A magical and heartbreaking tale about a girl that didn't want to be forgotten and a kingdom bathed in blue light.

I will admit, even though I really liked this book, I enjoyed the parts that took place in the Kingdom of Back way more. The story about the lost siblings, the whole imagery of every peculiar thing surrounding the Kingdom and of course, Hyacinth himself, made these parts of the book all the more enticing.

Throughout the story, my heart broke for Nannerl so so much. I had only briefly heard of her before and I'm so ashamed that I didn't know of her sooner, of a person with the same talent, same aspirations, same dreams as the great Wolfang A. Mozart that was denied everything he had, just because she was a woman.

The book played with the concept of who's actually a villain and you'll be surprised to hear that I hated Nannerl's father more than I hated Hyacinth. Hyacinth had his own motives all along, so I can kind of excuse him for being the way he was. Her father on the other hand and his blatant favoritism towards Woferl really made me tick. He had two bright lights of music in front of him and he actively chose to see only one of them. I think I feel so strongly against him, because he was her father, he taught her everything, he should have loved her equally with her brother!

All in all, I enjoyed this book a lot! It's my first of Marie Lu's and her writing really impressed me, so I'll be definitely checking out her other works as well!