Okay, so where do I start with this book. I mean, I read countless of books that is themed about music but somehow the concept of this book is a first for me.

[Blurb] Violette Romèu’s sense of self is slipping away. Having lost control of her ability to see sound as colour in the cacophony of Paris, the freelance designer retreats to her childhood home in the French Pyrenees. New beginnings seem possible in the peaceful mountain village, especially when she meets an old friend, a master piano tuner with a beguiling intensity impossible to resist.

FMC has a condition called synesthesia (when you experience one of your senses through another. For example, you might hear the name "Alex" and see green) Haven't heard about this at all so it intrigued me right away. As a music obsessed individual, this book evoked different levels of emotions and imagery that I feel like I have synesthesia myself.

As a whole, the book combined surreal fantasy and imaginative reality exquisitely. With the exemption of a weak character development, I can let the unusual barrage of highfalutin words pass. The incorporation of classical and modern musical theories served as the scientific explanation of the otherwise mystical allusions of the plot twists - which might be what made me sit and read this book until the end.