{"id":13476,"date":"2020-10-01T19:31:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T23:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=13476"},"modified":"2026-03-22T09:27:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T13:27:21","slug":"raze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13476","title":{"rendered":"Raze"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raze<\/a><\/em> (2019) Roan Parrish<\/a> (Riven)<\/p>\n

\"Raze\"<\/a>Huey has spent a decade focusing on being sober, and helping others by being a sponsor. But in building his life, he hasn’t allowed anything unplanned or unexpected.<\/p>\n

I liked the dishes to be done in a particular way, and the routine was important to me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For as long as Felix Rainey can remember, he’s spent his life helping to hold his family together. The oldest of five, his single mother struggled to keep them together, so Felix–and then his sister Sasha–did everything they could to help.<\/p>\n

Now he and Sasha live in New York, she working for the University where she went to school, and he still working at the job he got when the first moved to the city so she could go to school. He doesn’t really know how to want anything for himself. But when he meets Huey, he finally wants something for himself.<\/p>\n

As with the previous two books in this series, this book made me want to cry. Huey has worked so hard to get where he is, but he is still broken, and doesn’t really even realize it.<\/p>\n

(W)ith the pain in my knee managed, I realized they helped me with other kinds of pain too. They let me run away. Hide in the way it felt to not have to be me.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

\u201cI liked how it felt too much, not being me. Liked it too much to stop.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oof.<\/p>\n

Also:<\/p>\n

There was an itch beneath my skin. A raw ache like when I overdid it at the gym\u2014 muscle and sinew pushed beyond their previous limit\u2014 but inside.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And Felix is adorable.<\/p>\n

Felix turned to me, clearly enjoying the interplay. <\/p>\n

\u201cI will win you this monster if it\u2019s the last thing I do!\u201d he pledged, hand to heart. Then, shoving his hand into his pocket, he added, \u201cAnd if I can do it in six dollars.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Though there were hard things to read here, it wasn’t as angsty as the first two books, and I never actually full-on cried while reading.<\/p>\n

Publisher : Loveswept<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Raze (2019) Roan Parrish (Riven) Huey has spent a decade focusing on being sober, and helping others by being a sponsor. But in building his life, he hasn’t allowed anything unplanned or unexpected. I liked the dishes to be done in a particular way, and the routine was important to me. For as long as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,207,148,26,56,934],"tags":[403,50,544,542,224],"class_list":["post-13476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-mental-health-rep","category-queer","category-romance","category-sexual-content","category-trigger-warnings","tag-addiction","tag-boinking","tag-mm","tag-riven","tag-roan-parrish"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/siQkW-raze","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18434,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/18434","url_meta":{"origin":13476,"position":0},"title":"Riven","author":"Michelle","date":"October 31, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Riven (2018) Roan Parrish (Riven) This book is full of so many strong feelings and so much angst, yet bits and pieces of it kept tugging on my mind, so I decided to reread. \u201cDon\u2019t ever apologize for doing what you need to be okay,\u201d he said. But still the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Riven","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Riven.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":21428,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21428","url_meta":{"origin":13476,"position":1},"title":"The Holiday Trap","author":"Michelle","date":"January 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Holiday Trap (2022) Roan Parrish Greta has had it with her family. She may love them, but that doesn't change things. \"I know it\u2019s Chanukah and I know your family, but I must introduce you to my friend Boundaries, and her best friend, Also Boundaries.\u201d Truman needs to get\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Holiday Trap","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/The-Holiday-Trap.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":18453,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/18453","url_meta":{"origin":13476,"position":2},"title":"Rend","author":"Michelle","date":"November 7, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Rend (2018) Roan Parrish (Riven) Matt Argento was abandoned as a child, and from that moment on has never felt himself to be enough. To be deserving. He has a job he loves, but in the back of his mind he still expects everything to be taken away. \u201cYou were\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "9\/10"","block_context":{"text":"9\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/9-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Rend","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rend.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12609,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/12609","url_meta":{"origin":13476,"position":3},"title":"Rend","author":"Michelle","date":"March 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Rend (2018) Roan Parrish (Riven) Oh. My. God. So much crying. I hate crying. Yet, I kept stifling tears as I read this story. Kids in the system slipped through the cracks in school because they didn\u2019t have a support system. They didn\u2019t have people helping them with their homework,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "9\/10"","block_context":{"text":"9\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/9-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Rend","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rend-674x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22184,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22184","url_meta":{"origin":13476,"position":4},"title":"The Pride of Garnet Run","author":"Michelle","date":"August 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Pride of Garnet Run (2022) Roan Parrish (Garnet Run) (H)is brain was very loud, and he needed to put thoughts into music to quiet them down. \"This place was built in 1927. This all used to be bigger, but they turned it from one screen to three in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "7\/10"","block_context":{"text":"7\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/7-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Pride of Garnet Run","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/The_Pride_of_Garnet_Run.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14045,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/14045","url_meta":{"origin":13476,"position":5},"title":"Best Laid Plans","author":"Michelle","date":"March 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Best Laid Plans (2021) Roan Parrish (Garnet Run) Charlie Matheson cares for people. It's what he's done since his parents died and he became guardian for his brother and took over the family business. Rye Janssen has spent his time bouncing from place to place, never finding a home. So\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "8.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"8.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"Best Laid Plans","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Best-Laid-Plans-676x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}