A review by lmorgan2100
The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale

4.0

This isn't your average ballet inspired book. This story focuses on the relationship between three best friends who have spent their entire lives training in Paris to become the ballerinas that everyone hopes to be. Flipping back and forth between the their young training days and their current adult lives, we experience the complexities of the choices they have to make as women and dancers and how that impacts their relationships with each other. Sure it involves the jealousy and competition of the cutthroat ballet world, but there's something different in the way it incorporates the MeToo era and it comes off as a refreshing and female empowering read.

Thanks to NetGalley and St Martin's Press for my ARC.