TITLE: NA
GENRE: Secret
Starling twisted the pegs on the neck of her mandolin wondering how she should break her father’s heart. She’d never broken his heart before. Sure, he hadn’t liked all her boyfriends and he’d yelled at her few times about her grades but this was different. This was what he lived for and she was turning away from it.
“Check, check one, two,” her father adjusted his microphone as he spoke. His hair was thinner now, Starling thought but he’d worn the shirt she’d bought him last Christmas. It made him look slimmer. It also made her feel guiltier. Starling twisted another peg as her mom started tuning her fiddle. Her mom was probably the best musician of all of them, but it was her dad’s passion that kept them going.
“You almost ready?” the guy who ran the festival asked. He was a pot-bellied man in a cheap white shirt.
Miss Snark's First Victim
Contemporary
ReplyDeleteUsing the word "should" makes it seem like she is scheming to break her father's heart, but the rest seems like she plans to, but wishes it didn't have to be like that.
Romance/Contemporary
ReplyDeleteThe name 'Starling' threw me, making me think Fantasy, but the microphone cleared it up.
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ReplyDeleteContemporary.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a "breaking out of her countrified background" story.
Contemporary
ReplyDelete...with Starling wanting to 'spread her wings' outside the family's band.
Contemporary, ready for some independence
ReplyDeleteContemporary. The name Starling and the mandolin said fantasy, but the microphone changed things. I suppose it could be contemporary fantasy, but there isn't enough evidence to support that.
ReplyDeleteContemporary. The name Starling and the mandolin said fantasy, but the microphone changed things. I suppose it could be contemporary fantasy, but there isn't enough evidence to support that.
ReplyDeleteContemporary.
ReplyDeleteI thought maybe romance because of the reference to the boyfriends, but the main action of the story appears to be something else.
Women's romance, contemporary. Seeing a folk band or renaissance festival group.
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ReplyDeleteRealistic Fiction/Contemporary.
ReplyDeleteOriginally thought historical with the Mandolin but with the language used, then a microphone I thought it was modern day. Then the mention of a festival made me think Renaissance Festival.
Realistic Fiction/Contemporary.
ReplyDeleteOriginally thought historical with the Mandolin but with the language used, then a microphone I thought it was modern day. Then the mention of a festival made me think Renaissance Festival.
Contemporary.
ReplyDeleteThis seems like a "cutting the family ties/search for independence" story. Love the family band/music festival scene.
Contemporary coming-of-age or NA
ReplyDeleteI agree it feels like she's going to turn away from her music to do what she wants, whatever that is.
Contemporary Romance
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing she's got to break it to daddy that she's running off with the lead guitarist of a rock band...or maybe a record executive. I'll bet she's not turning away from all music, just daddy's preferred mandolin folk tunes. Dad's got to be into the bohemian life, he's named his daughter 'Starling'
Contemporary.
ReplyDeleteThe microphone, music festival, and mention of Christmas, all imply modern day. Looks to me like the MC will be leaving her musical family and going off on her own.
Contemporary
ReplyDeleteSchool grades and the microphone. They seem to be in a recording studio. Considering the mandolin and the fiddle, I'm going to guess it's a country band and our MC is tired of the touring and the gypsy life and wants to go off on her own. Maybe to play her own kind of music, or maybe to do something else entirely.
Oops. Missed the festival part. A live concert then.
ReplyDeleteContemporary, maybe Romance?
ReplyDeleteThis sounds more YA than New Adult so far, but it's early. She'll be leaving daddy's band for something better suited to her.
Contemporary
ReplyDeleteSounds like she's planning on leaving the family band to try something new.
CONTEMPORARY.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is with the dad, not the boyfriend, so it's probably not romance. This is a festival and they have a mic, so contemporary.
Contemporary. Microphones, boyfriends, etc
ReplyDeleteContemporary
ReplyDeleteThe microphone's a dead giveaway for a modern setting, plus what we've seen of the plot shows a realistic situation with a young woman wanting to break free from her father's dreams to pursue her own.
Contemporary. Mandolin makes it sound historical; the name Starling sounds fantasy-ish, but the mention of the boyfriends and microphone puts it in contemporary territory.
ReplyDeleteContemporary.
ReplyDeleteMicrophone at a festival seems very modern.
Contemporary Realism.
ReplyDeleteNothing to indicate any other genre.
Contemporary
ReplyDeleteMicrophone locks in modern setting, and it's got a 'finding your own way in life' vibe from wanting to break away.
Contemporary coming-of-age. I'm a little confused with the 'how she should break her father's heart', would like that to be clearer, but otherwise, sounds like it will be quite interesting!
ReplyDeleteContemporary. Adventure? Boyfriends and grades and sound checks are contemporary references.
ReplyDeleteContemporary.
ReplyDeleteHad to go with the majority on this one. Not enough clues to turn in another direction yet, but the setting says Contemporary.
Contemporary
ReplyDeleteI hope she finds her way and that her dad comes around in the end
It is Contemporary
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for your comments.