Aria St. John is a musical prodigy and her father, Giovanni, a world renowned composer are returning to their home estate after a ten year absent because her father’s health is failing. James Shaw, Aria’s best childhood friend sees them return and this bring backs a lot of painful memories about the horrible accident that left Aria no longer able to play any of her musical instruments. The healing and coming to terms with the past begins when Aria approaches James, a metalworker, to help her with a project for her dying father.
The story evolves and you find out exactly how Aria lost most of the ability and motion of her hands and why her father has such contempt for James. Healing beings as each of them face their own roles in the accident and seek forgiveness and understanding from each other. This is a super short story and will only take about two hours to read and though I am normally a big fan of Amanda Dykes I thought this book was just okay.
There are several rough transitions in the book and I never really got the symbolism of the brass bicycle. I also found myself wondering if she could steer and ride such a heavy bicycle then why is it not possible for her to play any type of musical instruments? I have a feeling if the books had been just a little longer and the characters developed a bit more I may have had a high opinion of the book.
This book was give to me by NetGalley for my honest opinion.
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