Maestro

A Love Story

By: Auden Dar

Narrated by: Kylie Stewart, Alastair Haynesbridge

Length: 19 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

For some, first love is a fleeting spark heralding the greater loves to come. For others, first love is the greatest love. The only love.

When a music audition at the world-renowned LaGuardia Arts High School brings together two thirteen-year-olds, unassuming Aurelia Ramirez Preston and confident Chadwick David, the serendipitous encounter becomes an unbreakable friendship.

A friendship develops into an unyielding love—a love spanning decades and continents.

With New York City as their playground, best friends Chad and Aurelia navigate the turbulence of adolescence. They blossom, and so does their love. An awkward first date turns into a night of intoxicating kisses and together, they lose their innocence.

Years later, Chad is “Maestro,” the tattooed virtuoso, the James Dean of classical music.

And Aurelia is an accomplished cellist. His muse. The enduring love behind his greatness.

But when the maestro falters, even for a moment, the most beautiful symphony can spiral into unrelenting chaos. And the greatest of loves can become the most tragic heartbreak.

Maestro is a symphony of words, four movements filled with longing, secrets, betrayal, and the grace of forgiveness.

©2022 Auden Dar (P)2023 Podium Audio

I have never felt so much in a book

I loved the characters and the story line of shitty timing and poor communication. I cried, I laughed, I gasped, and I hurt in this story! One of my favorite books to date! Chad and Aurelia’s story had me wanting to squeeze them both in a big freaking hug!

Beautiful love story!!

I truly loved this story!! Could not stop listening! Both characters made me so mad at times,but always brought me back to loving them both!! Definitely worth a credit!!!

Emotional roller coaster

Such a good book but it pretty much made me cry the entire time. Terrible case of bad timing and different paths.

A beautifully tragic romance

This is a story of two young teens auditioning in New York at the famous LaGuardia aka Fame school of music, arts, drama, dance high school. To home in their craft of the preforming arts. But as Auriella and Chad David sit next to each other. Chad is confident and wants to get to know her. She is shy and doesn’t believe the beautiful boy with a slight British accent is talking to her. There begins their budding friendship that turns into being best friends then more. But being so young their parents caution them not to profess their underwear glove for one another. Their future is so bright why throw away opportunities if presented. Then in their senior year of high school during Christmas break Chad makes the decision that will throw them off. Not knowing that decision will effect them for 2 decades. And that the two people who thought they were helping them was actually destroying their happily ever after. Reading this book made me want to chuck the book because of the many obstacles this author put Auriella and Chad through.

But listening to this sort of made me side eye Kylie Stewart efforts in speaking Tagalog words cringe. When she said the word Tagalog I knew she wasn’t Filipino in anyways and made me want to stop listening to this. But I am glad I didn’t, I just paced myself because of all the feelings I was feeling.

Great Listen!

Could not stop listening. A lifetime of love lost and found.
What a great story.

Maestro breaks you and builds you back up

What can I say? Right person but the timing is always wrong, until it isn’t but the journey to the HEA is worth it! So much nostalgia it took me back to that time. Love it!

Heartbreaking angst

Not just a second chance romance but third and fourth and fifth chance. At 80% I was being driven nuts by everything that got in their way and just wanted them to be happy already!!! Loved it!

Long but worth listening to!

Had to find the right weekend to listen because I wanted to finish in a few days. This book does not disappoint, it was amazing! Auden Dar takes you on a rollercoaster of a ride with all the twists & lies throughout the book. Totally recommend!

An amazing friends to lovers!

•friends to lovers
•right person, wrong time
•virgin
•angst

Whew! This was so angsty and these two go through so, so much. I was addicted and flew through! I felt everything listening to this one and absolutely loved it!

The. Way. I. Wept.

This book is gut wrenching; yet, never strays from the thread that binds every chapter - True & everlasting love.