Instructions for Dancing

Nicola Yoon

Jun 2021 · Sold by Delacorte Press

About this ebook

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"A charming, wholehearted love story that's sure to make readers swoon."—Entertainment Weekly

"Nicola Yoon writes from the heart in this beautiful love story."—Good Morning America

“It’s like an emotional gut punch—so beautiful and also heart-wrenching."—US Weekly

In this romantic page-turner from the author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star, Evie has the power to see other people’s romantic fates—what will happen when she finally sees her own?

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?

Ratings and reviews

***NOT A ROMANCE*** Disillusioned by her parents' divorce, Evie no longer believes in love. Her views are reinforced when she begins having visions of how a couple's love story begins and ends, after seeing them kiss. But when she meets X and practices with him for a dance competition, she can't help losing her heart. Will Evie learn to trust in love again? The sweet love story between Evie and X filled my heart. It was lovely to see how Evie learned to value love even when it doesn't have a happy ending. Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC I received. This is my honest and voluntary review.

Everyone needs to read this book. You fall in love with the characters and it teaches such a beautiful life lesson in the most poignant way. It left its mark on me and hopefully will for all of you.

This review is for the dyslexia people who hate reading like me. I have only ever wanted to three books in my life and all of them were written by Nicola Yoon. This nook and all of her other books are truly love and easy to read at least for me. I would recommend it a million times over. Please read it!!!

About the author

Nicola Yoon is the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Sun Is Also a Star and Everything, Everything, both of which have been turned into major motion pictures. She grew up in Jamaica and Brooklyn and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, novelist David Yoon, and their daughter. She’s also a hopeless romantic who firmly believes that you can fall in love in an instant and that it can last forever.