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Instructions for Dancing
by Nicola Yoon
"The problem with broken hearts isn't that they kill you. It's that they don't."
Thank you to Penguin Random House, Turning Pages NZ and Netgalley for allowing to the opportunity to read this as an ARC.
Evie has all but given up on love. After her dad left her mum for another woman, she turned into a cynic, believing there is no such thing as a happily ever after, and that real love doesn't exist. Everything starts to change one afternoon, when she notices a couple kiss, and the timeline of their relationship is revealed to her - beginning, middle, and end - only proving to Evie that all relationships inevitably end.
On a mission to find answers, she goes to the only place she hopes will help, a dance studio. She learns to dance with a boy, X. She's forced to rethink her ideas on relationships and love, as X and Evie grow closer to each other.
This book captures something beautiful - from the heartbreak of your family splitting up, to the world around you changing too quickly for you to keep up, and the vulnerability of falling in love. Evie's journey of self discovery is so relatable, and I found myself really appreciating some of these lesson that Evie had to learn. The character felt very real, and well fleshed out, and I loved the dynamic that Evie had with her friends.
This book had such an important message of appreciating the love you have, no matter how long (or short) you will have it, because "just because a thing ends, doesn't make the thing any less real."
The ending really broke my heart. I had tears when I finished it, because it was just such a bittersweet and beautifully written ending. Prepare for some emotional turmoil while finishing this!
Nicola Yoon, you have made a wonderful first impression, and I cannot wait to see what else you have written!
"Beginning are nice, but the best part is right now, in the wide-open middle. I made fun of you, but you were right this whole time. I should live in the moment and all that other stuff."
Evie, Instructions for Dancing
Thank you to Penguin Random House, Turning Pages NZ and Netgalley for allowing to the opportunity to read this as an ARC.
Evie has all but given up on love. After her dad left her mum for another woman, she turned into a cynic, believing there is no such thing as a happily ever after, and that real love doesn't exist. Everything starts to change one afternoon, when she notices a couple kiss, and the timeline of their relationship is revealed to her - beginning, middle, and end - only proving to Evie that all relationships inevitably end.
On a mission to find answers, she goes to the only place she hopes will help, a dance studio. She learns to dance with a boy, X. She's forced to rethink her ideas on relationships and love, as X and Evie grow closer to each other.
This book captures something beautiful - from the heartbreak of your family splitting up, to the world around you changing too quickly for you to keep up, and the vulnerability of falling in love. Evie's journey of self discovery is so relatable, and I found myself really appreciating some of these lesson that Evie had to learn. The character felt very real, and well fleshed out, and I loved the dynamic that Evie had with her friends.
This book had such an important message of appreciating the love you have, no matter how long (or short) you will have it, because "just because a thing ends, doesn't make the thing any less real."
The ending really broke my heart. I had tears when I finished it, because it was just such a bittersweet and beautifully written ending. Prepare for some emotional turmoil while finishing this!
Nicola Yoon, you have made a wonderful first impression, and I cannot wait to see what else you have written!
"Beginning are nice, but the best part is right now, in the wide-open middle. I made fun of you, but you were right this whole time. I should live in the moment and all that other stuff."
Evie, Instructions for Dancing