Review of Rend: A Novel (Riven Series Book 2) by Roan Parrish
When Matt meets Rhys, he figures they'll end up doing what he usually does - having a quick one-time thing, then he'll never see him again. Little did he know Rhys would come to mean so much to him, be the light to his dark-filled life.
A few months into dating and the two have fallen fast and hard, and a quick wedding is on the books. But what happens after the wedding when the two actually have to be married? Have to live together? To know each other? And when Matt is left at home when Rhys' job takes him away for awhile? Will Matt's many demons overwhelm him again? Or will he fight them off and realize that he deserves to have the life, the love, that Rhys wants to give him?
First off, I have to say that this author's writing is fantastic! It's deep, flowing and pretty beautiful. However, and this is a small however, Rend, while entirely readable, is verrry heavy and melancholy, depressing at times, just like the depression Matt fights. If Rhys' character weren't such Matt's opposite in his joyful sweetness, I'm not sure I could have gotten through Rend because it's just so heavy. I wouldn't wish Matt's childhood on any living thing, and the scars he bears because of that childhood are pretty horrifying for him, and for the reader. Thankfully Rhys was there to counterbalance Matt.
I haven't read the other story in this series, but after having read, and really liked, Rend, I plan on rectifying that, immediately because Rend is a beautiful, heartbreaking story, so I can only imagine how much I'll enjoy Riven.
ARC via NetGalley.
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When Matt meets Rhys, he figures they'll end up doing what he usually does - having a quick one-time thing, then he'll never see him again. Little did he know Rhys would come to mean so much to him, be the light to his dark-filled life.
A few months into dating and the two have fallen fast and hard, and a quick wedding is on the books. But what happens after the wedding when the two actually have to be married? Have to live together? To know each other? And when Matt is left at home when Rhys' job takes him away for awhile? Will Matt's many demons overwhelm him again? Or will he fight them off and realize that he deserves to have the life, the love, that Rhys wants to give him?
First off, I have to say that this author's writing is fantastic! It's deep, flowing and pretty beautiful. However, and this is a small however, Rend, while entirely readable, is verrry heavy and melancholy, depressing at times, just like the depression Matt fights. If Rhys' character weren't such Matt's opposite in his joyful sweetness, I'm not sure I could have gotten through Rend because it's just so heavy. I wouldn't wish Matt's childhood on any living thing, and the scars he bears because of that childhood are pretty horrifying for him, and for the reader. Thankfully Rhys was there to counterbalance Matt.
I haven't read the other story in this series, but after having read, and really liked, Rend, I plan on rectifying that, immediately because Rend is a beautiful, heartbreaking story, so I can only imagine how much I'll enjoy Riven.
ARC via NetGalley.
#bookreview #Rend #RivenSeries #RoanParrish #MM #gayromance #contemporaryromance #LGBTQ #damagedsoul #NetGalley #ARC
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