A review by anna4
Not Another Love Song by Julie Soto

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I don’t know what Julie puts in her books, but I hope she never stops!

I read Forget Me Not almost a year ago to the day and was therefore more than excited for Julie’s new book!

Not Another Love Song felt (different) compared to Forget Me Not, not only in the way it was structured (which was really on theme) but also the whole tone throughout the book felt more serious.

I cannot speak for the accuracy of portraying an orchestra or the logistics of such, but I definitely enjoyed the music-heavy setting. 

Some minor things that I’m not 100% happy about:

Anything and everything regarding Ava’s & Nathan’s marriage is just mind blowing to me. Especially when I think about all the on page situations where Ava seemingly decided to just not intervene when it was absolutely necessary and basically stop whatever Nathan was doing and saying right there and then? How ?

In the same vein, the reason for Mabel & Ava’s fight was hovering over the story up until very late, and almost the end, of the book, which I understand to a certain degree, but would have loved to have been handled slightly differently.

Extra bonus points for the Forget Me Not cameos! Absolutely loved those!

Already really excited for Julie’s next book!

Thank you to Forever for providing this book for review via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.