Review: Dance, Dance and more Dance - I love it!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 18, 2014
ARC provided by Bolero Books via NetGalley for an honest review.First I want to say that this book intrigued me because it is about one of my favorite subjects – DANCE.  I love dance in any form, from folk dancing, ballroom, line dancing, krump – heck, name it and I love it.  If it is set to music and it makes your body want to get up and move, get lost in the rhythm and become a different person for 5 to 10 minutes, count me in!I enjoyed the premise of this book, I recognized some of the fictional characters that the author based her story on, even down to their specialty.  I’ve been a Dancing with the Stars fan and view since season 1 and I have my favorite Pros – one of which is a very good friend of the author, Cheryl Burke.  I’ve also read Cheryl’s book, Dancing Lessons, which I recommend if you are a DWTS fan.The author herself is a “recovering” dance competition dancer herself with a degree in English Lit.  I Googled her Bio before I started writing my review to see what her dance background was because the tone of the book did have the feel of someone that has been involved in the dance world.  I was just surprised that she didn’t include more history or technical aspects of ballroom into the book.  It could have been woven into the story very easily to teach those out there that have a moderate interest a little bit more about the world of ballroom and what EXACTLY judges are looking for when they score.I can understand that the dance world can be a very cut throat world – but I honestly think at the end of the day, the dancers do treat each other as family.  Face it, they are in a position that not many people can understand the world that they live in day by day.  In each family you are going to have your fights, yelling matches and making up – it’s how the world goes round, folks.Only thing I really didn’t like about the book and why it got a 4 star instead of a 5, is because the story was disjointed.  The way the author set the chapters up, it felt like there were big pieces of the story missing in between.  I did enjoy the Interludes, where the “flavor” of each dance is described – I thought that was a wonderful touch.  I’m also used to switching between characters from chapter to chapter when reading a book, but with this book, I felt that the writing was a little stiff and left out a whole piece of the picture.  Instead of getting a full story, I felt like I was only getting snap shots, little peeks into their life – so it left me feeling like I was reading Cliff Notes instead of an actual novel.All and all I did enjoy the book and do recommend it for anyone that is a Dancing with the Stars fan.