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Book Blurb:<\/h2>\nToday I get to bring to you one of my favorite indie young adult authors, Stephanie Keyes.\u00a0 Her newest book is an addictive mix of phantom of the opera and beauty and the beast.\u00a0 The minute I started this book I couldn’t put it down.\u00a0 Her wonderful storytelling ability continues to grow and with this book it is an excellent showcase of her talent and imagination.\u00a0 For my full review keep reading after the book blurb.<\/p>\n
Book Blurb:<\/h2>\nBeauty and the Beast meets The Phantom of the Opera in a tale of magic, music, and one dark curse.<\/p>\n
Griffin Dunn is a brilliant piano virtuoso and a guest at the lavish Byrons estate. When his callous treatment of the Byrons\u2019 son leads to the child\u2019s death, the boy\u2019s mysterious nanny places a dark curse on Griffin, binding his soul to the mansion until true love finds him.<\/p>\n
Kate Covington has always been an outsider, but she\u2019s determined to make it as a clarinetist at The Byrons School of Music. She\u2019s heard strains of the ghostly piano during her early morning rehearsals, but no way is she letting those creep-tastic compositions distract her. Not even when a hot, pompous jerk named Griff shows up and calls her an imposter.<\/p>\n
Over one hundred years have passed and Griffin\u2019s given up on love finding him\u2014until he meets Kate. The instant their paths cross, he transforms from a spirit to a living, breathing man. It\u2019s obvious she\u2019s the one he\u2019s been waiting for. But though the pair falls in love, they discover the curse isn\u2019t as straightforward as it seemed. As dark magic awakens in the Byrons School, they\u2019ll have one chance to break Griffin\u2019s curse, or else he\u2019ll be trapped . . . forever.<\/p>\n
Griffin knows he is the best pianist around.\u00a0 No one of his age makes the money does at the early twentieth century.\u00a0 When one night of arrogance costs a boys life he is cursed.\u00a0 After a century of the curse, Griffin doesn’t have hope the curse will ever be lifted.\u00a0 That is until he sees Kate practicing early one morning.\u00a0 Kate is struggling with her clarinet.\u00a0 Since her father passed away it has been hard going.\u00a0 When she meets Griffin they definitely don’t like each other.\u00a0 But, when Griffin thinks she may be the way to finally break his curse he offers to help her.\u00a0 As the two of them grow closer, feelings grow into much more.\u00a0 When the answer to getting Griffin released is finally found will they both be able to accept the possible loss that comes with his freedom?<\/p>\n
I totally fell in love with Griffin and Kate.\u00a0 Their love story give the reader all the feels.\u00a0 Both Griffin and Kate are incredibly dynamic characters.\u00a0 Griffin grows into someone deserving of a future and Kate finally works through the hurt and pain she had from her father’s passing.\u00a0 The story of these two is woven in a way that is enchanting and enthralling.\u00a0 The reader truly feels a part of the story.\u00a0 Navigating between two time periods was elegantly done and truly worked well with this story.\u00a0 Throughout the story the reader is taken on a roller coaster of emotions.\u00a0 It really makes you forget that these are two teenagers instead of young adults.\u00a0 Though…Griffin is really over 100 yrs old.\u00a0 On top of the fantastic characters and story is the music that you can hear in your head.\u00a0 It is classical but I guarantee you will be looking up all of those sonatas and concertos.\u00a0 Through her words, Stephanie Keyes, is able to bring alive Griffin, Kate, Mozart, Weber and so many more.\u00a0 If you haven’t read anything by Stephanie Keyes, this is one book you need to pick up today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today I get to bring to you one of my favorite indie young adult authors, Stephanie Keyes.\u00a0 Her newest book is an addictive mix of phantom of the opera and beauty and the beast.\u00a0 The minute I started this book I couldn’t put it down.\u00a0 Her wonderful storytelling ability continues to grow and with this…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[552,1088,1301,1455,1626,1813],"class_list":["post-7028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","tag-fantasy","tag-music","tag-romance","tag-stephanie-keyes","tag-the-spellbinders-sonata","tag-young-adult"],"yoast_head":"\n