A review by khairun_atika
Night Music by Jenn Marie Thorne

3.0

I opened this book expecting a summer romance, but that does not do justice to this book. Night Music explores the life of prodigy Oscar Bell, an aspiring conductor who is busy composing a symphony under the mentorship of maestro Marty Chertok. He seeks inspiration and is mused by Marty's daughter Ruby. While this may just be another story of forbidden love, I was glad that it touches on the strict lifestyle of a devoted musician, as well as misrepresentation of minority races. Being black, Oscar finds himself the face of the school's diversity campaign, and is torn between staying true to his music's direction, as well as the school's expectations of him. I loved the nods to classical music in this story. It truly reminded me of the music elective lessons I had at NAFA, of listening to Chausson, Mozart and Liszt. Make sure you listen to Schubert or Mozart when you read this!