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Invitation to the Blues
by Roan Parrish
Recovering from a suicide attempt classical pianist Jude falls for artist/tattooist Faron with a lot of reflection on how mental illness affects relationships along the way. The book suggests that Jude has depression and anxiety, but it also strongly reads like he is autistic and felt like a good portrayal of that experience, so I'd be interested to know if that was intentional.
I did like this romance, but it's biggest issue for me was the lack of Faron's perspective meaning that little of his interiority was revealed, leaving his character to verge on a 'magical negro'/wise and silent black guy saves troubled white dude trope. If we could have had alternating perspective chapters and got more of a feel for what was going on for Faron/more of his character this might have been different, but it certainly left me feeling uncomfortable at times and I'd be interested to know what black readers thought.
I did like this romance, but it's biggest issue for me was the lack of Faron's perspective meaning that little of his interiority was revealed, leaving his character to verge on a 'magical negro'/wise and silent black guy saves troubled white dude trope. If we could have had alternating perspective chapters and got more of a feel for what was going on for Faron/more of his character this might have been different, but it certainly left me feeling uncomfortable at times and I'd be interested to know what black readers thought.