Amber Z. reviewed on 4/23/2010

This book started out great...but then threw in lots of confusing and unnecessary backstory...some of the twists of the plot really confused me and I had trouble keeping it all straight. Several characters were also introduced, but there wasn't much explanation as to who they were...so I had trouble keeping the characters straight too.

Some parts of the plot really engaged me and others really bored me. My emotions swung back and forth as I read, so I guess I was engaged on some level. I got this book because the protagonist is a dancer, but there wasn't anywhere near as much about the dancing as I would have liked. I was expecting lots of things about life in a professional company, what it was like to be a part of it, taking classes, and how the dancers felt about their own performances.

I had to force myself to finish reading it, but I am glad I did. Overall, part of me liked it and part of me hated it; it wasn't what I was expecting. I would probably need to read it a few times to fully understand all the parts that lost me, but I really don't see myself reading it again any time soon.

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