B Reviews / B+ Reviewsboarding school / family-reunion / fathers and daughters / grief / Love-Triangle / musician / New Hampshire / YA / Young-Adult10 Comments
Dear Ms. Bowen, I’ve enjoyed most of your NA novels; in my opinion, you write your strongest books when you focus on coming-of-age themes. So, when I saw that your first YA novel, The Accidentals, was out, I took a chance and bought it. It’s the summer before senior year ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAfrican American / class differences / coming-of-age / historical romance / musician / Washington DCComments Off on REVIEW: A Delicate Affair by Lindsay Evans
Dear Ms. Evans, There’s an interesting story behind how A Delicate Affair came to be. In the early 1990s, Harlequin published a series of twelve romances each set in a different decade, mostly in the twentieth century, but featuring white authors and characters. More recently, romance author Wayne Jordan approached ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsclassical music / First-Person / high school sweethearts / mature / musician / second chance at love / Young-AdultComments Off on REVIEW: Strings: a love story by Megan Edwards
The Merino Rose. Ted Spencer has a hard enough time believing the celebrated violin really exists. To find it sitting on his coffee table is nothing short of incredible. The stuff of legend, the exquisite Guarnerius has been missing for centuries. But even though the renowned instrument is a violin ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerica / chick-lit / classical music / Contemporary / First-Person / musician / weddingsComments Off on REVIEW: Ellen the Harpist by Diane Michaels
Single. Inept at flirting. But at least she has talent and a sense of humor. The problem is, she’s often the punchline. Ellen Blum is pretty good at convincing herself she is an adult. Despite her difficulties, she’s proud of the cred she has earned serenading brides down the aisle ... more >
Book Reviews / C ReviewsAmerica / Contemporary / musician / rock band / Rock-Star / Scientist3 Comments
In this sparkling debut novel, Mary Ann Marlowe introduces a hapless scientist who’s swept off her feet by a rock star—but is it love or just a chemical reaction?… Biochemist Eden Sinclair has no idea that the scent she spritzed on herself before leaving the lab is designed to enhance ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / 20th century / blind / Boss-Secretary / classical music / disabled character / England / musician / Warrender Saga3 Comments
Dreams have been dashed… Antoinette Burney, a more than promising music student, is disappointed and furious when the famous concert pianist Lewis Freemont fails her in an exam. To make matters worse, he tells her forthrightly that she will never make the grade as a professional pianist. Her hopes and ... more >
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