The Song of David

Amy Harmon — 2015

I won my first fight when I was eleven years old, and I've been throwing punches ever since. Fighting is the purest, truest, most elemental thing there is. Some people describe heaven as a sea of unending white. Where choirs sing and loved ones await. But for me, heaven was something else. It sounded like the bell at the beginning of a round, it tasted like adrenaline, it burned like sweat in my eyes and fire in my belly. It looked like the blur of screaming crowds and an opponent who wanted my blood. For me, heaven was the octagon. Until I met Millie, and heaven became something different. I became something different. I knew I loved her when I watched her stand perfectly still in the middle of a crowded room, people swarming, buzzing, slipping around her, her straight dancer's posture unyielding, her chin high, her hands loose at her sides. No one seemed to see her at all, except for the few who squeezed past her, tossing exasperated looks at her unsmiling face. When they realized she wasn't normal, they hurried away. Why was it that no one saw her, yet she was the first thing I saw? If heaven was the octagon, then she was my angel at the center of it all, the girl with the power to take me down and lift me up again. The girl I wanted to fight for, the girl I wanted to claim. The girl who taught me that sometimes the biggest heroes go unsung and the most important battles are the ones we don't think we can win.

Reviews

Lover of Romance @addictedtoromance

Dec 9, 2024

This review may contain spoilers, so fair warning, upon reading the review. Also my tags may have spoilers in them so be forewarned before checking out full review.

Book Evaluation:
Plot: 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️
World Building:🌎🌎🌎🌎
Cover:📔📔📔📔
Hero: 🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻🦸🏻
Heroine:🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏻🦸🏻‍♀️
Intimacy Level: 🔥🔥
Relationship Building: 💒💒💒💒
Heart & Feels:💞💞💞💞
Witty/Banter/Reaction of Laughter: 😂😂😂😂
Page Turner Level:📖📖📖📖
Narration:🎧🎧🎧🎧
Ending:🧧🧧🧧🧧
Overall View: ✨✨✨✨

First Impressions
The Song of David was brilliantly written and it just captivated me. Once I got into this story, I didn't want to let go of it. The characters were so awe inspiring and I loved the set up of seeing some disabilities being represented in this one. It also was written in a very unique way that I wasn't expected and I actually was all for it. The narration just captured it brilliantly, that I didn't mind the flashbacks at all, it just flowed together so smoothly.

First Line
Millie called me yesterday morning.

The Main Protagonists
The Hero: Tag
The Heroine: Millie

What I Loved
Song of David was just a emotionally captivating story. It was uniquely written and it was also a story that just digs deep into certain issues we don't always think about. Amy Harmon was brilliant with this story and I loved that it was part of a duo series with Tag's best friend. I was so intrigued to see how intricate this was woven with that friendship and the romance that comes into play. The heroine is blind and she has a young brother who is on the autistic spectrum. Tag has a painful past though and you really see him battle through some unresolved issues. The romance was slowly crafted but you can feel their intimacy. I love that Amy Harmon can write chemistry without sexual content. Its just so so refreshing. It shows you can write a good romance without sex needing to be there and she writes it just right.

What I Struggled With
It wasn't quite perfect, it started out a bit slow at times, so I think the pacing is the only thing that detracts this story.

Narration
BRILLIANT! It has Zachary Webber and he does his POV just right. I loved how it goes back and forth between the two friends, so fascinating perspective. And the flow handled was so flawless. You could barely feel the transition, so if you love books in narration, this is the way to go about it.

Overall View
Song of David was brilliantly mastered with the complexities of emotion and the human condition. It travels a unique route that will captivate its reader very quickly.

Book Details (also in my shelves)
Sub Genre: Contemporary Romance
Character Types: Tortured Hero, Disability Heroine, Dancer
Themes: Heart/Emotional, Tear Jerker, Disability, Kids/Teens
Tropes: Forced Proximity, Boss/Employee

Book Perspective
Multi POV

Relationship Conflict vs Plot Conflict
Relationship Conflict

If you like these authors, I recommend This Book
Mia Sheridan
Jennifer Hartmann
Brittany Cherry

Recommendation For Reading Order
Yes I would say read this duo series in order

Steam/Spice Explanations

Simmering cup of tea---soft warm touches and light intimacy
Warmin' by the fire- a medium level of sexual tension, a balance of sexual and emotional intimacy, lighter on the details in the sexual moments.
Steamin' up the room -the sexual content is more explicit in the language and tone, heavier amount of sexual scenes.
Blazing fire to the building-The prime focus is the sex scenes, scorching hot, and could burn one. Less focus on the emotional intimacy to the relationship.

Narrators:
JD Jackson
Zachary Webber