Released: May 2011
Publisher: Little Prince Publishing
Pages: 244
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Drama
Rating: 3 / 5
I won an ARC of this books on goodreads, but I never actually got around to finishing it. I put it down and forgot to pick it back up. There was a reason though.
I absolutely love the cover. However, the girls' uniforms did not match the description in the book. That nearly killed me. Okay, on to the actual review.
I really like the idea of the book. Sonya was very much a teenage girl. I appreciate that she spoke with the average vocabulary of a teenager girl. More often than not, I notice authors have their characters using words I know people my age wouldn't throw into casual a conversation. Sonya is a very likable character. Although, I will say that she did have her moments, but overall she was a great lead.
This book did a great job of making me understand Sonya's life. Not a lot of the book took place at her home, but I was absolutely heartbroken by how sad she was with her home life. She was embarrassed of where she lived, but dancing was an escape for her. That's another thing I liked. I haven't seen a lot of books with dancing in it. I have always been fascinated by ballerinas. I have never wanted to be one, but I have always thought they were beautiful. I wish the book had taken more time to explain her dancing. Apparently she was great, but it didn't really go into much detail.
I took quite a few things away with this book. It was evident that opportunity and money can blind even the purest of people with greed. The plot twist absolutely broke my heart. I'm not going to give anything away, but I could never imagine how Sonya felt at that moment. My world would crumble if that happened to my family, but she kept her head up. Sure she was broken by it herself, but she tried her best to move on and she got a happy ending. FOR NOW...
I guess we'll see what happens in the sequel.
I really like the idea of the book. Sonya was very much a teenage girl. I appreciate that she spoke with the average vocabulary of a teenager girl. More often than not, I notice authors have their characters using words I know people my age wouldn't throw into casual a conversation. Sonya is a very likable character. Although, I will say that she did have her moments, but overall she was a great lead.
This book did a great job of making me understand Sonya's life. Not a lot of the book took place at her home, but I was absolutely heartbroken by how sad she was with her home life. She was embarrassed of where she lived, but dancing was an escape for her. That's another thing I liked. I haven't seen a lot of books with dancing in it. I have always been fascinated by ballerinas. I have never wanted to be one, but I have always thought they were beautiful. I wish the book had taken more time to explain her dancing. Apparently she was great, but it didn't really go into much detail.
I took quite a few things away with this book. It was evident that opportunity and money can blind even the purest of people with greed. The plot twist absolutely broke my heart. I'm not going to give anything away, but I could never imagine how Sonya felt at that moment. My world would crumble if that happened to my family, but she kept her head up. Sure she was broken by it herself, but she tried her best to move on and she got a happy ending. FOR NOW...
I guess we'll see what happens in the sequel.
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