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A review by reader_fictions
Turning Pointe by Katherine Locke
4.0
Despite the fact that I keep reading them, I’m totally not a novella person now. Free ones, though, I just can’t resist. My antipathy for these little prequels or series spanners aside, Turning Pointe is a really good one. I was a bit skeptical since I already knew what was going to happen to Aly and Zed in the past, but there really is something about them/this series and it works.
Obviously it’s bittersweet to see young Aly and Zed, because they’re super cute/naive, but also there’s this dramatic irony sitting on your chest. Like, you’re reading a hot sex scene and everything is great but you’re waiting for the hammer of pain. Ouch, Locke. Ouch. The writing does have a tendency to go a bit to the dramatic from time to time, but Aly and Zed, despite their Joey/Dawson “friendship” that obviously is sexual tension, aren’t that dramatic. The lighter Zed of the past is nice; I particularly appreciated all of his bad ballet puns. I also appreciate that Locke went for friends to lovers, not something I’ve seen much in NA, and that there’s no senseless love triangle added in. The barriers to Zed and Aly have obviously always been Zed and Aly.
Obviously it’s bittersweet to see young Aly and Zed, because they’re super cute/naive, but also there’s this dramatic irony sitting on your chest. Like, you’re reading a hot sex scene and everything is great but you’re waiting for the hammer of pain. Ouch, Locke. Ouch. The writing does have a tendency to go a bit to the dramatic from time to time, but Aly and Zed, despite their Joey/Dawson “friendship” that obviously is sexual tension, aren’t that dramatic. The lighter Zed of the past is nice; I particularly appreciated all of his bad ballet puns. I also appreciate that Locke went for friends to lovers, not something I’ve seen much in NA, and that there’s no senseless love triangle added in. The barriers to Zed and Aly have obviously always been Zed and Aly.