The Rivals of Casper Road

Garnet Run, Book 4

By: Roan Parrish

Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux

Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's summary

He’s in it to win it

Until he falls under his neighbor’s spell.

Bram Larkspur’s rugged, sexy looks belie his fear of all things horrifying. But as Casper Road’s newest resident, he’s excited to join the annual Halloween decorating contest. The competition is keen, especially from six-time champion, architect Zachary Glass. But when enigmatic Zachary sparks a prank war, it’s game on—until one sizzling kiss turns these rivals into allies. Now only one thing scares Bram: how quickly he’s losing his heart to Zachary.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

From Harlequin Special Edition: Believe in love. Overcome obstacles. Find happiness.

Garnet Run

Book 1: Better Than People
Book 2: Best Laid Plans
Book 3: The Lights on Knockbridge Lane
Book 4: The Rivals of Casper Road

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Roan Parrish (P)2022 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

Roan always rocks!

It’s rare that I’m just as captivated by the writing as I am the story. And when the narrator is just as great, well, it’s perfect! This entire series made my heart happy!

A Haunting Relationship

This story is so much fun and a great addition to the Garnet Run series. I loved the back and forth between and how their relationship builds. It was a great way to celebrate October.
I listened to the audio version and it was so much fun.

Roan Parrish is one of my favorite authors. She delivers again.

I enjoy Roan Parrish work very. She doesn’t disappoint. Reading a love story makes you feel good.

Just dull

I honestly didn't care much for the characters and the plot was pretty meh. The writing was repetitive and overly flowery and honestly didn't sound like this author at all. There was no real struggle, nothing too compelling. Previous characters made cameos that felt forced. The narration was fine but not great.

meh

Roan Parrish's first series, Middle of Somewhere, was awesome. Garnett Run... not so much. The first two were ok, the third might have been good except Michael Dean's narration is terrible, the fourth was meh. Middle of Somewhere was well thought out with fully developed characters and Garnett Run was clearly just publisher deadline nonsense.

Doesn’t Rival Book 1 and 2

After moving into the neighborhood that goes all out in terms of Halloween decorating, Bram meets his neighbor, Zachary, who wins the decorating competition each year. Zachary is a bit odd; socially awkward and rigid whereas Bram is more of a dreamer. After pranking each other several times, they start hanging out. Is this an opposites attract type of situation?

This story is cute with angst and goes with the series theme of one MC majorly lacking in social skills and relationships. I won’t listen to book 3 because I don’t like the narrator (though he’s a great actor) so I cannot compare it. But this book is nowhere near as good as the first two books. The first two books were riveting and it was special to witness the inexperienced MC having the relationship and physical relationship for the first time and their partner being super patient. This book was a dialed down version of their goodness. It’s worth reading but it’s like a 3 instead of a 5 just because the first two books were so hard to live up to. The narrator is my favorite and it was easy to differentiate the MCs based on how he voiced them.

Disappointed

I really looked forward to his book. I LOVED the first 2 books, but this one was the worst of the series. Almost no character development, very little sexy encounters, and overall boring. I'm just completed disappointed.