federicogatto

You may have noticed I am a sucker for stories involving music--especially rock music. The power of music to inspire, influence and move people has always been fascinating to me and I was particularly intrigued to read such a story from the perspective of a deaf protagonist. Piper is just amazing: sweet, smart, funny, angry, cunning and tough. She has a formidable drive and it is wonderful to see her come into her own over the course of the novel. The secondary characters are so great too--not only the band but Piper’s family as well. I thought Antony John really nailed some complex emotional dynamics within the Vaughan household. The story revolves around the band getting their act together but the novel is about so much more than that. It’s about a girl learning how to be a friend, a daughter, a sister, one kick-ass band manager and most importantly, herself. That, my friends, deserves a quadruple air guitar solo.

2022-10-10 17:18