2024
Heart warming and intense
I love this author. I've read everything she's published and Can't wait to see more from her. This is 1 of her best.
I love this author. I've read everything she's published and Can't wait to see more from her. This is 1 of her best.
June 20, 2021
What a ride that has been ... my emotions were dragged all over the place. Multiple characters from earlier books kept popping up in weirdly alternate (yet strangely connected) roles to those they had (think Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion here folks) ... I was deeply frustrated (just like Gideon and Lee) trying to make sense of what rabbit path we were negotiating through an alt-historical-timeline mildly dystopian socially-combustible London inner urban setting. Even the vanquished 'monsters' from before make reappearances - thanks to the twisted and deranged imagination of one powerful psychic pursuing retribution and revenge for the wrongs done to her! I was half expecting to encounter Pastor Frayne with his smiting and rebuking - but no, thank the stars we got the better and infinitely more loving father-figure instead.
Somewhere about midway mark - the reason for the title of these last three books came clear to me. Why it was imperative that Lee's path to intersect with Gideon's in this 'new' story/timeline ... to set up a series of events that would lead them out of this whole nightmarish mess and back to 'reality'. And for both MCs to discover 'truths' about the dysfunctional ways in which they seek to protect the other and end up undermining their relationship instead; for Lee to bravely live in the 'here and now' and Gideon to fully embrace his dark side.
I was reduced to a blubbery mess when we finally got to Lee's plea to his rediscovered love - “Listen to me. We never have been very far apart. But we’ve got to let go now so we can wake up and be together properly, in our bodies, in our home, with Tamsie and everyone we love. Just for the shortest time, Gid. Let go.” This could well be something we say to our loved ones as we let them go across to the 'other side' leaving us behind. But just as Lee and Gideon's great love story triumphantly traverses time, timelines and into eternity (hopefully), it would seem right that some price would have to be paid back to the Universe ... and whilst I was expecting Cadan Tyack's unexpected presence to be that sacrifice, I was blown away in the finale by the heroically-tragic role taken by yet another of the Tyack-Frayne close circle of friends (truly sob-worthy that).
I'm very sad to have to say goodbye to so many beloved characters apart from our hero-pair ... most prominent of these being Zeke (who has been transformed beyond recognition from his first appearance), then Ma Frayne, Tamsin, Eleanor, even Elowen. Colleagues, neighbors and friends - Jenny, Christine, Rufus, Anna, Jack, Granny W, Sarah Kemp, the Prowses and Tregears, the beautiful yet dangerous landscapes of the Cornwall moors and hills. And how fitting that the final line brings everything back to the beginning. All I have to do is to re-visit Once Upon a Haunted Moor all over again.
Bravo and thank you Ms Fox - 5 plus stars for a memorably superb series.
Somewhere about midway mark - the reason for the title of these last three books came clear to me. Why it was imperative that Lee's path to intersect with Gideon's in this 'new' story/timeline ... to set up a series of events that would lead them out of this whole nightmarish mess and back to 'reality'. And for both MCs to discover 'truths' about the dysfunctional ways in which they seek to protect the other and end up undermining their relationship instead; for Lee to bravely live in the 'here and now' and Gideon to fully embrace his dark side.
I was reduced to a blubbery mess when we finally got to Lee's plea to his rediscovered love - “Listen to me. We never have been very far apart. But we’ve got to let go now so we can wake up and be together properly, in our bodies, in our home, with Tamsie and everyone we love. Just for the shortest time, Gid. Let go.” This could well be something we say to our loved ones as we let them go across to the 'other side' leaving us behind. But just as Lee and Gideon's great love story triumphantly traverses time, timelines and into eternity (hopefully), it would seem right that some price would have to be paid back to the Universe ... and whilst I was expecting Cadan Tyack's unexpected presence to be that sacrifice, I was blown away in the finale by the heroically-tragic role taken by yet another of the Tyack-Frayne close circle of friends (truly sob-worthy that).
I'm very sad to have to say goodbye to so many beloved characters apart from our hero-pair ... most prominent of these being Zeke (who has been transformed beyond recognition from his first appearance), then Ma Frayne, Tamsin, Eleanor, even Elowen. Colleagues, neighbors and friends - Jenny, Christine, Rufus, Anna, Jack, Granny W, Sarah Kemp, the Prowses and Tregears, the beautiful yet dangerous landscapes of the Cornwall moors and hills. And how fitting that the final line brings everything back to the beginning. All I have to do is to re-visit Once Upon a Haunted Moor all over again.
Bravo and thank you Ms Fox - 5 plus stars for a memorably superb series.
April 25, 2024
M/M paranormal crime mystery and romance series.
This is book 3 in this (final?) trilogy.
Round and round we go over well trodden ground one more time, with the added irritation of preaching. Preaching about racism, homophobia, etc. There was a tedious giant soapbox that the author started in the previous book with some Brexit references and she really let it rip in this plot!
Yet weirdly vigilantism is excused and even welcome!!!!
Somehow Gideon is (Eye roll!)
Why did he become a werewolf and why did he stop is not very well explained.
Many other plot holes were not explained such as Granny Ragween, or Lee’s telekinesis.
It did attempt to cover the holes related to Cadan’s appearance and Alice’s failure to
Darren’s and his partner’s unrealistic involvement in the timelines was another massive plot hole that was left unresolved as we have no idea what happened to Darren or Alice!
It is not clear either why those who got trapped in the alternate world did so. And somehow having this handful of people ‘remember’ while teaching us about racism was important. Then some weird explanation about preachers, prophets and beasts to try and resolve all this nonsense in a semi-final showdown.
There are no laws in this paranormal world or even consistent timelines. What was once intriguing and mysterious is now plain over the top and full of plot holes.
Lee’s and Gideon’s connection is built on half remembered history from a different world so not very satisfying (and nothing physical except a BJ)
The final showdown with Pendower was completely unnecessary and of course Tamsyn is to the rescue again! Sigh!
I just wish the series stayed in the lane of the first 3 books and didn’t take this sharp weird direction that is drowning in a confusing paranormal world that lacks a framework and with an unrealistic child thrown in the mix!
This is book 3 in this (final?) trilogy.
Round and round we go over well trodden ground one more time, with the added irritation of preaching. Preaching about racism, homophobia, etc. There was a tedious giant soapbox that the author started in the previous book with some Brexit references and she really let it rip in this plot!
Yet weirdly vigilantism is excused and even welcome!!!!
Somehow Gideon is (Eye roll!)
Why did he become a werewolf and why did he stop is not very well explained.
Many other plot holes were not explained such as Granny Ragween, or Lee’s telekinesis.
It did attempt to cover the holes related to Cadan’s appearance and Alice’s failure to
Darren’s and his partner’s unrealistic involvement in the timelines was another massive plot hole that was left unresolved as we have no idea what happened to Darren or Alice!
It is not clear either why those who got trapped in the alternate world did so. And somehow having this handful of people ‘remember’ while teaching us about racism was important. Then some weird explanation about preachers, prophets and beasts to try and resolve all this nonsense in a semi-final showdown.
There are no laws in this paranormal world or even consistent timelines. What was once intriguing and mysterious is now plain over the top and full of plot holes.
Lee’s and Gideon’s connection is built on half remembered history from a different world so not very satisfying (and nothing physical except a BJ)
The final showdown with Pendower was completely unnecessary and of course Tamsyn is to the rescue again! Sigh!
I just wish the series stayed in the lane of the first 3 books and didn’t take this sharp weird direction that is drowning in a confusing paranormal world that lacks a framework and with an unrealistic child thrown in the mix!
May 11, 2021
Big Harper Fox fan here.
Loved this wild mythic romp in and out of more than one alternate time line for Gideon and Lee, whose love story is, of course, the heart of this tale. That Gideon and Lee, and others in their lives, are slip in and out of different mythic roles, such as prophet, beast, priest, and the lord of misrule, adds to the richness of this tale. The interconnectedness of their lives, and the influence of how Gideon and Lee have lived and loved, is a powerful statement, I would argue, for what it means to be human.
Very satisfying indeed, and a very satisfying end to this trilogy. Yes, evil is dealt with, but this comes with a price, but doesn't it always?
Recommended.
Loved this wild mythic romp in and out of more than one alternate time line for Gideon and Lee, whose love story is, of course, the heart of this tale. That Gideon and Lee, and others in their lives, are slip in and out of different mythic roles, such as prophet, beast, priest, and the lord of misrule, adds to the richness of this tale. The interconnectedness of their lives, and the influence of how Gideon and Lee have lived and loved, is a powerful statement, I would argue, for what it means to be human.
Very satisfying indeed, and a very satisfying end to this trilogy. Yes, evil is dealt with, but this comes with a price, but doesn't it always?
Recommended.
September 19, 2021
Well, I have loved Lee and Gid and their merry band of friends.
There has always been the sense of other worldliness in these stories, especially with Lee’s sight. The last 3 through everything upside down - well Alice did - and we have been slowly putting everything to rights, with different timelines coming together and moving apart- it is a bit confusing as it is a while since i read Vol 1&2.
However, Gid and Lee do find each other and then come back to their present day sleeping selves but with many adventures along the way. Each is like a little vignette or curtain call for the character.
Even when order is restored, life isn’t straight forward and a simple outing turns into life and death.
And just as they survive one mystery illness another looms!
There has always been the sense of other worldliness in these stories, especially with Lee’s sight. The last 3 through everything upside down - well Alice did - and we have been slowly putting everything to rights, with different timelines coming together and moving apart- it is a bit confusing as it is a while since i read Vol 1&2.
However, Gid and Lee do find each other and then come back to their present day sleeping selves but with many adventures along the way. Each is like a little vignette or curtain call for the character.
Even when order is restored, life isn’t straight forward and a simple outing turns into life and death.
And just as they survive one mystery illness another looms!
March 21, 2022
Ms Fox has gone all out on this third installment of the To Find Him and Love Him Again trilogy.
I don't want to give anything away and possible spoil what happens, but, damn girl! I'm surprised I didn't find the kitchen sink in here, haha.
found myself going back and re-reading passages to make sure I dint miss a single thing. Have your tissues close by, Ms Fox had me ugly cry a few time throughout this read. And she pulled out all the heavy artillery for the ending.
A mystical, magical and thoroughly spellbinding experience that will not soon dissipate.
Please have this not be the final chapter to an amazing and much loved series.
I don't want to give anything away and possible spoil what happens, but, damn girl! I'm surprised I didn't find the kitchen sink in here, haha.
found myself going back and re-reading passages to make sure I dint miss a single thing. Have your tissues close by, Ms Fox had me ugly cry a few time throughout this read. And she pulled out all the heavy artillery for the ending.
A mystical, magical and thoroughly spellbinding experience that will not soon dissipate.
Please have this not be the final chapter to an amazing and much loved series.
July 29, 2021
Oh my heart. Tyack and Frayne finally get their HEA but not without a lot of tears and some heavy handed moralizing from the author about racism, homophobia, and Brexit. Fox admittedly does a stellar job of weaving together multiple plot threads from books 1-9 and the previous two books in the trilogy, and she gives the reader ample time to savor the reunion between the lovers. But please, Ms Fox, don't do this again. I have enough real life stress without losing sleep over the fate of two fictional characters.
May 12, 2021
This entire book is the epilogue to the twelve-volume series, and does it deliver. Right down to the very last line.
I read the first book in 2018--this month, three years ago. Seems longer, with all the dimensions Fox gave us in all those pages. Good travels, those of you who are yet to start reading Once Upon A Haunted Moor, and know that the end is fantastic. Well worth the journey.
I read the first book in 2018--this month, three years ago. Seems longer, with all the dimensions Fox gave us in all those pages. Good travels, those of you who are yet to start reading Once Upon A Haunted Moor, and know that the end is fantastic. Well worth the journey.
March 19, 2022
This one goes to some dark places, and was tough to read at times. But it was so good. There is a lot of psychic and mysticism stuff, which really worked for the story. This story is going to stick with me for a long time - Lee and Gideon and Tamsyn and the extended family/friends. What an amazing series. I am so glad I stumbled upon it in audible.
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June 25, 2021
Perfect
I will always love Gideon and Lee and the wonderful, mystical Cornish world they inhabit. This final part of To Find Him and to Love Him Again was everything I hoped it would be. All our favourite characters weaving their threads in this last chapter. Beautiful.
I will always love Gideon and Lee and the wonderful, mystical Cornish world they inhabit. This final part of To Find Him and to Love Him Again was everything I hoped it would be. All our favourite characters weaving their threads in this last chapter. Beautiful.
October 31, 2021
Of course I loved it -- I love these guys!!
Gotta say -- I had a tough time getting through these three installments. There were times when the story started to get in its own way, and lost momentum.
Eventually, of course, Gid and Lee get their HEA, and not a minute too soon!
Gotta say -- I had a tough time getting through these three installments. There were times when the story started to get in its own way, and lost momentum.
Eventually, of course, Gid and Lee get their HEA, and not a minute too soon!
November 22, 2022
I'll love these guys always—definitely one of my favorite couples and one of my favorite book series. I don't think I loved this QUITE as much as I wanted, BUT I did enjoy it a lot, and overall the series is 5 stars.
May 17, 2021
oh my goodness, what a conclusion! Loved everything about this!!
bow down to Harper Fox!!
bow down to Harper Fox!!
June 8, 2021
Amazing story
I love this series and I really hope this isn't the end. The concept is interesting and the characters are very likeable.
I love this series and I really hope this isn't the end. The concept is interesting and the characters are very likeable.
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January 5, 2022I'm not sure how to rate this. You need to have read part 1 and 2 to understand it at all, and probably more recently than I had.
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