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A review by rainbowbookworm
Consent by Nancy Ohlin
2.0
This book begins with a police interrogation. This led me to believe that the plot would center around the police investigation. At the very least I expected it to be an important part of the plot. Instead I got a sophomoric, unbelievable romance novel.
Beatrice is a self-taught piano prodigy with daddy issues. Her mother, a Julliard-trained pianist, died during childbirth and neither her dad nor her brother coped well. Her brother started drinking and smoking pot, while her father checked out emotionally for a while and then became a workaholic. When we meet her she complains that other parents are supportive of their kids' endeavours while her father doesn't care about her at all. She compensates by hanging out at her friend Plum's house and eating dinner with her family every night.
When her new music history teacher realizes how talented she is, he wants to offer her a chance to go to Julliard. She misinterprets his interests and has sex with him after he takes her to check out the school. At first it is not clear why he gives in, but later we learn that he had had sex with a fifteen-year-old at his previous school. After that night they decide to wait the ten weeks until her birthday when she will be eighteen and legal. However, they have sex one more time, in his classroom, and a student sees them.
The student, who had almost had sex with Beatrice the previous summer. Tells the principal and that's when the police get involved. This is the point when her father miraculously changes and becomes involved in her life. Mr. Rossi gets suspended and ultimately leaves school to pursue a graduate degree. The book ends with Beatrice going to Julliard, with her father's full support. Once there she receives a message from Dane--Mr. Rossi--that makes it seem as if he is going to pursue her again.
Beatrice is a self-taught piano prodigy with daddy issues. Her mother, a Julliard-trained pianist, died during childbirth and neither her dad nor her brother coped well. Her brother started drinking and smoking pot, while her father checked out emotionally for a while and then became a workaholic. When we meet her she complains that other parents are supportive of their kids' endeavours while her father doesn't care about her at all. She compensates by hanging out at her friend Plum's house and eating dinner with her family every night.
When her new music history teacher realizes how talented she is, he wants to offer her a chance to go to Julliard. She misinterprets his interests and has sex with him after he takes her to check out the school. At first it is not clear why he gives in, but later we learn that he had had sex with a fifteen-year-old at his previous school. After that night they decide to wait the ten weeks until her birthday when she will be eighteen and legal. However, they have sex one more time, in his classroom, and a student sees them.
The student, who had almost had sex with Beatrice the previous summer. Tells the principal and that's when the police get involved. This is the point when her father miraculously changes and becomes involved in her life. Mr. Rossi gets suspended and ultimately leaves school to pursue a graduate degree. The book ends with Beatrice going to Julliard, with her father's full support. Once there she receives a message from Dane--Mr. Rossi--that makes it seem as if he is going to pursue her again.