I was drawn to this story purely from the musical element, having trained in classical music for most of my life. And I was sooo glad to have read it.

Evelyn is living her dream, singing opera professional in Europe, until one day her voice disappears. She can talk, but it’s silence when she tries to sing.

What follows is a story of growth and development in one of the most raw, realistic and heartfelt ways. Evelyn has to work out what might have caused this to happen while also trying to decide whether it’s actually what she wants.

It’s beautifully written, raw and rough around the edges which feels so honest. The ending didn’t feel finished, but in a poetic way it felt like the start of Evelyn’s next part of life which I kind of loved too!

A profoundly relatable novel about chasing your dreams and losing your ambition while exploring the crisis that occurs when you learn that who you always wanted to be when you grew up isn't quite what you imagined. A painfully relatable story of youth told with humour and heart.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧 & 𝐔𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐤

This had me up at 1am in bed laughing out loud. A few passages worth reading aloud to my partner and he was laughing too!

Some uncomfortably relatable moments for me!

If you can watch Girls and be able to relate, enjoy and not hate all the characters you'll enjoy this one. MC Evelyn is truly insufferable in a Hannah Hovarth way. Not fast paced by any means, not sure anything happens really but I did enjoy it and would recommend.

Some really brilliant short scenes - would honestly make a great movie or limited series.

Thankyou NetGalley for this ARC!