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Dominique is a high school junior from a gritty neighborhood in Trenton, where she and her mom are barely getting by.
Ben is a musical prodigy from the Upper East Side, a violinist at a top conservatory with obsessive talent and a brilliant future.
When Dom's class is taken to hear a concert at Carnegie Hall, she expects to be bored out of her mind. But then she sees the boy in the front row playing violin like his life depends on it --- and she is transfixed.
Posing as an NYU student, Dom sneaks back to New York City to track down Ben Tristan, a magnetic genius who whisks her into a fantasy world of jazz clubs and opera, infatuation and possibility. Each sees something in the other that promises to complete them.
As Dom's web of lies grows, though, so does Ben's obsessive need to conquer Beethoven's famous Kreutzer Sonata. But Ben's genius, which captivates Dominique, conceals a secret, and the challenges of her life may make it difficult to help him.
Alternating perspectives and an unreliable narrator create suspense and momentum, romance and heartbreak. Author Lindsay Champion's deep roots in theater and music are evident on every page --- structured like a sonata with hints of West Side Story, her debut novel hits all the right notes.
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The only book reread for comfort is my Bible.
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ReplyDeleteMy comfort books /series that I like are the following Jennifer Armentrout Lux series and Wait for Me series. C.C Hunter's This Heart of Mine , and Mary Goldberg's Traitor's Daughter and Marked in a Vision and several other authors
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ReplyDeleteMy comfort books would be Harry Potter series. It is the only thing I reread.
ReplyDeleteI usually don’t reread books...I just pray and/ or meditate if I need comfort.
ReplyDeleteI read The Bible for comfort and I re-read the Harry Potter series.
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ReplyDeleteNo, I have a long list of "new" books to read.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a series.
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