Today’s the release day of Roan Parrish’s Small Change, where Ginger, the best friend of Daniel, is meeting her significant other. :3
I was so thrilled when I heared she get her own story. The story is parallel (in the timeline) to In the Middle of Somewhere, so a few events overlap, other scenes are faded out. BUT you can read it as a stand alone. But I assure you, if you love M/M, you want to read the first book in that series too.
So, enough of the introduction, happy reading of my review. 🙂
Check this post out for two excerpts, quotes from the book and what other thought about the book. 🙂
Small Change by Roan Parrish
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
*~~*ARC kindly provided by the author to me in exchange for an honest review *~~*
When I read In the Middle of Somewhere I was really charmed by Ginger, Daniel’s best friend, the hot fierce tattoo lady. That she got her own book was beyond everthing and I was thriled.
A few aspects did the reader get while reading the mentioned book, other parts were faded out because the main focus wasn’t on her. So, the overlapping timelines and events are gorgeous. But don’t worry, the book can be read as a stand alone and it is maybe a good thing to start with this book when you are a M/M beginner.
This is the first M/F novel by Roan Parrish and holy moly, this is as hot as her M/M stories. I really loved the chemistry between Ginger and Christopher.
Both are different character but so well fitting. Where Ginger is snarky, emotional, sometimes a bit grumpy but lovely and definitely not a bitch, Christopher is the born nurturer and guy who cares for everybody. He nearly sacrefices himself for other.
This is one aspect I really love in general and in this book particular: the character depths is amazing and you were totally invoved in Ginger’s AND Christopher’s thinking, although it’s written from Ginger’s POV. Both character are carrying heavy burden, both have their sad times, both have different kinds of vulnerability.
The chemistry, as I said, is there, the relationship is though a bit slow burning but not boring, in fact it simmers and the first impact is hot. Wheew, really hot.
I could really identify with both character and it was a great read.
If you are searching for fierce, independent heroines and a guy who has a heart of gold and isn’t the alpha-macho, read this book. You won’t be disappointed. :3
5 out of 5 stars for this. For the POV, the character and the depths and the overlapping timelines to the other fabulous series. :3 Worth reading from the first to the last page. :3
RELEASE BLITZ
Title: Small Change
Series: Small Change # 1
Author: Roan Parrish
Genre: M/F, Romance
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Publisher: Self-published
Cover Design: Natasha Snow
Lenght: 429 pages
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Blurb
Ginger Holtzman has fought for everything she’s ever had—the success of her tattoo shop, respect in the industry, her upcoming art show. Tough and independent, she has taking-no-crap down to an art form. Good thing too, since keeping her shop afloat, taking care of her friends, and scrambling to finish her paintings doesn’t leave time for anything else. Which … is for the best, because then she doesn’t notice how lonely she is. She’ll get through it all on her own, just like she always does.
Christopher Lucen opened a coffee and sandwich joint in South Philly because he wanted to be part of a community after years of running from place to place, searching for something he could never quite name. Now, he relishes the familiarity of knowing what his customers want, and giving it to them. But what he really wants now is love.
When they meet, Christopher is smitten, but Ginger … isn’t quite so sure. Christopher’s gorgeous, and kind, and their opposites-attract chemistry is off the charts. But hot sex is one thing—truly falling for someone? Terrifying. When her world starts to crumble around her, Ginger has to face the fact that this fight can only be won by being vulnerable—this fight, she can’t win on her own.
Small Change is the first book in a series that will include M/F and M/M romances.
Praise for the book
“Small Change is a gem. A beautifully written, deeply emotional story with tons of life bursting out of it’s pages. I loved this story! Can’t wait for more.” —Molly O’Keefe, USA Today Bestselling Author
“I can always count on Roan Parrish to deliver emotional truths and gritty realism. Like many readers, I was waiting for Ginger’s story. And what a story it was!” — Sarina Bowen, USA Today Bestselling author of Goodbye Paradise
“It sounds anemic to say, ‘You will fall in love with Ginger,’ but you will! This tattoo artist heroine manages to be both a delight and a total badass at the same time. Parrish makes her characters work for their happily ever after, which means Small Change has it all: vulnerability and great big leaps of faith, broken hearts and patched-together hearts the stronger for that patching. (Also: smashing the patriarchy and amazing sandwiches.)” —Jenny Holiday, USA Today Bestselling author
Excerpt & Quotes
Excerpt # 1
Christopher broke into a smile. He put my coffee on the counter between us and held up the bagel for a long moment, assessing me. Instead of putting it in a bag, he put it on a plate with a napkin. His raised his eyebrows over eyes sparkling with mischief, and bit his lip, like he was waiting to see if I’d call his bluff. He looked like a kid reaching for a second cookie when he’d been told he could have one.
Warmth bloomed in my chest at the idea that he was actively angling to have me stay here and talk with him as I ate. “Wow, you’re not subtle, huh?” I said.
“Nope.”
His p popped, and his grin was sunny and boyish. I liked his lack of subtlety. That he was clear about wanting me to stay.
I narrowed my eyes at him, just in case he was joking, but I left the bagel where it was. I shrugged out of my jacket and draped it over the stool, then I sat down across the counter from him. He squeezed his hands into fists and grinned.
“Yay,” he said softly, and I felt another trickle of warmth flow through me that had nothing to do with the coffee.
Excerpt # 2
He was tall, with the thick build of someone naturally powerful, rather than the kind of sculpted muscles of someone who worked out in a gym. His thick red hair was cut close on the sides and long on top, combed back from a square hairline. He had a strong jaw and a smirky mouth, and his stubble was nearly blond. It was his eyes that I couldn’t look away from though. They were almost the same color as his hair—a warm goldish-orange—and shot through with flecks of blue.
My first impression was that his face was arresting, interesting the way sometimes in a gallery there’s one painting that pulls you in and won’t let you walk past. Each line eases into the next, each color shades into the one beside it in just the way your eye desires. Once you start to see the details you can’t look away.
But the more I looked, the more interesting converted to handsome as hell.
“Dramatic start to the day,” he commented, eyes sliding to the spot where I’d been crouched when he came in.
“Not even my first encounter with a floor this morning, unfortunately.” I leaned an elbow on the counter, drawn toward him.
“One of those, huh?” He spoke with the ease of a food service professional accustomed to such exchanges, and the utter empathy of someone who actually meant it.
When he held the bag out to me over the counter it was accompanied by an easy smile that crinkled laugh lines at the corners of those extraordinary eyes and displayed charmingly sharp incisors that overhung his bottom lip a little, like a kid wearing dress-up fangs.
“Just in case the vagaries of your day find you needing another one,” he said.
And then he winked at me. Not the friendly wink of a barista. A filthy, promise-laden wink that shifted his grin from charming to sexy as hell.
Quotes
“I felt like a feather drifting over the rooftops, kept aloft by the breeze and a kind of happiness I’d never know.”
“He was love, and hope, and appreciation. I was yearning, and trepidation, and the fear of grasping at nothing.”
“I wanted Christopher. I wanted him in my corner when shit was rough. I wanted him in my bed, holding me. I wanted his sun to shine on me. I wanted to soak up his light like a moon, and glow with it.”
Author bio – 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.
She is represented by Courtney Miller-Callihan of Handspun Literary Agency.
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