Rend

De: Roan Parrish

Narrado por: Greg Boudreaux

After a whirlwind romance, a man with a painful past learns to trust the musician who makes him believe in happy endings.

Matt Argento knows what it feels like to be alone. After a childhood of abandonment, he never imagined someone might love him - much less someone like Rhys Nyland, who has the voice of an angel, the looks of a god, and the worship of his fans.

Matt and Rhys come from different worlds, but when they meet, their chemistry is incendiary. Their romance is unexpected, intense, and forever - at least, that's what their vows promise. Suddenly, Matt finds himself living a life he never thought possible: safe and secure in the arms of a man who feels like home. But when Rhys leaves to go on tour for his new album, Matt finds himself haunted by the ghosts of his past.

When Rhys returns, he finds Matt twisted by doubt. But Rhys loves Matt fiercely, and he'll go to hell and back to triumph over Matt's fears. After secrets are revealed and desires are confessed, Rhys and Matt must learn to trust each other if they're going to make it. That means they have to fall in love all over again - and this time, it really will be forever.

Contains mature themes.

©2018 Roan Parrish (P)2019 Tantor

Really wonderful.

I had such a hard time with this one at fist. So much, so close to heart, and so many things I couldn’t stand but for a reason that is obvious and so grateful for the story and the understanding. I love your books, they are stories and real, and hot, and honest, it’s so good to have these books and to have stories that we can relate to and have to share the love there is between gay couples and the same joys and heartbreak we all feel no matter who it is we love.

All the stars!!

I have to admit that I delayed reading this story because I was afraid it would turn me into a blubbering mess. Now I really wish I hadn't waited. I found this story to be very moving. And while it didn't turn into the blubber-fest it easily could have been, I am grateful that the author took a bit of pity on us and kept the angst levels right on the edge. I already knew that the narrator, Greg Boudreaux, is exceptionally talented, but his ability to draw me into the psyche of each character (including the dog), of making me experience the ups and downs that each character experiences (including the dog), took this story beyond the next level. He handled the emotions of the characters, and of the story like a maestro. I don't believe any other narrator could have delivered this story so skillfully, beautifully, or as real.

Audio version

I ache with how beautiful this story was. I have no more words than that.

Tragically beautiful

My God! It was just so tragically BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Roan Parrish, new favorite author!!! Like, EFF!!!! Greg Boudreaux, new narrator for me, excellent acting my dude!!!! Loved every minute of this amazing story!!!!

Stretched story

Very good story but a bit long and repetitive. Too many unnecessary breakdowns. Could have been shorter

not enough stars

Greg Boudreaux played me like a fiddle with his story telling. I felt it all through his words....the actual words of Roan Parrish, which are woven so painfully beautiful and quite the ride. I don't like reviews that tell me the story. I like to read a review that tells me how great it is and to "pick me!" when you are searching for your next best read. here it is, folks. buckle up! LOVE

Another Gem From Roan Parrish

The concept of writing a love story about a couple that’s already married is unique, but challenging. When I first heard that Rend would be about Rhys and Matt, a couple that is already established in Riven, I wondered if perhaps Roan Parrish was backtracking and telling the story of how they met and fell in love. Then, as I began reading Rend, I realized there were some flashbacks to their beginning, but this is a story of a couple almost two years into their relationship. So I wondered where Roan was taking them in this story. How do you make a love story interesting when the couple is already together? I was a little worried that outside influences might emerge to cause trouble for Matt and Rhys, but I should’ve known better where Roan Parrish is concerned. Inner conflict. The inner conflict that Roan Parrish writes so beautifully was enough to turn Matt and Rhys’s world on its axis. She’s so damn good at taking you into a character’s psyche and making you ache right along with them though their struggle. Rend is a story about two souls so deeply in love that they want to spare the other from sadness and pain.

Greg Boudreaux’s narration is superb! I like how he changed his voice to suit each character. He tells the story so beautifully and captures every emotion from joy to pain so fluidly. The ache in his voice during some of Matt’s more painful moments brought tears to my eyes.

fantastic

great book and narrated very well wish there it was a series. 👍👍2 thumbs up

Love hate with this one

While I enjoyed how this all wrapped up, it was a long road getting there. I love poor Rhys so much but wanted to slap Matt around. I get that his struggles that were a result of a tough past, but it felt like it went around and around and around way too many times. It got frustrating and redundant. I LOVE this narrator so I stuck it out, also for Rhys.

Raw

This book was raw and realistic and amazing. It makes me wonder if the author was a foster kid or was friends with one or interviewed a lot of them and had several sensitivity read it. I lived parallel to foster children and had a unique perspective to their lives.

I don’t particularly like single POV, and I wish the author hadn’t changed the style mid-series, but I understand why it was done this way. It emphasizes the loneliness Matt feels.

All that said, I LOLed more times than I can count. I alternately wanted to scream and cry and hug Matt so much.