Book Review
Title: Perfect Harmony
Author: Emily Albright
Genre: YA/Contemporary/Romance
Rating: *****
Review: In the opening to Perfect Harmony we are introduced to Pippa Wyndham who is a top cellist and wants to get into Goddards which is the best music school and she has her audition today. Pippa has always had a crush on her childhood friend Noah who is best mates with her brother but when Declan Brogan transfers to her school from New York and he is also a cellist she knows she is going to have some competition for the top spot and first chair. Pippa and Declan immediately dislike each other but I have a feeling as this book is labelled as a romance that at some point there will be a love triangle between Pippa, Declan, and Noah. When Pippa and Declan are forced to work on a duet together in order to pass their class I was hoping this would lead to some surprising situation given the fact they are both fighting for the same thing.
As we approach the ¼ mark in the novel, Pippa and Declan seem to be tolerating each other in order to practice together and she and Noah are getting along great and it also seems like he is going to ask her to the Winter Formal although he gets blocked by Pippa’s brother. I really like how both guys are into Pippa, but they are two contrasts, but both have their flaws, Noah is a little shy while Declan comes across as a little cocky, but I think in Declan’s case this is a mask he hides behind but I am not sure about Noah yet. However, when Quinn announce she is going with Declan to the dance, Pippa gets jealous although she doesn’t understand why when she has had a crush on Noah for years and is getting everything she wants.
As we cross the ¼ mark in the novel, Pippa and Declan’s piece seems to be going great, but she is beginning to notice feelings she is having for Declan but with bringing Noah to the dance she isn’t sure how she should treat either of them, but it seems the pair are getting closer the more time they spend together. However, when they go to the dance with their respective dates they realise how they feel about each other. Pippa ends up kissing both Noah and Declan in the same night but only one kiss gives her fireworks, but this is complicated when Quinn confesses that she likes Declan as well and Pippa isn’t the kind of person to hurt her friends. All I can say is teen drama. Pippa and Declan are perfect for one another but when they don’t get into a competition they applied for, Pippa is really disappointed, but it also seems that Noah won’t take a hint and leave Pippa alone.
As we cross into the second half of the novel, Noah and Quinn catch Pippa and Declan kissing and it causes a major rift between them especially between Pippa and Quinn and no matter what Pippa does Quinn won’t even hear her out. Meanwhile, Pippa manages to keep her first seat, but she decides she and Declan had better let things cool off a little before deciding whether or not they should actually get together although it does seem pretty clear that they are already in a relationship, whether they realise it or not.
As we approach the ¾ mark in the novel, there is no change in the relationship between Quinn, Pippa, and Noah but she and Declan can’t seem to be away from each other for long. Things change when Pippa lets slip that Quinn likes Phillip and when she and Declan get into the competition they didn’t make it into because of a disqualification. As they jet off to New York for the competition we see Declan and Quinn putting things right between them despite what is happening with Quinn and Noah.
As we cross into the final section of the novel, Pippa gives Declan some advice on dealing with his father who divorced his mother after Declan caught him cheating on his mother with his new wife and the pair finally seem to get around the idea of being together as a couple. The last ¼ of Perfect Harmony was just perfection the place Pippa and Declan’s relationship ends up after everything they have been through was perfect and everything was done so right. The only issue I had with this novel was there was a little too much teen drama for me but that can’t be helped when the book is set in high school. Overall, I loved Perfect Harmony and would love to see a sequel of how the character’s relationship work while being in college and moving into adulthood.
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I received this review copy from NetGalley
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