A review by kaelaceleste
Shiny Broken Pieces by Sona Charaipotra

3.0

Definitely not as good as the first one but I still enjoyed it and I was pretty bummed to find out there isn’t a third book. It felt like a lot of the characters changed for the worse…literally almost no one was likable by the end. and I also thought the ending wrapped up a little too quickly for my liking. I would have loved to continue and see how they all do in their respective companies...but alas...

So yeah I had my issues with it but I still loved the concept of ~drama at the ballet school~ and I really appreciate how much work the authors put into both books to make it realistic to the ballet world. After I finished I went and watched ballet videos for a few hours, which I guess isn’t actually that different from a normal day, but still.

Also I should have written this in my last review as well but MAJOR tw for eating disorders/purging for both these books. Lots of other stuff too inc

Spoiler

attempted suicide

but the ED stuff felt particularly descriptive to me as a person with a history of that so def something to be aware of.

Anyway please recommend me your favorite ballet books. Adults deserve ballet fiction too smh