Library Journal Reviews Lord of the White Hell Book One
Jackie Cassada at Library Journal has favorable things to say about Ginn Hale's new book:
When promising young mechanist Kiram Kir-Zaki becomes the first member of his people, the Haldiim, to attend the prestigious Sagrada Academy, he experiences the scorn of the haughty scions of the ruling Cadeleonians, who dominate the school. Despite cultural and religious differences, he befriends a pair of nobles who share his sense of alienation and comes to the attention of upperclassman Javier Torsenal, who has a reputation for mayhem after selling his soul to become the master of a force known as the white hell. The author of Wicked Gentlemen launches a two-volume tale of a young man who believes himself doomed and the stranger who may hold the key to his salvation. VERDICT Lushly detailed, with believable, fully developed characters, this fantasy with homoerotic overtones is reminiscent of Mercedes Lackey's Vanyel novels and should appeal to a similar readership.
When promising young mechanist Kiram Kir-Zaki becomes the first member of his people, the Haldiim, to attend the prestigious Sagrada Academy, he experiences the scorn of the haughty scions of the ruling Cadeleonians, who dominate the school. Despite cultural and religious differences, he befriends a pair of nobles who share his sense of alienation and comes to the attention of upperclassman Javier Torsenal, who has a reputation for mayhem after selling his soul to become the master of a force known as the white hell. The author of Wicked Gentlemen launches a two-volume tale of a young man who believes himself doomed and the stranger who may hold the key to his salvation. VERDICT Lushly detailed, with believable, fully developed characters, this fantasy with homoerotic overtones is reminiscent of Mercedes Lackey's Vanyel novels and should appeal to a similar readership.
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