{"id":14045,"date":"2021-03-01T19:41:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T00:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=14045"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:20:15","slug":"best-laid-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/14045","title":{"rendered":"Best Laid Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best Laid Plans<\/a><\/em> (2021) Roan Parrish<\/a> (Garnet Run)<\/p>\n

\"Best<\/a>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.<\/p>\n

Rye Janssen has spent his time bouncing from place to place, never finding a home. So when he learns that his grandfather (who he never met) left him a house, he gets in his car and drives to Wyoming in the hopes of being able to start over.<\/p>\n

Both Rye and Charlie have issues. However, both Rye and Charlie have worked to deal with their problems. Even if they still have work to do.<\/p>\n

He looked at the situation and chose to acknowledge all the dimensions of it. <\/p>\n

Dimensions (as he thought of them) weren\u2019t positive or negative. They were simply the truth of how he felt about things.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He cut off his thought spiral and pictured windshield wipers clearing the troubling images from his mind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is (as expected) a lovely story. Like the first Garnet Run story, lower in angst than a typical Roan Parrish story, and with characters who actually talk to each other–even if it’s difficult at first. And more importantly, are patient with each other.<\/p>\n

Couple of things to note. First, not that I dislike it, but this is a very strange cover for a MM romance.<\/p>\n

Secondly, the publisher really fell down on the editing. I came across (and was thrown out of the story by) various typos and other such issues. Which is not what I was expecting the Carina imprint. Especially since I’ve read a lot of self-pubbed books with fewer copy editing errors.<\/p>\n

But aside from that, it was lovely and happy and the mental hug I was needing.<\/p>\n

Publisher : Carina Adores
\nRating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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