I really enjoyed Dark Notes. It's about a 17 year old girl who has been through a lot in the 4 years since her father died, including poverty, drug addicted family members, multiple rapes, abuse, etc. She is a very gifted piano player, attending a prestigious arts high school where she doesn't fit in with her peers due to her socioeconomic status and her "reputation" with boys. She has her sights set on one of the best musical colleges that awards full scholarships to the best of the best. Ivory becomes involved with her new teacher, Emeric, who has a past and secrets of his own. He is a dom and very much into bdsm lifestyle. Their story was great. For as much darkness, pain, abuse, and sadness, there was love, loyalty, romance, hope, and strength. 
 I grew to really love both Ivory and Emeric, but especially Emeric. 
 I ended up giving this book 4 stars, rather than 5, because it contained a single scene of my hard no, which is (view spoiler)[ animal abuse or torture of any kind (hide spoiler)] and even though I was kind of expecting it to happen, I think the scene could have been written several different ways to avoid it. That single scene deducted a lot from my experience reading this book. Other than that, I am really glad I picked this book up.