Review: Love this book WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 11, 2013
Annalise’s life only revolves around ballet. Her mother was a prima ballerina of her time, and she wants nothing else but her mother’s praise, affection and love. She knows she’s going to get that if she succeeds in ballet. But the competition is fierce, and the dance that used to make her so happy, suddenly becomes a task. It gets harder and harder for her – but she tries her best, all for her mom.Now if only her mother could notice her effort.She was happy with her company – but her mother wanted more for her. She was sent to Rome to train with the best. Annalise soon found out that Rome has so much more to offer than historical and majestic sites, and rigid trainings. In Rome – she found love.She saw him dance – and she was mesmerized. His moves reflected passion, and the moment their eyes met, sparks flew. When he begins to show her around Paris, she then realized that there was more to life than ballet. Annalise’s priorities got shuffled, and she got scared. For someone who had her life evolve in one single thing, falling in love was a strange, funny feeling that leave butterflies in her stomach, and not to mention a broken ankle. Maybe it’s the place… or the way he dances… or the way he kissed her…Question is: is she willing to risk all her hard work for love?Annalise passion and love for dance was unquestionable. She knew nothing else, waste her time on nothing but ballet. I wished her mother could see the effort she made, and appreciate it. Instead, her mother wanted more for her. I was glad she met Raphael, whose love for dance is the same as hers. He may have come from a different background, but he had left it all to pursue something he loved to do. He might have done something stupid, but he made it up to her big time. I also like her roomies who became her friends despite the vicious competition they have. They were supportive for her, but never forgot to remind her of the consequences of her actions. Nevertheless, they became great friends.I understand Annalise’s dilemma – it was hard to choose between two best things. One thing has been her long-time dream and the only thing that makes her and her mother happy, and the other one makes her feel like no other feeling she ever experienced her entire life. She can’t have both at the same time, she needed to have focus, I was hoping, praying that she will choose wisely, and whatever choice she made, it will make her happy. Because this girl deserved happiness.I love this book with EVERY HEARTBEAT. Theirs was a rough, painful and heartbreaking dance but with a beautiful finale. The ending was great, I couldn’t have asked for more. If this book is the start of the series – I could not wait to read the rest of it.★ARC Copy was given in exchange for an honest review.★