The Protege by Brianna Hale Release Review

I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author to review for Stephanie’s Book Reports.

He’s always protected me since I was eight years old, the neglected girl he took off the streets and raised as his own. Laszlo can feel what music needs instinctively. He can tell what I need. My world shattered the night of my eighteenth birthday and he still hasn’t forgiven me for what I did. I’m not asking him to love me, touch me, take me to bed. What i want goes deeper than that and I have to say this out loud because its’ one thing that music won’t be able to tell him. I want what only Laszlo can give me.I want to be his protege again. And this time, I’m going to be so good for him. Yes, maestro. Yes, sir. Yes, daddy.

I guess you would call this book taboo, though I didn’t look at it that way. I saw two people in the world that were lost without each other and no matter what they did they weren’t going to be better without the other. You see, one night while walking in the streets of London, Lazlo who is a conductor heard the most beautiful music from a cello. He discovers a eight year old Isabeau playing on the street collecting money in her case. He takes her to her home and then to his and he has found his protege. He raises this girl into a woman and really he probably saved her so much heartache as you see, her dad is a heroin addict. This is the story of Isabeau and Lazlo from the time she was eight to the time she is in her twenties. It is a beautiful story about a love for music. How your emotions don’t need to be spoken they can be felt through the music. Its about an older man who raised the woman he loves from the time she was eight and I for one thought it was a simply beautiful love story.