Tragic, difficult, stunning, emotional, pretty, dark, engrossing

As always I’m very eager to support a Vietnamese author, so when Daniel reached out to me, I was more than excited to read this novella. Set in Vietnam, this novella tells a huge story in such a short amount of time. Told in brief moments of shared history, I found myself feeling my ever-present longing for Vietnam in the longing of these characters. There were moments where I had to set this book down, not because of the heavy themes, but because there was so much emotion packed into a short amount of space. Daniel wrote a stunning novella that is rich with emotion and full of love.

Quick Summary: Violet can see sounds and once believed she was born to be a painter, but her life circumstances have beat her down enough to make her question her dream. Deciding to leave everything, Violet finds herself looking for salvation in Turner, a gang debt collector who had been tasked to collect from Violet’s mother. Together, this unlikely pairing must walk the line between following their dreams or giving up and falling into the life that seems to be forced upon them.

The Color of Your Voice is by no means a light read. This book dives into the depths and difficulties of some of the lowest places of human existence. However dark the world has gotten for Violet and Turner, I love how they learned how to be the light in the darkness for each other. Where they are in the beginning, it seems almost impossible for either of these two to find happiness. Daniel artfully makes the light in the darkness grow from a small spark of care to a flame they can rely on. I was impressed with how the relationship grew, despite their circumstances and especially considering the novella length.
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