There's nothing quite like a book that envelops you in it's world.
 The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is fiction that doesn't feel like fiction. 
 Thank you to Netgalley and Simon & Schuster Canada for my eARC for review!
 Didn't we all watch that YouTube video of reunited bandmates Opal Jewel and Nev Charles? I'm certain we know the album cover of the classic release Polychrome, plus all the songs. Who hasn't used that Opal GIF on social media?
 And of course, we must be up on the infamous details of the death of their drummer during the Rivington Showcase.
 No? But it feels like we should know of these elements as part of our entertainment history. 
 Author Dawnie Walton has created a work that the reader can't put down, in a world we are somehow part of. We know these musicians, their lives before music up to their final performance; and the journalist telling their stories. We remain in this world still, surrounded by talent and fame and racial injustice.
 I compare this reading experience with that of Taylor Jenkins Reid's Daisy Jones & The Six. Which is a favorite of mine, so consider it high praise. The plots and characters differ greatly, but the overall feel - of having these anecdotes revealed to us - is the same.
 The Final Revival of Opal & Nev is an exciting, noteworthy book to be savoured. Recommended!
 For release on March 30.