Release Blitz ~ Invitation To The Blues (Small Change #2) by Roan Parrish (Review + Excerpt + Giveaway)
Invitation to the Blues (Small Change #2)
Publisher: Monster Press
Release Date (Print & Ebook): March 28th, 2018
Length (Print & Ebook): About 81,000 words
Subgenre: Contemporary romance
Content warning: depression, suicide, thoughts of worthlessness, food issues
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Eight months ago Jude Lucen fled his partner, his career, and a hospital in Boston after a suicide attempt. Now back in Philadelphia, he feels like a complete failure. Piano has always been his passion and his only escape. Without it, he has nothing. Well, nothing except a pathetic crush on the most gorgeous man he’s ever seen.
Faron Locklear came to Philly looking for a fresh start and has thrown himself into tattooing at Small Change. He’s only met Jude a few times, but something about the red-haired man with the haunted eyes calls to him. Faron is blown away by Jude’s talent. What he isn’t expecting is the electricity he feels the first time they kiss—and the way Jude’s needs in bed speak directly to his own deepest desires.
Jude and Faron fall fast and hard, but Jude has spent a lifetime learning that he can’t be what the people he loves need. So when the opportunity arises to renew his career in Boston, he thinks he has to choose: music, or Faron? Only by taking a huge risk—and finally believing he’s worthy of love just as he is—can he have the chance for both.
The Small Change series is set in the Middle of Somewhere universe and features crossover characters from that series. Each book can be read on its own. Content warning: This book contains explicit discussion of depression, anxiety, attempted suicide, and feelings of worthlessness.
Excerpt:
My problem with Faron was that he was stunning.
He was tall and taut, with broad shoulders and an elegant neck. His tawny brown skin was
flawless and he had dreamy, gray-brown eyes that always seemed to focus on something in a
plane beyond this one. His riot of corkscrew curls was sometimes loose, but today was caught
up in a topknot. It had been bleached nearly white when I first met him and was now growing
out. His cheekbones were high and broad, casting shadows that made him look like he was
candlelit from every angle. His mouth was lush and full, and his rare smiles turned his chiseled beauty to a warmth so engaging that you didn’t ever want him to look away from you.
His beauty was a problem because it made me want him and I hated wanting anything.
Desire was the beginning of disappointment.
It wasn’t just his looks, though. I could’ve handled that. I’d known a lot of beautiful people.
No, it was everything.
He was graceful and forceful at the same time. His focus was intense, whether it was on the
things that only he saw or on whoever he was listening to. And he made me feel calm—as if he held the whole world in his hands and slowed it down or sped it up to whatever speed I was going.
It was intoxicating: a promise of peace as long as I was in his presence.
A hope.
And hope was even worse than desire.
4 Stars
This wasn’t always an easy story to read. Jude is severely depressed and because the book is told completely from his point of view it was difficult at times to be inside his head. He goes through some dark times, so the book feels heavy at times. I felt so bad for him and I just wanted to cuddle him.
I absolutely loved Faron and I really wish we’d gotten his point of view as well, but I loved that he was so patient and understanding when it came to Jude. He knew instinctively when to push him and when to just leave him be. They were comfortable together, just being. They didn’t need to be touching or talking, but their feelings still shone through in those quiet moments. They had great chemistry and the sex was hot and passionate.
The story was well-written and as a person who suffers from depression, although not as major as Jude’s, the author did a good job at making this part of the story realistic and I was also glad to see that all of Jude’s problems didn’t magically disappear just because he fell in love.
The story also featured some great secondary characters. I especially enjoyed Jude’s interactions with his brother, Christopher. You could really tell just how much Christopher cared for Jude.
All in all, although dark at times, this was still an enjoyable read that I’d definitely recommend, but because it’s dark, I’d caution people with major depression. I think the book has the potential to put you in a dark place.
*** Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie for my reading pleasure, a review wasn't a requirement. ***
About Roan Parrish: Roan Parrish lives in Philadelphia, where she is gradually attempting to write love stories in every genre. When not writing, she can usually be found cutting her friends’ hair, meandering through whatever city she’s in while listening to torch songs and melodic death metal, or cooking overly elaborate meals. She loves bonfires, winter beaches, minor chord harmonies, and self-tattooing. One time she may or may not have baked a six-layer chocolate cake and then thrown it out the window in a fit of pique.
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