I really enjoyed this book but it took me over a week to finish just because I super busy. 
 Piper is a really good character and the first in a book that I have read that is deaf. She is one of those characters that struggles on the inside but not on the outside. Her relationship with her brother Finn was great. Brother and sister relationships in YA literature is not always positive because they either hate each other, one is dead or something else is going on. Even though they had their spats and arguments, they were a great pair. I liked that dad too. His character and his relationship with Piper is something that should be more in YA literature. It was touching when he was learning sign language (which was weird he didn't do it when Piper was younger). 
 I loved all of the band members minus Josh who was just a complete jerk. However, I didn't like the name of the band even though they explained why they called themselves that but still. All of the members evolved through the book especially Kallie who I thought was just your stereotypical popular girl but it turned out that she was struggling to "stay afloat" in her personal and school life. 
 I liked the references to/about Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix. I didn't know that Jimi was originally from the Seattle area. 
 I can't wait to recommend this book to some students that are into music or in a band at school.