Title: Volatile
Author: Avylinn Winter
Genre(s): contemporary, "angst galore"
Series: standalone
Release Date: May 03 2019 (second edition)
Rating : 4/5 Stars
Chris Sinclair fades under a dark cloud after losing his mother to cancer. On the cusp of adulthood, he doesn’t know where he should go or how to get there. But watching life pass him by was never the plan, and when he is forced to attend a concert in an attempt to coax him out of his shell, he discovers that life might have more to offer.
Dante Heron holds the audience between his delicate bow and the tips of his fingers. He plays the violin as if every heart is his to command, but the discipline needed to perfect his skills has left him with nothing to spare. He’s a fire that burns too bright or not at all—unpredictable and demanding.
When Chris is unexpectedly offered a job to travel around Europe as Dante’s assistant, or ‘friend’, he surprises himself by accepting. Their journey barely starts before Chris realizes he’s in over his head. Every step along the way is fraught with tension, and the farther they go, the closer they veer to a breaking point.
Invisible strings are at play, stitched into Dante’s life by those who should have taught him how to love. Perhaps Chris is right to be afraid, but sometimes, what you fear the most is what you can’t afford to lose.
This story has been published previously in another version. This second edition includes material from the companion short story, Magnetic, and is extensively rewritten and expanded.
Volatile - vol·a·tile
/ˈvälədl/ - adjective : likely to change emotional state very suddenly, especially by becoming angry: liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse.
Loneliness. It was a strange emotion—you didn’t have to be alone to be trapped within it.
I knew loneliness, and how terrible it could be...
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This is my first Avylinn Winter book and surprisingly it quite succeed stir my emotions.
The blurb is like the magnet that drawn my curiosity, and the minute I read it I want to know more…
The whole story was very intriguing, the plot also very engaging. I fall into deep curiosity about this Dante character as soon as I met him. Dante's insecurity and his sudden mood swings not only confusing for Chris, but also me. I really want to know ‘the why' so badly. The raw emotions and fragility the author trying to portraying through the two main characters and the ups and downs emotional connections that grow between Dante and Chris are another things that made this book feels so consuming and hard to put down.
One thing that almost frustrated me is the miscommunication between Dante and Chris. It’s broke my heart seeing that they’re both so close but feels like miles away because of this, I want to slapped their heads but at the same time I have this constant urge to hugs them.
Stand in between YA and NA genres, Volatile come with such a good story with engaging plot, raw emotions, miscommunications, heartbreaking, slow burn, good characters development and wrapped in good writing.
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