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janeyre9 's review for:
Instructions for Dancing
by Nicola Yoon
Nicole Yoon is a YA queen. Everything Everything was masterful. The Sun is Also a Star is YA at its finest. Yoon knows how to capture the drama and angst and passion and boldness and utter insanity that is being a teenager. It's no surprise that Instructions For Dancing doesn't disappoint.
In all honesty, I didn't lose my mind over this book. I liked it and was fully in it, but wasn't edge of my seat invested. However it's got all the elements of an excellent YA book with that special Yoon charm all throughout. Instructions is about Evie, a high school senior who is given a book called Instructions For Dancing by a mysterious book woman. The book leads her to a dance school and, inevitably, to X, short for Xavier. X is an adorable hipster musician/philosopher/chance taker and Evie fall hard and fast. The issue? Ever since Evie was given that book she gets visions of how peoples relationships will end - and they all seem to end. Why give her heart away if heartbreak feels inevitable?
The two main characters are sweet and have good chemistry and you'll root for them to be together. The supporting characters are fun, though there aren't really any standouts aside from Fifi, who is a trip. I will say that I found the storyline of Evie's struggle with her parent's divorce to feel very genuine. Being a teenager when my parents separated I completely believe and empathize with her pain.
All in all, worth the read!
In all honesty, I didn't lose my mind over this book. I liked it and was fully in it, but wasn't edge of my seat invested. However it's got all the elements of an excellent YA book with that special Yoon charm all throughout. Instructions is about Evie, a high school senior who is given a book called Instructions For Dancing by a mysterious book woman. The book leads her to a dance school and, inevitably, to X, short for Xavier. X is an adorable hipster musician/philosopher/chance taker and Evie fall hard and fast. The issue? Ever since Evie was given that book she gets visions of how peoples relationships will end - and they all seem to end. Why give her heart away if heartbreak feels inevitable?
The two main characters are sweet and have good chemistry and you'll root for them to be together. The supporting characters are fun, though there aren't really any standouts aside from Fifi, who is a trip. I will say that I found the storyline of Evie's struggle with her parent's divorce to feel very genuine. Being a teenager when my parents separated I completely believe and empathize with her pain.
All in all, worth the read!