Farthing

Liked this so much more than Parrish's last book [b:The Remaking of Corbin Wale 36359430 The Remaking of Corbin Wale Roan Parrish https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1508453783l/36359430.SY75.jpg 58042835] - it felt so much more like a romance among equals. Loved the fact that it took place in my favorite city, Philadelphia, loved that Ginger was such a bad-ass Jewish queer woman, loved the way Christopher was wonderful without being annoyingly perfect. Especially loved the dig against cinnamon bagels (which have no reason to exist and are an insult to real bagels everywhere). The only complaint I had was that the arc of Ginger and Christopher's love story was completely predictable, right down to the argument that almost breaks them up. Parrish does so many wonderfully original things with this plot, it seemed like a cop out to not throw in a surprise or two.I don't know if Parrish planned to write Ginger's story when she introduced her and Christopher as secondary characters in [b:In the Middle of Somewhere 25687508 In the Middle of Somewhere (Middle of Somewhere, #1) Roan Parrish https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1433927277l/25687508.SY75.jpg 45515563], but I'm very glad she took on the new challenge of writing M/F. Plus we get to see more of the couple in [b:Invitation to the Blues 38510053 Invitation to the Blues (Small Change, #2) Roan Parrish https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1520522172l/38510053.SY75.jpg 60147880], featuring Christopher's troubled brother Jude and Ginger's mysterious new tattoo artist Faron.