Reviews

Turning Pointe by Katherine Locke

stines's review

4.0

“He said, “I love the parts of you that you forget to love.” I’ve loved him for so long that sometimes I forget how to love him. Sometimes I forget why I love him. Loving him is like breathing. It comes naturally. I don’t have to think about it. I never worried, before, about the day when I would not have him to love.”

““I know you hate letting go,” he whispers, his lips brushing against the bridge of my nose. His touch draws everything in me up and toward him until I’m pressed against him and my fingers clutch at his jacket. “But you trust me, right?”
“With my life,” I manage to say.
“Then trust me to catch you,” he pleads, his hand sliding from my waist up to my face. He cups my face with hands that have touched me a million times, but never like this. His thumb runs a path across my cheekbone and I swallow hard. “I’m not asking for anything right now. But trust me to catch you.”
“I trust you.””

“She is gravity. I am always falling back to her.”

“I start to tug the bobby pins from her hair, dropping them on the floor. I want to see my Aly again. The ballet dancer in her is on the same page as me, and right now I need to know the rest of her is too. We are both made of thousands of edges, and ballet is all of our seams. I want to be the stitching that keeps her all together.”

“I am in love with the way his head lifts up, the way his lips part. I am in love with the way he steps toward me, backing me up and against the wall. I am in love with his height, the way he towers above me, and I am in love with his hand, slipping up the side of my neck, holding me steady. Holding me. He smells like whiskey and rain and I am in love for the first time since I found ballet.”

“This is what I want, to feel wanted and loved and vulnerable and seen. Without losing myself. I once thought this was impossible, but in his hands, I am strong and fragile, wanted and wanting, seen and revered.”

“It’s like how we always were, but more. Maybe it was always like this and I never noticed. Maybe it doesn’t matter. Now when I touch her, she’s entirely mine. I always knew I was hers.”

“Ask me for the moon, Aly, I’d give it to you.”

i never do this but this book had SO MANY good quotes i just couldn't not

2 things:

1. the writing in this is mesmerizing
2. that ending was like whiplash but my god did it HURT

sofialister's review

3.0

3.5 stars

“We’re Aly and Zed. We’re A to Z and everything in between.
Really enjoyed my time with this novella prequel! I haven't actually read the following books but now I definitely want to, after that adorable little introduction to these two characters. I loved the ballet language and references, but I don't know if there will be much of that in the sequel, after reading the blurb...

acciobecks's review

4.0

I'm an idiot, I thought this was the first book and found it weird that it was so short... oh well, now I know. Anyhow, I really enjoyed this.

schuylervan's review

4.0

This book was so soft and gave me huge Lilo vibes from the Addicted series, they’re just so in love with each other and the chemistry was amazing, you could just see the transformation from best friends to lovers and how easy it was.

serenaasora's review

5.0

Excellent prequel! Looking forward to diving into the first book.

sunnyreads's review against another edition

it was a nice love story. felt really rushed once they hooked up, and then it seemed like the end happened. i like that it was a fast, easy read. really liked Aly and Zed’s relationship.

loganamanda's review

2.0

they give me lilo vibes let’s go let’s go

celene's review

5.0

shut the front door you guys i love them :((

-i love that theyre teenagers and that they act and sound like one wee woo love that for me
-shut up :((( i love how they were clingy to each other even before they were together :((
-consent👏🏻 is👏🏻 the 👏🏻 key 👏🏻
-i love their relationship it’s just uwu :(((,,,, and with adrian and sakura i love it,,, ohmygas they were just so many cute moments with the MCs that my heart just keeps leaping you know and not only with them but with their friends so yes,,, uwu
-i love that when dudes have the heart to heart talk (the one w adrian and zed) #uwu
-best friends to lovers excellence woot woot
-i love that ~specific~ trope that everyone hates lol and in the end,,, it didnt push through :(((,,, because,,, :((( shut up i was already attached to the trope??!!,,, and i was excited for it and all but yeah,,?it hurted,,,
-the last chapter is just,,,, aaaaaaaaaaaaah???!! idk what to feel ab that,,,,???!!!!

aphrodite's review

4.0

if the novella made me this emotional I wonder how I'm gonna survive their book omg you guys OMG