So many books come out each week that it makes it hard to decide what to read. We want to make that a little bit easier on you by sharing our favorite releases from the week and telling you our top 3 reasons why we think you’ll love them too!
This week our selection is Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon. Are you ready to hear more about this book and its author? Here we go…
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers on June 1, 2021
Genres: Contemporary, Romance
Pages: 304
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#1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star Nicola Yoon is back with her eagerly anticipated third novel. With all the heart and hope of her last two books, this is an utterly unique romance.
Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision of how their romance began . . . and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love stories end with a broken heart, eventually.
As Evie tries to understand why this is happening, she finds herself at La Brea Dance studio, learning to waltz, fox-trot, and tango with a boy named X. X is everything that Evie is not: adventurous, passionate, daring. His philosophy is to say yes to everything--including entering a ballroom dance competition with a girl he's only just met.
Falling for X is definitely not what Evie had in mind. If her visions of heartbreak have taught her anything, it's that no one escapes love unscathed. But as she and X dance around and toward each other, Evie is forced to question all she thought she knew about life and love. In the end, is love worth the risk?
3 Reasons You Should Read…
Instructions for Dancing by Nicola Yoon
- We know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but we totally are. This cover is gorgeous.
- We absolutely loved the reader in Evie. She was all about romance until something shatters her world and she decides to give away all of her books. We relate to the bookishness on so many levels.
- Nicola Yoon definitely knows how to rip your heart out and piece it back together. We don’t always love the way her stories end, but we love the journeys to get there. Instructions for Dancing has all of that and more, with relatable characters, great banter, a setting that we love, and so much swoon!
Bottom Line:
It’s all about the journey for Nicola Yoon’s Instructions for Dancing, which is filled with relatable characters, great banter, a setting that we love, and so much swoon!
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About Nicola Yoon
Nicola Yoon's first novel — EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING — debuted at #1 on New York Times bestseller list and stayed on the list for 1 year. The book was also adapted for film by MGM and Warner Bros Studios. Her second novel — THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR — is also #1 New York Times bestseller and is a National Book Award finalist. It has been optioned for film by MGM and Warner Bros Studios. She was born in Jamaica and currently resides in Los Angeles with her family.
