A review by jackiehorne
Sonata for a Scoundrel by Anthea Lawson

3.0

A solid read, if not as unconventional as I thought it might be, given the situation of its heroine. Lawson is great at getting the historical times and details right (with the one exception that it seemed strange for a father to allow his two twenty-something children, especially his daughter, to travel without him) and I loved the idea of a female composer having to have her work published under her brother's name. The romance itself, though—between the composer and a master violinist who feels drawn to her works—falls a bit flat, partly because we don't see the two characters spending a whole lot of time together, interacting or talking, and partly because their characters are rather underdeveloped.