Love in B Minor

Nowodazkij’s G-rated contemporary romance riffs on the idea of love in a world where a person can turn (in)famous overnight. The last thing American dance student Jen Harrison is looking for is romance. She’s worked her whole life for the chance to study dance at a prestigious school in Paris and isn’t about to get distracted by love. So when a handsome stranger rescues her from a mugger, she tells him her name is Laura. And because he doesn’t want involvement either, the stranger—who’s really Lucas Wills, lead singer of rock group Dire Blue—lies about his identity too. The two begin spending time together, and it’s all very cute and fun until somebody begins leaking career-ending secrets about the duo and the Internet explodes with predictable venom. That predictability works against Nowodazkij’s rather charming love story; there is zero suspense and little conflict as these two flimsy characters tough out a digital explosion of bad news. The writing and dialogue are well done, but Nowodazkij takes too few risks. (BookLife)