Tone Deaf by Olivia Rivers

Tone Deaf

by Olivia Rivers

His world is music. Her world is silent.

Ali Collins was a child prodigy destined to become one of the greatest musicians of the twenty-first century—until she was diagnosed with a life-changing brain tumor. Now, at seventeen, Ali lives in a soundless world where she gets by with American Sign Language and lip-reading. She’s a constant disappointment to her father, a retired cop fighting his own demons, and the bruises are getting harder to hide.

When Ali accidentally wins a backstage tour with the chart-topping band Tone Deaf, she’s swept back into the world of music. Jace Beckett, the nineteen-year-old lead singer of the band, has a reputation. He’s a jerk and a player, and Ali wants nothing to do with him. But there’s more to Jace than the tabloids let on. When Jace notices Ali’s bruises and offers to help her escape to New York, Ali can’t turn down the chance at freedom and a fresh start. Soon she’s traveling cross-country, hidden away in Jace’s RV as the band finishes their nationwide tour. With the help of Jace, Ali sets out to reboot her life and rediscover the music she once loved.

Reviewed by nitzan_schwarz on

4 of 5 stars

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I really enjoyed this one! Enough that I would like to see more of this band & these characters!

The synopsis for this book made me finally want to read after around a month of being in such a funky mood, and I am eternally grateful for that! I always love reading books about disabilities and I am a sucker for a messed up past, so this sounded right up my alley, and it was!

I liked the characters even when they were total jerks, mostly because they FELT like stupid teenagers. I never quite understood why being rockstars seem to cancel the age (mental wise) in a lot of books, and that didn't happen here. Yes, Jace is a jerk. He's also a messed up kid from a messed up background who is kind of angry with the world for never being there and you know what? That makes sense. But he's also a kid that has a good heart, and just kind of buries it very deeply. He needs something powerful to make that heart rear its head up again, and that happens to be Ali, which I really enjoyed.

I also thought it did a good job with representing the sheer hopelessness kids like Ali and Jace feel like, but also the difference a good support system and good friends can make in someone's life.

Overall, really enjoyed this one!

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