Andi lives in New York and is dealing with the emotional turmoil of her younger brother's accidental death. Alex lives in Paris and is a companion to the dauphin, the young son of Marie-Antoinette and Louis XVI, during the violent days of the French Revolution. When Andi is sent to Paris to get her out of the trouble she's so easily enveloped by in New York, their two stories collide, and Andi finds a way to reconcile herself not only to her past but also to her future. This is a heart-wrenchingly beautiful, evocative portrait of lives torn apart by grief and mended by love.
Initial thoughts: The obsession with music and historiography were two very crucial elements that made me like the book so much. Coupled with the voices of the two narrators that brought the two main characters to life, I couldn't stop listening until I was done. 21st & 18th-century Paris were so artfully intertwined, I ended up caring much more for the story within a story than I usually do. My only gripe was that the resolution was very abrupt which left me finishing Revolution on a less than high note. Nonetheless, a worthy read!
