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A review by mindfullibrarian
Riven by Roan Parrish
5.0
Sigh. You know those books that suck you in, with love stories so epic and lovely and all the things with all the feelings? The ones where you get to the last page and you disbelievingly keep trying to find MORE of the story because how could this ever end? And you look up and realize you've been so deep into another world you've forgotten about reality? That was Riven for me.
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Caleb and Theo are so tender. So tortured. So gorgeous. As people and as physical specimens, from the descriptions in the book! The story is deeply tied to music and the writing itself was lyrical and touching. I'm still not quite believing that I can't buy a Theo Decker and Caleb Blake Whitman album because I so desperately want to.
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I'm so happy that my library had a copy of Riven in their digital catalog, and I waited months to get my hold. It was worth it. Luckily they also have the next in the series so hopefully I'll get my eyes on Rend SOON! Also, Riven was NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR in 2018 BY LIBRARY JOURNAL - NBD.
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This romance novel is a contemporary male/male and very steamy. It's not a coming out story. Older/younger dynamic. Storyline of addiction recovery. I loved it. If I could give it 20 stars I would, but I'll settle for the measly 5 that society has deemed the limit for book ratings.
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Caleb and Theo are so tender. So tortured. So gorgeous. As people and as physical specimens, from the descriptions in the book! The story is deeply tied to music and the writing itself was lyrical and touching. I'm still not quite believing that I can't buy a Theo Decker and Caleb Blake Whitman album because I so desperately want to.
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I'm so happy that my library had a copy of Riven in their digital catalog, and I waited months to get my hold. It was worth it. Luckily they also have the next in the series so hopefully I'll get my eyes on Rend SOON! Also, Riven was NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR in 2018 BY LIBRARY JOURNAL - NBD.
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This romance novel is a contemporary male/male and very steamy. It's not a coming out story. Older/younger dynamic. Storyline of addiction recovery. I loved it. If I could give it 20 stars I would, but I'll settle for the measly 5 that society has deemed the limit for book ratings.