Beck meets August at school and they become friends though Beck plays the piano, forced by his mother whom can no longer play and is now a bitter abusive woman towards her son. He also has a brother and sister too but Beck is the one pushed at only fifteen to become a famous pianist and not have the family name die from the world of piano playing.
Only as the abuse worsens and Beck feels more and more pushed into a fake life, a life he hates he tries to take charge only for it to end up with him in a worse state than ever before...
Overall, it was a good book. Personally for me if rammed home the domestic abuse point about his mother's obsession with having their family name live on in the world of music. Other than that, the story between August and Beck was a very sweet teen romance and totally believable, they seem a normal couple. Just like an abuse sufferer, Beck hates his life and says it often but shows that good things can come from bad situations when you least expect it like August showing up in his life.
Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!
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