I was initially very intrigued by the concept behind this book: the idea that you could figure out people’s problems by examining the song lyrics that run through their heads. It ends up being more than just that idea—there’s more of a story here than I expected. And in the end, I really enjoyed the story Tucker built around the concept that drew me in.

The characters were well developed-especially the teenage narrator, Leeann, and her older sister Mary Beth (the “song reader”). The story of their family drew me in and kept me reading. It did feel like a first novel in places-there were times I felt the imagery or situations were a little too obvious. But overall, it was a quick, good read.