Night Music, Jenn Marie Thorne
Night Music, Jenn Marie Thorne
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Night Music

Author: Jenn Marie Thorne

Narrator: Sarah Beth Goer

Unabridged: 11 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/22/2019


Synopsis

Ruby has always been Ruby Chertok: future classical pianist and daughter of renowned composer Martin Chertok. But after her horrendous audition for the prestigious music school where her father is on faculty, it's clear that music has publicly dumped her. Now Ruby is suddenly just...Ruby. And who is that again? All she knows is that she wants away from the world of classical music for good. Oscar is a wunderkind, a musical genius. Just ask any of the 1.8 million people who've watched him conduct on YouTubeor hey, just ask Oscar. But while he might be the type who'd name himself when asked about his favorite composer and somehow make you love him more for it, Oscar is not the type to jeopardize his chance to study under the great Martin Chertoknot for a crush. He's all too aware of how the ultra-privileged world of classical music might interpret a black guy like him falling for his benefactor's white daughter. But as the New York City summer heats up, so does the spark between Ruby and Oscar. Soon their connection crackles with the same alive, uncontainable energy as the city itself. Can two people still figuring themselves out figure out how to be together? Or will the world make the choice for them?

About Jenn Marie Thorne

Jenn Marie Thorne is an experienced author who loves writing plays, short films, superhero webisodes, and novels. A graduate of the Tisch School for the Arts with a bachelor's in drama, she quickly realized she loved writing more than performing. She currently lives and writes with her husband, two sons, and a hound dog named Molly in the United Kingdom.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chelsea

I really, really enjoyed this! It was incredibly well written and WAY more complex than I expected it to be. I thought this was just going to be a swooney summer romance, and tbh it was, but it also ended up talking a lot about privilege and racial inequality in the classic music world and I really......more

This review originally appeared on Novel Ink. I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. ACTUAL RATING: 4.5 stars When I first heard about Night Music, I thought I must have been dreaming. A YA contemporary by......more

| | blog | tumblr | ko-fi | | 4.25 stars A delightful and thoughtful summer romance meets the classical music world in Jenn Marie Thorne's criminally underrated Night Music. Ruby, the seventeen-year-old daughter of the renowned composer Martin Chertok, has always felt the pressure of her name. Howe......more

Goodreads review by Eilonwy

3-1/2 stars Ruby learned the truth at 17: In a family of musical geniuses (world-renowned conductors, composers, instrument players), she's a talentless squib whose abilities are merely passable. Without the future she's spent her whole life anticipating, she's at a big, lost, very loose end. But......more