The Sound blew me away. It is such a beautiful book. It deals with a serial killer (in part), so I know that may sound strange, but it is. Sarah Alderson did a fantastic job telling the story of The Sound. I loved it so much. This book just kept growing and evolving into more and more. It exceeded all of my expectations.

Ren gets way more than she bargained for when she arrived in Nantucket to nanny for the summer. She was looking to get away from a bad breakup, just have some time to relax and to work on her music blog. I loved Ren. She is like a breath of fresh air. She is interesting and real. She hates labeling people and she has no problem befriending both the rich kids and the townies. I enjoyed how she was her own person.

The Sound is both a really sweet romance, as well as so much more than that. There are multiple side plots that all worked together in unexpected ways so well. There was the mystery of the nanny killer, the mystery of what happened between Jesse and the rich kids, as well as another storyline that I didn't even see coming at all. I called the romance in this book from a mile away, but the mystery part of the book had me guessing right until the very end. It was great!

I even enjoyed the relationship that Ren had with the kids she nannied- Brodie and Braiden. Brodie was so cute. (And I am not a kid person, so that is really saying something.) I read the sound in one sitting because I just couldn't put this book down. Sarah Alderson has a fan in me. She is a very talented writer. The Sound is a fantastic book- romantic and mysterious. It will leave you swooning and your heart pounding as you try and figure out who the killer is.