Review: Making music is more than a job
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 24, 2013
originally reviewed for StoreyBookReviews.comIt was either while I was reading this book or after that I discovered that Aubrie is a Flutist so her perspective for this novel was from first hand knowledge...after all they say to write what you know!  Melody doesn't seem to have much experience in dating men, or so it seems from this book.  She seems to always choose fellow musicians and it is evident that isn't what she needs.  Enter the new conductor, tall dark and handsome!  He seems Melody and while attracted to her, she is the spitting image of the fiancee he just broke up with and assumes Melody has the same temperament as his ex.  He's a man...so of course his thoughts are wrong!  After some stops and starts, they recognize their attraction for each other and start a relationship.  Of course there are others trying to wreck everything which throws monkey wrenches into everything.I enjoyed the story but thought that Melody didn't seem very strong as a woman and individual.  It could be tied to her past experiences which I can relate....if you have bad dating experiences it tends to make you not quite as strong in what you bring to the table.  That aside, Melody did start to grow and realize her worth more as the story continued.  It was also interesting to see how Wolf changed as a man as he spent more time with Melody and with the orchestra.  And what is a story without at least one "evil" character?  It added enough tension to bring Wolf and Melody together despite the odds.