Instructions for Dancing

okay so this book was totally not what I expected. ya know what I didn't expect any of it at all, not even gonna lie. i love Evie and I love X. the dynamic of their relationship is just..chef's kiss. didn't expect to feel a lot of emotions either. with that being said, this is definitely a book I'll remember. I learned a lot tbh. loved every part of it

So this book doesn't actually deserve two stars. It deserves three. I give books that were just fine three stars and that is exactly what this book is. It' just fine

But I'm petty and the ending didn't sit right with me at all so I'm taking away a star out of spite. Insert shrugging emoji here

See, this book could have been amazing. Nicola Yoon is such a great writer. She could have done so much with this story. But I just felt like it was missing too much. Honestly, at a little over 280 pages long, this book was too short. The length of this book made the romance too rushed, the fantastical element of the story was brushed off to the side for most of the story, and the grand event that the story was leading up to was like two pages long. It was just so rushed. It didn't work for me.

But then, so many things were stretched out (which didn't need to be stretched out), such as the relationship with

Let's not even talk about how the love interest was named X. Why? What was the point? Sorry if your name is X but like I'm sorry.

And don't even get me started on the ending. I fucking hate that ending.

But, like, this was still cute. There was some good character development and I'm ALWAYS a slut for character development.

I've always been a fan of everything Nicola Yoon has written and this is no different! The romance in this book was super sweet but also was definitely insta-love (or at least it felt like that). The author always does such an amazing job making the characters feel real.





Thank you to Random House Children's, Delacorte Press, and NetGalley for providing me with an eBook copy to review.