
Imperfect Harmony
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Narrated by:
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Mark Steadman
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By:
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Jay Northcote
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Imperfect harmony can still be beautiful....
John Fletcher, a former musician, is stuck in limbo after losing his long-term partner two years ago. He's shut himself off from everything that reminds him of what he's lost. When his neighbor persuades him to join the local community choir, John rediscovers his love of music and finds a reason to start living again.
Rhys Callington, the talented and charismatic choir leader, captures John's attention from the first moment they meet. He appears to be the polar opposite of John: young, vibrant, and full of life. But Rhys has darkness in his own past that is holding him back from following his dreams.
Despite the 19-year age gap, the two men grow close and a fragile relationship blossoms. Ghosts of the past and insecurities about the future threaten their newfound happiness. If they're going to harmonize in life and love as they do in their music, they'll need to start following the same score.
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What I particularly love about Jay Northcote’s writing is his ability to inject every day normality into the lives of the men he writes about. I find it in every book he writes, no matter what their ages or occupations. He tells a story, warts and all, even from the far from perfect first sexual encounter, which lets face it, is more likely than the mind blowing perfection a lot of other authors describe. As these men become more comfortable with each other everything else follows suit including their quite obvious love and desire for one another; an abiding relationship looks likely. However, John has reservations, he’s the senior in the partnership by some nineteen years and this is the gist of where the problems lie.
I believe Jay Northcote is, or was, a choirmaster and that is very clear in the very interesting and knowledgeable language he uses when describing Rhys’s role as choirmaster in his corner of the Cotswold. How John begins his healing journey with the help of his beloved music and the love of an adorable young man is quite beautiful.
IMPERFECT HARMONY is a beautifully realistic story of new love, acceptance and healing between two men who never thought they would ever find love again or even believed they deserved it. I loved the story from the intriguing title to the beautiful cover artwork.
Mark Steadman has a pleasant voice and he annunciates clearly - I had no real problem differentiating between the characters. However, his delivery is jerky which I was very conscious of throughout the book and had the effect of taking me out of the story.
IMPERFECT HARMONY is a beautifully realistic story
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Enjoyable story
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The audiobook was narrated by Mark Steadman who does a wonderful job with the narration. Mark voices each of the characters perfectly and his performance really makes the emotions tangible. I was completely enthralled with the story. The audiobook production was well done and made for a really enjoyable listening experience.
Music Notes and Second Chances
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This is no exception. Rhys and John both come from grief, from having lost a loved one; but further than the overcoming of grief, they have to face a significant age gap, that brings out all the insecurities in John and prevent him to take the leap and fully commit, as the younger and more daring Rhys has done.
The narrative is so enthralling you really feel the characters’ pain yourself and you become so immersed in their story it’s as though you were the one living it.
Another thing I love about Northcote’s books (I think I have mentioned it in some other review) is how real they are. Take the sex, for example, he’s one of the few authors I know that doesn’t always portray a perfect encounters, instead his characters are “real” and have real-life awkward moments during sex, and I find this absolutely refreshing and grounding.
May/December and second chances.
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