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Loading... Rhapsody for Piano and Ghostby Z. A. Maxfield
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  lulumiami | Sep 3, 2017 |   Nineteen-year-old piano virtuoso Fitz has spent his life placating his stage mother with continual practice and performances. Now that his mother has left him at home alone while she’s in France, Fitz has decided to live it up for once in his life. His foray into independence begins with making friends with a guy in the Los Angeles music academy they attend. It ends badly when the so-called friend leaves Fitz stuffed in a dumpster behind a gay club after Fitz rejects Garrett’s sexual advances in the bathroom. To his rescue, after a lot of haggling, come Serge and Julian, ghosts who died during the Holocaust. Together with them, his former half-brother Ari, and a repentant Garrett, Fitz has adventures and grows up in this often funny and always charming story. Liking Fitz is key to enjoying the novel. His previous life has made him act younger than his years, and through Maxfield’s adept writing, readers will enjoy his accelerated maturation. Because his mother has so completely smothered him, unwrapping Fitz becomes a mix of the comic, tragic, and poignant. Read the rest of my review at AAR: http://www.likesbooks.com/cgi-bin/bookReview.pl?BookReviewId=9532 (  ) phenshaw | Nov 3, 2013 |  ) mearias | Sep 23, 2013 | I wasn't sure how the ghost thing was going to work out at first, and initially planned to just skim their parts, but they actually fit into the story quite nicely. ( ) Bitchie | Sep 21, 2013 |  ) Nightcolors | Apr 8, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
Fitz Gaffney finally has some breathing room. His mother's out of town, his piano coaches have backed off, and he's spending his time in a music conservatory where he only has to be adequate for an entire year before all his responsibilities come crashing back in again. Along with his new free time comes the realization that he's lonely, but his first attempt to make new friends goes horribly awry. Fitz's new - but possibly imaginary - friends, Evan and Serge, want to help him find happiness. His used-to-be-step-brother Ari Scheffield wants to help him gain confidence and a little much-needed cool. His housekeeper Marguerite wants to keep fowl in the back yard for butchering because duck confit is expensive and she has pillows to re-stuff. And his possible new boyfriend Garrett wants to prove he didn't mean for their first date to end with Fitz lying unconscious in a dumpster. All Fitz wants is someone to care about him, but suddenly there seems to be a glut. How's a shy guy to know what's real when he's confronted by crazy ghosts, a less-than-truthful boyfriend, and relatives with hidden motives in Rhapsody for Piano and Ghost. No library descriptions found. |
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First MC: 8
Second MC: 8
Secondary characters: 8
Mystery: 5
Sexual tension: 5
Humor: 6
Hotness: 3
Product placement: 3
Ridiculousness: 5
Annoying: 3
To re-read: 7
Suspence: 4 (