Every time I read an Amy Harmon book, she devastates me. The power of her words wreck me, each and every time. The characters, the story, the plot. The intricate way she weaves a story that simultaneously makes me laugh through the pain, cry through the agony, smile through the joy, and every other emotion I could feel on the gamut, she makes me feel. The Law of Moses was one of my favorite books last year, easily top ten- The Song Of David is going to be just like that. And it all comes back to her characterization.

David "Tag" Taggart has had a rough life- with parents that were loaded with money, but not so much on emotion. And after his sister Molly was killed he was convinced everything in life that was bad happened to him for a reason. That he deserved the life he was given. He received a inheritance and used to to open his places- his bar, his gym, his life. And then- he disappears, leaving behind tapes- cassette tapes to be exact, weaving his song, he love song- to Millie. And that's how the book reads. It goes back and forth from Tags tapes, to Moses' point of view. And if you don't know who Moses is- read him first, but all you need to know if him is that he is FABULOUS- and Tag's best friend.

“Are you going to devastate me, David?” she asked. “God, I hope not,” I prayed aloud. Anticipation dissolved the lingering space between us, and I pressed needy lips to her seeking mouth. And then we melded together, hands clinging, bodies surging, music moaning, dancing in the wreckage. Sweet, sweet, devastation. “Too late . . .” I thought I heard her whisper."

Millie. Oh my good God Millie. Where did she come from and how can I be her friend? I would love to have someone as just downright GOOD like her. Positive, upbeat. When she has a shite hand, it doesn't get her down, it's just the perks of the hand she's been dealt. And that made me LOVE her fiercely- as Tag did.

“The ability to devastate,” I repeated. And my voice broke. If that wasn’t a perfect description of the agony of love, I didn’t know what was. I had felt that devastation. I had survived it, but I didn’t want to survive it again."

Henry- Millie's brother, loved him fierce too. Even though you could tell he had problems of his own- obviously, he just related to people differently, by quoting sports statistics. He was a fanfreakingtastic secondary character- just as important as the main ones.

Whenever I read Amy's books- she makes me whole again. When I'm in a slump- I know I can re-read Law of Moses or Infinity + One, or Making Faces, and be thrust right back into five star land. And that's what the Song of David is to me. It hovers in five star land, barely. It is a hop, skip and a jump from the magic wanderlust that is six stars, and most books to me- are in 3-5 star land- SIXville, is reserved for magical books. Awe inspiring books. And Song of David, just leapt the fence- and is just chilling there with Archers Voice and Jake Undone for me- and Amy, if you don't know- those are my two favorite books of all time. Bravissimo sister- I knew you were special, but I never knew you had the power to devastate me, and you did, you just did.

“I can’t see my way forward,” I repeated, giving her my back, willing the churning in my gut and the swaying in my head to ease. “I can’t either,” Millie said softly. “But it hasn’t stopped me yet.”