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A review by lybrarie
Nocturne by Alyssa Wees
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
As someone who attended dance classes for 20 years, including ballet for 15, I was incredibly excited to pick this up. Fantasy and ballet? Sign me up immediately. And it absolutely did not disappoint.
From the get-go, this book had me hooked. The writing is so beautiful and poetic, it is as elegant and the ballet it is describing. It was also incredibly atmospheric, which is something I always adore in a book. Toward the beginning of the book I could feel the way the Grace was performing, and the way she felt when she was with Emilia. As the book continued, I could feel the darkness starting to seep in as the tension heightened.
I also thought the Beauty and the Beast retelling was done really well. It was enough like the well-known story to be recognisable, but different enough that it definitely stands as a story on its own. Although some of the twists were predictable, it didn't feel like that was because it was based on a story I already knew, and it certainly didn't detract from the story.
This book is dark, eerie, creepy and fantastical. It is incredibly atmospheric with beautiful descriptive writing that completely sucked me in and made the story feel so real. It is everything I look for in a book and I absolutely adored it.
From the get-go, this book had me hooked. The writing is so beautiful and poetic, it is as elegant and the ballet it is describing. It was also incredibly atmospheric, which is something I always adore in a book. Toward the beginning of the book I could feel the way the Grace was performing, and the way she felt when she was with Emilia. As the book continued, I could feel the darkness starting to seep in as the tension heightened.
I also thought the Beauty and the Beast retelling was done really well. It was enough like the well-known story to be recognisable, but different enough that it definitely stands as a story on its own. Although some of the twists were predictable, it didn't feel like that was because it was based on a story I already knew, and it certainly didn't detract from the story.
This book is dark, eerie, creepy and fantastical. It is incredibly atmospheric with beautiful descriptive writing that completely sucked me in and made the story feel so real. It is everything I look for in a book and I absolutely adored it.