Thirty-five-year-old music teacher
Layla is struggling to come to terms with the dissolution of her ten-year
marriage. Her early 20’s were spent as a full-time musician, the lead singer
for a local rock band. When she married Liam, a successful salesman always
reaching for bigger and better, and the band started to stall, Layla quit music
and began teaching and giving private lessons. Liam’s drive for status and
wealth, and his penchant for living beyond his means, were a constant source of
stress in the marriage. Now divorced, Layla is adrift and searching for who she
is and what she wants next.
Married right out of high school,
Josh spent the next twenty years with a woman who now felt like a stranger. Separated,
and sharing custody of his five-year-old daughter, Josh is living alone trying
to figure out what this next stage in his life will look like.
Heard it in a Love Song is what I
call a Quiet Book. It focuses on character over plot and, while there is the
promise of a romantic relationship throughout the novel, it is not a romance.
The real story is Layla’s journey back to the woman she once was, only
stronger.
Graves created such down to earth
characters in Layla and Josh and I loved the slow evolution of their
relationship from acquaintances, to friendship, to friendship with potential.
These were two people who were battle worn and weary after the breakdown of
their marriages. These weren’t two fresh-faced kids rushing headlong into love.
They were both gun shy and taking the smallest of steps outside of their comfort
zones. They doled out small pieces of themselves at a time, getting to know one
another slowly and organically.
Told in both present time and in
flashbacks of both Layla’s and Josh’s pasts, Heard it in a Love Song is raw and
achingly realistic, told with Graves’s signature depth and warmth. A novel of
resilience, second chances, and the healing power of music, this latest release
from Graves delivered a vulnerable story with plenty of heart. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Disclosure: I received a complimentary advance copy of this book for review. This does not impact my opinion of the book or the content of this review. I received no compensation and my review is voluntary.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tracey Garvis Graves is the
New York Times,
Wall Street Journal,
USA Today, and international bestselling author of contemporary fiction. Her debut novel,
On the Island, spent 9 weeks on the
New York Times bestseller list, has been translated into thirty-five languages, and is in development with MGM and Temple Hill Productions for a feature film. She is also the author of
Uncharted, Covet, Every Time I Think of You, Cherish, Heart-Shaped Hack, White-Hot Hack, The Girl He Used to Know, and
Heard It in a Love Song. She is hard at work on her next book.
Tracey loves to interact with her readers and can be found on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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