New Release+Review: Pas De Deux: A Dance For Two by Lynn Turner

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Wilhelmina Allende is a prima ballerina. When tragedy turns her beloved Paris into a gilded cage, she jumps at the chance to work with one of the most prolific choreographers she’s ever seen. But Zack’s style is way out of her comfort zone. So is his teaching method. And his humor. And his everything. He’s a charming little connard. It’s hard not to like him. Merde. What has she gotten herself into?

Zachary Coen’s first musical is opening on Broadway. Much like his life, it’s anything but conventional, so hiring Mina is simply out of the question. She’s too…classical. Too perfect. She’s all wrong for the role. Then he meets her in person and sees her cracks. Her broken pieces. How unique and beautiful each one is. And he can’t help but notice how her edges seem to fit his…perfectly.

Just when teaming up seems to be working, the monsters they’ve kept hidden threaten to rip it all apart.

My Review: 

So this was my very first time reading anything by this author and I really liked the story. I haven’t read a lot of books that focused on ballerina dancing. The author did a wonderful job describing all the hard work that goes on to create these shows. It felt like I was watching a Broadway show play out in front of me. I loved Zack and Mini especially since they didn’t like each other that much at first. Then we got a nice slow and delicious burn between the two characters. Some of those dancing scenes had me fanning myself. I have say I also liked that both characters had issues and they both were able to heal each other. I enjoyed the story had a combination of New York and Paris. I’m a born and raised New Yorker. I’ve always wanted to go to Paris and I love reading books that mention both places. This was a well written book but I did feel at times certain parts were lengthy. The plot twist at the end left me a little perplexed but overall I enjoyed this story. I will def be reading more books by this author.

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