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In this coming-of-age debut novel in verse, we find fifteen-year-old Esmee. We follow along as she faces some changes in her dance career, friendships, relationships, and everything in between, with constant care by the author. One of the main topics treated in it is how she struggles with having a larger chest, facing sexualization, medical issues, and even affecting how she faces dancing. I found the topic at hand treated very tactfully, exploring the nuances it can bring up and how a young teen could face them. While I loved how we generally moved through the plot, I found myself pretty distanced from the main character even though I related to her greatly. I assume it probably was because it is told in verse and thus lends itself to fewer inward monologues. Listened to it via audiobook; the narrator, Ellie Gossage, does a great job of bringing the story to life, an especially important task taking into account it's written in verse.
Overall a great read, hard-hitting for both teens and adults alike.
Thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!
In this coming-of-age debut novel in verse, we find fifteen-year-old Esmee. We follow along as she faces some changes in her dance career, friendships, relationships, and everything in between, with constant care by the author. One of the main topics treated in it is how she struggles with having a larger chest, facing sexualization, medical issues, and even affecting how she faces dancing. I found the topic at hand treated very tactfully, exploring the nuances it can bring up and how a young teen could face them. While I loved how we generally moved through the plot, I found myself pretty distanced from the main character even though I related to her greatly. I assume it probably was because it is told in verse and thus lends itself to fewer inward monologues. Listened to it via audiobook; the narrator, Ellie Gossage, does a great job of bringing the story to life, an especially important task taking into account it's written in verse.
Overall a great read, hard-hitting for both teens and adults alike.
Thanks to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!