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A review by jennyoli96
Invitation to the Blues by Roan Parrish
4.0
I had 1 major issue with this one. But first...
The plot is great. Really, it's a beautiful story. And Roan Parrish is probably my favorite author when it comes to sexual scenes - they're never boring, they're super creative/unusual and they always leave my cheeks on fire. It's not just in this book, I'd already noticed Roan's gift for writing smut in The Remaking of Corbin Wale. So, that coupled with an amazing story makes for a very good book.
That said, I can't give it 5 stars. I would have, if the characters were all aged down. They are older characters but the way in which they're written does not make them act their age. At all. The main character is (is his age a spoiler? probably not but I'm gonna say it so be warned) thirty-six. We don't figure that out right away, and I had not ever painted him a year over twenty-five. And it is not because of his mental health, or his peculiar habits, or because he is just someone who acts younger.No, I felt that about the other characters as well. That was just the biggest example.(Ive read other reviews and no one really seems to have mentioned this so, maybe it's just me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
That's it, though. It's still a very good book.
The plot is great. Really, it's a beautiful story. And Roan Parrish is probably my favorite author when it comes to sexual scenes - they're never boring, they're super creative/unusual and they always leave my cheeks on fire. It's not just in this book, I'd already noticed Roan's gift for writing smut in The Remaking of Corbin Wale. So, that coupled with an amazing story makes for a very good book.
That said, I can't give it 5 stars. I would have, if the characters were all aged down. They are older characters but the way in which they're written does not make them act their age. At all. The main character is (is his age a spoiler? probably not but I'm gonna say it so be warned) thirty-six. We don't figure that out right away, and I had not ever painted him a year over twenty-five. And it is not because of his mental health, or his peculiar habits, or because he is just someone who acts younger.No, I felt that about the other characters as well. That was just the biggest example.(Ive read other reviews and no one really seems to have mentioned this so, maybe it's just me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
That's it, though. It's still a very good book.