The Lost Love Song by Minnie Darke – 336 pages
ARC from Ballantine Books and Netgalley for an honest review
Book Blurb:
Concert pianist Diana is finally ready to marry her longtime fiance, Arie; she’s even composing a beautiful love song for him, and finishes it while on tour. Before she can play it for him, though, tragedy strikes–and Diana is lost to Arie forever. But her song might not be.
In Australia, the world has gone quiet for Arie and he lives his life accordingly, struggling to cope with his loss. In Scotland, a woman named Evie is taking stock of her life after the end of another lackluster almost-relationship. Years of wandering the globe and failing to publish her poetry have taken their toll, and she might finally be ready to find what her travels have never been able to give her: a real home. And through a quirk of fate or circumstance, Diana’s song is passed from musician to musician. By winding its way around the world, it just might bring these two lost souls together.
My Review: 4 stars
The Lost Love Song was a unique and compelling read about love and music. When I read the premise for this book, I knew I had to read it. Songs travel in our hearts and often, a song will come on that takes me to an exact moment in time. It will trigger the emotions that I was feeling and can literally sweep me off my feet.
In this story, a woman has trouble expressing herself and uses music to share her feelings. She answers a proposal through music; however, the attended recipient never knows it’s for him. In true narrative form, the written score is found over and over again, each time taking on a new tone, varied lyrics and affects different characters.
This book is chock full of love, loss, disappointment, romance, new starts, family relationships and the power of music. It’s a great escape and a light, easy read. Highly recommend for fans of romance and women’s fiction.
Quotes I liked:
Maturity, Diana thought, was enough to give you blisters.”
“Did he first have to work out a way to grow a new heart to replace the one he’s given away?”
“Those that truly love have roots that grow toward each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.”
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