Roan Parrish
Auteur van In the Middle of Somewhere
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Something Permanent 15 exemplaren
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Middle of Somewhere Series Box Set: Volumes 1–3 2 exemplaren
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- Parrish, Roan
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- 1982-03-01
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- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Courtney Miller-Callihan
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- 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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Alex, a baker, returns from NYC to his home town, takes over his mother's bakery/coffee shop ... in walks a man he went to school with - a weirdo called Corbin.
And so begins a beautiful novel. The publisher has called it an "M/M Holiday Romance". Holiday? Holiday romance? Who's on holiday? and this is not about a fling, a mini romance, as would meet the definition of "holiday romance". Sure the novel transverses the time of year that includes Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah, called "the holidays", but mmmm, that is circumstantial, not deliberate.
This is about two souls who meet in the ether inside the bakery, and much later in a tactile way, in the old house that Corbin has grown up in, and inherited from his two aunts, also weirdos.
'Weirdo' in the novel is a result of being cursed in life and love. In Corbin's life this being cursed seems to affect his life like a conspiracy theory. It's not true, but he lives inside a mindset that believes it's true.
With great care and patience Alex looks for a crack, a way to crawl inside Corbin's world to try to let in some air, some lightness, some hope, joy and love. Of course we know he will succeed, because Alex is grounded - he's a baker! He's real, he's steady, he's a lover.
Corbin is an elf in a secret garden that is always in danger of being invaded by darkness and evil. Alex is a light sabre - he's going to protect Corbin and free him from that world.
... and the two princes lived happily ever after.
Alex and Corbin have the goodness of heroes in fairytales, and their HEA is right because it puts the world at rights.
Triumphing over adversity, as is the job of heroes in fairytales, is serious business, not to be taken lightly.
This book couldn't be further from the "lightly" of holiday romance.
How right was Chris Chambers' narration! I've heard him quite a lot, and his manner of speaking is quite unusual, but it is brimful of empathy. He has a soft mesmerising delivery.
Later: I've now read comments below and thank you all, such great comments, even Connorz who said she was confused, and could do without the supporting character, Gareth - that made me think. I didn't agree but I'm sympathetic. I think a novel about Gareth and Orin's story could be good!… (meer)