The Music of Unexpected Things is a lovely story about a group of teens who meet at a summer music camp, where all of the attendees are competing for a scholarship to attend the college that hosts the camp. The main characters are Georgie and Mina, whose perspective the story alternates between as they develop friendships with their fellow campers and begin to have deeper feelings for each other. 

Georgie, blind since birth, is an introvert who struggles with connections to others, mostly because of bad experiences in the past. Mina, on the other hand, is more confident and extroverted, but has her own issues as she worries about how her religious family will react to her sexuality as she’s not out to them. Together with Mina’s best friend Gareth, a drummer named Art, and Zephyr, an even bigger introvert than Georgie with a famous musical family (and of course I can’t forget Georgie’s guide dog, Star), they navigate some pretty heavy topics as they each come into their own. 

I think my only real issue with the story is actually about Star. As a working dog, some of her behavior isn’t what I would expect from a trained guide, and the way so many people just walk up and start petting her while she’s working was rather bothersome. 

I received a free ARC from BookSirens, but my review is unbiased and left voluntarily.