A review by alylentz
Songs in Ursa Major by Emma Brodie

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Everything goes more or less how you expect it to in this book for like 75% of the way through, and then there's a reveal which pulled me in more, but I still don't know if that was enough for me. I wish it had either committed to completely real world musicians beyond our main characters or completely made up bands--the mix between the two felt like it was pulling me out of the story. I also wish the affair element had more of a slow burn to it... they were about to kiss on like page 40 and they'd been in like a handful of scenes together. I'd read more from this author, but this didn't do it for me.
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