Night Shifts Black by Alyson SantosMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Such A Surprising Book
I’ve only recently discovered this author and I love the way her mind works. She writes about musicians but the way that she writes about them makes the music much more important the fame.
In this book Callie is at a cafe, drinking her usual cup of tea when a man walks in and asks her to move from her chair. When she moves he speaks to her, the first time he’s done that in the week he’s been coming in and staring at that chair.
In the days and weeks that follow Callie becomes Luke’s life line. She recognises pain and won’t let go of him, because she worries what will happen if she does. It turns out that Luke was the lead singer in a very successful rock band until 12 months ago when something awful happened and he walked away.
This story is about an ordinary woman who reaches out to someone in pain and discovers a new world. Callie is a wonderful character. She is down to earth, friendly, bossy and caring. She won’t let Luke spiral into his pain. She yanks him by the scruff of his neck and won’t let go. She doesn’t care that he’s famous, or his life before they met, she cares about the Luke she sees before her and her regard is transformative.
I loved this book, the insights into making music being a big part of it. You can tell the author is a musician by the way she talks about the writing and recording process and it’s an entertaining insight into that world.
There were lots of emotional ups and downs and the plot veered off into somewhere unexpected in a way that I loved. I know the story isn’t complete and can’t wait to read the new book. Thank goodness for finding a new author with a big backlist of books to read!
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