Review by Ikaye -- Midwinter Turns to Spring
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Review by Ikaye -- Midwinter Turns to Spring
[Following is a volunteer review of "Midwinter Turns to Spring" by Maria Veloso.]
Romance stories all have the same basic plot, boy meets girl or girl meets boy, girl falls in love with a boy or vice versa. This is the reason why I am so picky when it comes to reading romance novels. When I learned that this novel is the first ever novel that comes with its own music soundtrack, I searched the internet so that I can listen to the songs, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to since I have to buy it and I don’t have any money. But it didn’t stop me from reading the book.
Midwinter Turns to Spring by Maria Veloso is a story about Savannah Curtis, an art appraiser, and Alfonso Madrigal, a flamenco guitarist, who crossed paths because of a painting that Alfonso’s grandmother left him. The two fell in love, but their story wasn’t easy, especially both of them were already involved with other people. Their story was to remain a secret until Cassidy Hamilton, a paralegal who’s the new tenant of the Victorian apartment where Savannah used to live, discovered a journal that was tucked behind the baseboard of a china cabinet and decided to meet its owner to return it. It is a story of love, faith, sacrifice and redemption.
It is a very nice novel. The way the author tells the story is very satisfactory. It is well-written and the words used are well thought of. I can clearly distinguish what is a flashback and what is not. The character of Cristina was interesting. I’ve heard a lot of people who have the same ability as hers. I don’t have exactly the same ability as Cristina but I do have a strong sense of empathy. I can feel tension between people and I can feel whether the person I am talking to is really interested or just faking interest in me. I think it is also because I’m a very observant person.
I also learned new things about art, especially on paintings. I knew about Picasso because of the art movement of Cubism, which was my report on my fine arts class when I was in college. I’m intrigued with the pentimento,so I’m researching about paintings that have pentimentos on them. It is also nice of the author to include issues like domestic and child abuse and divorce. The effects of these issues to the people involved are tremendous even if we can’t see it in our naked eye.
It seems impossible to read a book that you don’t have anything to disagree or dislike about it but here’s one right here. I was surprised that I did not have even a single thing to hate on this book. At first, I thought I was going to hate the love scene since I’m not really into reading explicit love scenes, but Veloso has a way with words. It didn’t bother me a bit. It was sensual, passionate but also careful not to be overly explicit. It preserved the innocence.
All in all, I give it 4 out of 4 stars. It's a well-written, well-researched and well-composed story. I give the author a big thumbs up for combining music, art, love, faith and society’s issues in one story. I also want to commend the author for thinking outside the box, giving the novel a music soundtrack and letting the readers experience the romantic, happy and sad tunes of the music amplifies the reading experience. How I wish I was able to listen to the songs while I read. I recommend it to people who loves to read stories that has art and music in it and loves to discover the different meaning and forms of love.
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Midwinter Turns to Spring
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Romance stories all have the same basic plot, boy meets girl or girl meets boy, girl falls in love with a boy or vice versa. This is the reason why I am so picky when it comes to reading romance novels. When I learned that this novel is the first ever novel that comes with its own music soundtrack, I searched the internet so that I can listen to the songs, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to since I have to buy it and I don’t have any money. But it didn’t stop me from reading the book.
Midwinter Turns to Spring by Maria Veloso is a story about Savannah Curtis, an art appraiser, and Alfonso Madrigal, a flamenco guitarist, who crossed paths because of a painting that Alfonso’s grandmother left him. The two fell in love, but their story wasn’t easy, especially both of them were already involved with other people. Their story was to remain a secret until Cassidy Hamilton, a paralegal who’s the new tenant of the Victorian apartment where Savannah used to live, discovered a journal that was tucked behind the baseboard of a china cabinet and decided to meet its owner to return it. It is a story of love, faith, sacrifice and redemption.
It is a very nice novel. The way the author tells the story is very satisfactory. It is well-written and the words used are well thought of. I can clearly distinguish what is a flashback and what is not. The character of Cristina was interesting. I’ve heard a lot of people who have the same ability as hers. I don’t have exactly the same ability as Cristina but I do have a strong sense of empathy. I can feel tension between people and I can feel whether the person I am talking to is really interested or just faking interest in me. I think it is also because I’m a very observant person.
I also learned new things about art, especially on paintings. I knew about Picasso because of the art movement of Cubism, which was my report on my fine arts class when I was in college. I’m intrigued with the pentimento,so I’m researching about paintings that have pentimentos on them. It is also nice of the author to include issues like domestic and child abuse and divorce. The effects of these issues to the people involved are tremendous even if we can’t see it in our naked eye.
It seems impossible to read a book that you don’t have anything to disagree or dislike about it but here’s one right here. I was surprised that I did not have even a single thing to hate on this book. At first, I thought I was going to hate the love scene since I’m not really into reading explicit love scenes, but Veloso has a way with words. It didn’t bother me a bit. It was sensual, passionate but also careful not to be overly explicit. It preserved the innocence.
All in all, I give it 4 out of 4 stars. It's a well-written, well-researched and well-composed story. I give the author a big thumbs up for combining music, art, love, faith and society’s issues in one story. I also want to commend the author for thinking outside the box, giving the novel a music soundtrack and letting the readers experience the romantic, happy and sad tunes of the music amplifies the reading experience. How I wish I was able to listen to the songs while I read. I recommend it to people who loves to read stories that has art and music in it and loves to discover the different meaning and forms of love.
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Midwinter Turns to Spring
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