I must first commend Miss Josie Bloss on her use of marching band as a prevalent theme in a book. That doesn't happen very often. And when marching band does occur, it's done wrong. As a former band geek, I can safely say that this book touched upon every aspect of marching band, and got it right down to a T.
As for the plot, it could probably fit into any other group in high school -- preps, cheerleaders, jocks, art kids. It just happens to be in band. There's a high school romance, and it's pretty much the major plot point in here -- the arrival of a mysterious new boy who was incredibly hot, and distracts the female protagonist to no end. And to top that off, she just went three years ignoring boys, and now suddenly she can't keep her mind off of this new one because for some reason that no one can explain, he's attracted to her.
I for one, am not fond of unexplainable attraction. He's hot, okay, but coming from a band geek who watched many hot band geeks march around in front of her, hot guys really don't distract as much as you'd think. Whatever Connor's initial attraction to Ellie is, I don't understand, because the only thing I picked up on right away was something like "you're cute when you yell."
Aside from that, there are things I will praise about this book. It was well written. It was a nice, light book. It was a quick, easy, entertaining read. Go ahead and read it.
As for the plot, it could probably fit into any other group in high school -- preps, cheerleaders, jocks, art kids. It just happens to be in band. There's a high school romance, and it's pretty much the major plot point in here -- the arrival of a mysterious new boy who was incredibly hot, and distracts the female protagonist to no end. And to top that off, she just went three years ignoring boys, and now suddenly she can't keep her mind off of this new one because for some reason that no one can explain, he's attracted to her.
I for one, am not fond of unexplainable attraction. He's hot, okay, but coming from a band geek who watched many hot band geeks march around in front of her, hot guys really don't distract as much as you'd think. Whatever Connor's initial attraction to Ellie is, I don't understand, because the only thing I picked up on right away was something like "you're cute when you yell."
Aside from that, there are things I will praise about this book. It was well written. It was a nice, light book. It was a quick, easy, entertaining read. Go ahead and read it.
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