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Ballet Orphans: A Prequel (Ballet Theatre Chronicles Book 3)
by Terez Mertes Rose
3.5 stars rounded to 4.
I LOVE dance movies. Always have, always will. Even with the bad acting and lame storyline, the dance part always gets to me. The best one ever - The Center Stage without a doubt....cant even count the numbers I have watched it. ⠀
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But this was the first time I have read a book about dance, more correctly, ballet. It was an interesting experience, I have to say. The book was solid, even though I did wanted more of...something. More action, more drama, more plot. But what surprised me is how this book felt like home. It spoke the language I understand. You can see the author was a dancer herself because she knows all the facts. And I was immediately transferred to my early 20's when theatre halls were my second home, where dancing was a life I chose to educate myself for, and where being on stage gave all the feelings of excitement, thrill and magic. I was there. I know all the dancers dramas, I've been through them all. Starting fresh, proving yourself, coping with jealousy, dealing with management, killing yourself on rehearsals, glowing on performance nights and hanging out with your theatre friends.⠀
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Love. Passion. Pain. Disappointment. Ecstasy. Betrayal. Sacrifice. Addiction. That is what being a ballet dancer means. It is the worst life and it is the best life. And the author manages to present it amazingly well. ⠀
Big thanks to NetGalley and Classical Girl Press for an arc of this book.
I LOVE dance movies. Always have, always will. Even with the bad acting and lame storyline, the dance part always gets to me. The best one ever - The Center Stage without a doubt....cant even count the numbers I have watched it. ⠀
⠀
But this was the first time I have read a book about dance, more correctly, ballet. It was an interesting experience, I have to say. The book was solid, even though I did wanted more of...something. More action, more drama, more plot. But what surprised me is how this book felt like home. It spoke the language I understand. You can see the author was a dancer herself because she knows all the facts. And I was immediately transferred to my early 20's when theatre halls were my second home, where dancing was a life I chose to educate myself for, and where being on stage gave all the feelings of excitement, thrill and magic. I was there. I know all the dancers dramas, I've been through them all. Starting fresh, proving yourself, coping with jealousy, dealing with management, killing yourself on rehearsals, glowing on performance nights and hanging out with your theatre friends.⠀
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Love. Passion. Pain. Disappointment. Ecstasy. Betrayal. Sacrifice. Addiction. That is what being a ballet dancer means. It is the worst life and it is the best life. And the author manages to present it amazingly well. ⠀
Big thanks to NetGalley and Classical Girl Press for an arc of this book.