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A review by mushmysteriesandmore
The Lost Love Song by Minnie Darke
5.0
I'm not crying, I'm not. It's just rain in my eyes. Inside. On a sunny day. Okay, I'm crying.
This was a beautiful love story, held together by music, in particular, one piece of music composed by talented pianist Diana Clare, trying to tell her fiance Arie how she truly feels; because she can't find the words, she uses music instead. And so begins the journey of the lost love song because when tragedy strikes, Arie never gets to hear the finished piece.
As the song flits around from place to place, and character to character, it is heard by Evie, a drifter and poet looking for her own happy ending. She crosses paths with Arie, neither of them knowing the song composed by his first love would lead to his second. It also bounces in between other couples and families, touching them all as love songs and love itself do.
The characters in this book were all engaging although at first, I struggled to keep up with them all. Some were integral to the plot and storyline, others were 'interludes', brief flirtations with the song, helping it on its way home. The only downside was the couple who made the song public were my least favourite and therefore I resented them for having the fame the song brought them. I wanted the song back with the man it was meant for, but maybe this was intentional, that he never needed the song after all. I adored Arie from the moment we meet him, I can't recall if he was described as a spectacle wearer or not but my image throughout the book was that of Milo Thatch from Disney's Atlantis movie. Just an adorable geek, shy and unsure around people but people were drawn to like him.
All in all, I loved this book. It was one of those that kept me reading until the early hours, way past a healthy hour but I couldn't wait to find out what happened next, only to be sad to see the story end because I wanted so much more, despite the happy ending.
This was a beautiful love story, held together by music, in particular, one piece of music composed by talented pianist Diana Clare, trying to tell her fiance Arie how she truly feels; because she can't find the words, she uses music instead. And so begins the journey of the lost love song because when tragedy strikes, Arie never gets to hear the finished piece.
As the song flits around from place to place, and character to character, it is heard by Evie, a drifter and poet looking for her own happy ending. She crosses paths with Arie, neither of them knowing the song composed by his first love would lead to his second. It also bounces in between other couples and families, touching them all as love songs and love itself do.
The characters in this book were all engaging although at first, I struggled to keep up with them all. Some were integral to the plot and storyline, others were 'interludes', brief flirtations with the song, helping it on its way home. The only downside was the couple who made the song public were my least favourite and therefore I resented them for having the fame the song brought them. I wanted the song back with the man it was meant for, but maybe this was intentional, that he never needed the song after all. I adored Arie from the moment we meet him, I can't recall if he was described as a spectacle wearer or not but my image throughout the book was that of Milo Thatch from Disney's Atlantis movie. Just an adorable geek, shy and unsure around people but people were drawn to like him.
All in all, I loved this book. It was one of those that kept me reading until the early hours, way past a healthy hour but I couldn't wait to find out what happened next, only to be sad to see the story end because I wanted so much more, despite the happy ending.