I really really liked this story up to a certain point. I think Mr. Lanyon's writing matures in every new story he publishes and I really love to watch how he moves away more and more from some m/m romance clishes, how more and more of his characters have ordinary looks, how his characters starting to have some real flaws of character. And I thought this story had all of that. I loved the setting, I loved how he touched on social issues, on horrible conditions of the mines and what it can cause desperate people to do. Really enjoyed it. And yes, I did like the hosts thing even if I am not a big fan of ghosts stories. So you will ask me what about romance? And I have to say that while I wrote earlier that I feel that Mr. Lanyon moves away from some clishes, unfortunately I feel that he overdid it with Julian.