A lovely story of heartbreaking and hope with a little twist of magic to top it all.
I like Nicola Yoon writing and this is one more great YA book to add to my collection.

Brilliant YA novel about love, friendship and loss. I loved the main characters completely and found myself completely wrapped up in their story and didn’t want it to end

It sounds like a love story but it isn't. Although love is a central theme in Instructions for Dancing it is there without it becoming a smutty romance novel like those our main character, Evie, used to love. Evie Thomas is the biggest love cynic there is. After witnessing her dad's affair break her family apart she is adamant that love isn't real. Her hatred of love is cemented when she is awarded with an unusual gift - being able to see a couple's history from beginning to end, when she witnesses them kiss. This ability only leads to further heartache for Evie as she witnesses her sister's relationship breakdown, her friend's fall apart and the relationships of strangers disintegrate before her eyes. However, this ability also brings her to La Brea Dance School in a desperate search for answers, where she meets X and the fierce Fifi who are both determined to teach her to dance and perhaps to realise that not all love needs to be negative.

What I loved most about Instructions for Dancing was the realism presented in all the love stories Evie encounters. Yes, she gets her prophecy powers via a strange woman in a library, but the rest of the plot is firmly cemented in reality. All the love stories presented are totally believably, including Evie and X's. I liked the fact that they weren't instantly besotted with one another, nor were they enemies that swapped to lovers. Yoon presents a slow-burning, realistic teenage romance, which relies on friendship first before turning into love.

For a YA novel, Instructions for Dancing deals with love in a mature, yet appropriate way. Like all teenagers, Evie has an idea of what love should be, based on her favourite novels and the films she sees on TV. Yet in her story she encounters love of all ages, helping to open her eyes to what love really is as she sees realistic examples around her.

Without realising, I read this in only two sittings - a testament to the nature of Yoon's writing that makes you desperate to learn the fate of her characters. The ending pulls at your heartstrings, but there is enough interest throughout to keep you invested in the story and ultimately, invested in love.

A super YA read, perfect for romance cynics and lovers alike!

Instructions for Dancing follows the story of Evie Thomas, a girl who no longer believes in love following the divorce of her parents who she thought would be the definition of happily ever after. When one day she watches a couple kiss, she sees how their relationship ends, her believes are further cemented. Showing that even the greatest love stories will eventually end in heartache. To try to figure out what is going on, she finds herself at a dance studio, dancing with a boy called X who is everything she is not. When she begins to fall for X, she has to decide if the heartbreak is worth it for her happiness.

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While I feel like I've done a terrible job at trying to break this book down into one paragraph I can ensure you this book is phenomenal! It is so uplifting! It was super-fast paced and if I could have read it in one night I would have (stupid exams!). I connected instantly to Evie and have a new application of love after reading this book. Her connection with X was so cute and I felt like they were made for each other. I cannot rave about this book so much, it flowed so well and had me hooked from the beginning. I love Nicola Yoon, I love her writing and the way she can hold my captivation from start to end. If you're looking for a pick me up book, something to get you out of a reading slump or just something new, consider picking this one up! I was offered an E-book copy of this but I'll definitely be picking up a physical copy in the future!

Thanks to @turningpagesnz and @penguinbooksnz for sending me a copy if this one in exchange for an honest review 💗

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Nicola Yoon gave me everything I've ever wanted in a book; satirical romance, ballroom dancing, a little paranormal twist and then she broke my heart.

Evie's faith in love is destroyed when her parents get a divorce after her Dad cheats on her Mum. On top of everything else, she develops the ability to see entire relationships play out from from beginning to end when she witnesses a couple in love kiss and it comes true. This proves to Evie that love only makes you miserable. Then she meets X at a ballroom studio. He's open, honest and determined to live in the moment. They are convinced by Fifi (why don't all books have a fierce but kind ballroom teacher?!) to learn how to dance together and somewhere along the way Evie learns how to open her heart because love is worth the risk.

I'm still sobbing. The ending hurt me! Essentially my experience of reading mirrored Evie's changing perception of love; what's the point of loving if it all ends in heartbreak anyway 😭 because even if it hurts it's worth it for the time we get to spend in love. I loved reading this book and it was full of giddy joy up until the half way/three quarter mark. Did I want to stop there are freeze it with only good memories? Yes but reading to the end didn't spoil those parts. Nicola Yoon laid her soul bare in this one and to quote Wanda vision: "what is grief but love persevering."

This is the second Nicola Yoon book I’ve read so far (I read The Sun is Also a Star last year) and it is just as wonderful!

Instructions for Dancing tells the story of a high school senior, Evie, as she struggles with the idea that love isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. After her father has an affair and leaves their family to be with another woman, Evie has lost all faith in happy relationships. Even worse, she suddenly gains the power to see the beginning, middle–and end–of all romantic relationships. And if they all end, was it even worth it?

I found Evie’s character to be incredibly believable, especially as someone who was in shoes very similar to hers. When I was a junior in high school, I caught my father in an affair with another woman. I cried the entire way home, and once I got there, continued to cry even more. I felt (and continue to feel) all of the negative emotions that Evie goes through in this book. I even (much like Evie) went through a period of time where I no longer believed in love. Needless to say, I think Nicola Yoon did a really, really good job at portraying what this type of heartbreak feels like.

The main theme (and overarching question) of this novel is a tough one to tackle. Evie is forced to consider what the point of falling in love is when everything might be doomed to fall apart at some point in the future. It’s a question that I think is kind of unanswerable because the answer no doubt changes from person to person. If people knew that their relationships were doomed to end, I think a lot of them would choose to not fall in love at all. I think this novel is dedicated to those people. A challenge to open your mind to the idea that it’s whats happening now that really matters. How many of us are missing out on living our current lives because we’re too busy being worried about what might happen? How many opportunities, how many life experiences, have we left behind?

Instructions for Dancing is an endearing and heartbreaking love story, but it’s also so much more than that. There are several life lessons and profound questions crammed in this 300 page book, and the result is incredibly powerful. I’d definitely recommend this to anyone even thinking about adding it to their TBR.

Instructions for Dancing reminds me of my first dance: sweet, adventurous, phenomenal, unforgettable!

Young Adult Contemporary is not my genre, as I don’t forget to mention every time I review or feature a YA Contemporary book. But Nicola Yoon is a trusted author of mine. I love all her past works.

Instructions for Dancing features Evie. This is a very character-driven book so let’s focus on Evie. I love Evie so much. I found her so relatable, even though I haven’t really experienced most of what she had. I don’t even dance, not the way she did. But I found her so real and everything she went through. I felt for her. She doesn’t believe in love anymore because of her parents’ divorce and the fact that she doesn’t read romances anymore because of that made me really sad. But as the story went, she really grew as a character. I saw her became the better version of herself as she lets new experiences and new people in her life. It was so heartwarming.

Dancing was a big part of Evie’s story, obviously. As I said, I don’t dance except a few times in school dances. I loved how the dance was used as a theme here, a metaphor to Evie’s journey. And wow, I don’t usually get amazed by dancing, I mean I loved the Step-Up movies but not to the point I would wish I knew how to dance. But here…The author really made dancing such a fun and passionate activity. I could feel every feeling that the characters had while dancing. They went alive on the pages. And that dancing scene at the end? It was so intense and very well-written. Though if you’re thinking that there will be dancing in every chapter, no, there isn’t. To be honest, there were less dancing than I expected.

The characters, starting from Evie were very well-written too. I love Evie’s mom and sister. I love her friends. Despite being just side characters, they also shined on their own, especially Martin. I hope he gets his own story. I also love Fifi, one of the dance instructors at the dance studio. She is so hilarious, though she is very serious most of the time and eccentric. And lastly, Xavier or X. I absolutely love this person. He’s like a sunshine with a very positive disposition in life. He is so charming and fun. He is so cool and has that bad boy vibe. He and Evie on the dance floor is an explosion. Their chemistry is amazing. I love them so much.

Another theme this book has is the magic. Yes, this isn’t your usual young adult contemporary. Evie has some power. As the blurb says, she had a vision when she saw two people kissing. I mentioned that YA contemporary is not my genre and maybe the reason why I love Instructions for Dancing is because it has magic realism in it. I liked how the author used this element in this book. It surely made the book more special. As usual, I loved the author’s writing style. It’s very descriptive and the scenes just go alive on the pages.

If you love heartwarming, cute and funny stories, then you’ll love this. I highly recommend this book.

Instructions for Dancing is an interesting blend between romance and a fantasy element.
I enjoyed the premise, though I think the author should have focussed a little more on the magical element to make it more concrete.
As always, I enjoyed Nicola Yoon's mixed media format with the insertion of lists and other unique chapters to make the story more fun and dynamic.
I definitely think this is a cute romantic story which packs a big punch, but I wish that less time had been spent on the romance and more of the focus was on the family story as I felt that was a really important topic that was glossed over.
Definitely recommend this to people who normally enjoy YA romance and/or have previously loved Yoon's novels.

❝ ...These days, though, the books are nothing but letters arranged into correctly spelled words, arranged into grammatically correct sentences and well-structured paragraphs and thematically cohesive chapters. They’re no longer magical and transporting. ❞



The first time I read the blurb for Instructions for Dancing, I was intrigued. I love to read about people like Evie, who gave up on love. I love reading about them understanding that although relationships come to an end, there is something else waiting to bloom on the edges.

Ever since her perfect world titled off its axis, Evie Thomas does not believe in love anymore. To remove herself from the notion of a happy-ever-after, Evie decides to donate all her beloved love books. To quote Taylor Swift, “Heartbreak is the national anthem” and, she sings it proudly.

In a small Free Library, while Evie was donating her books, she came across a manual called Instructions for Dance and met an old lady who left her riddled. This strange encounter confounds Evie, but when she accidentally stumbles upon her younger sister and boyfriend kissing, Evie sees the arc of their relationship. From the first encounter with how their relationship would end.

Evie doesn't think much of it, but, when her vision comes true, Evie is shocked and a little scared of what these visions mean for her, whilst furthering her belief that all love stories come to an end.

To understand why she possesses the power at the end of relationships, Evie ends up in a dance studio and ends up taking ballroom dance classes. It wasn't long before Evie was matched up with Xavier Woods, better known as X, in a dance contest. X... He is sexy, charming, flirtatious and an all round fantastic guy and it's because of those charms Evie finds herself falling for him.

But the last thing Evie Thomas wants is to fall in love with a guy and that, too, when she's done with love.


❝ Given enough time, all love stories turn into heartbreak stories- Heartbreak = Love + Time. ❞



One of the things I enjoyed all along the book was the opportunity to get a glimpse of all kinds of relationships through Evie's visions. Each relationship had a wonderful beginning, but the end of each relationship was different. Some were bitter heartbreaks, while others were sorrowful. Then there was one relationship where there was no heartbreak.

The other thing that I enjoyed was the element of magic. The idea that magic doesn't need to be grandiose, but can be as simple as making a person believe what they thought they'd lost. The manner in which magic has woven through all stories and worldly lives was beautiful.


Instructions for Dancing is a coming of age story that is touching and healing. Although it does not guarantee the Happy-Ever-After, it shows that even though it is for a brief time, there is a Happy-For-Now.



4 Stars!

This is a beautiful book written by a talented author, Nicola Yoon.

I have read both of her previous books: Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also A Star. Nicola Yoon has this admirable ability to engage the reader from the very first page.

I read her other books when I was a teenager myself and this one at 22. I truly feel that I would read her books whatever my age.

This is a love story but also a young lady’s observations on what love is, what it can become and what life is when you don’t believe in it.

Compared to her other books, Instructions for Dancing is more creative. The narrative of the main character’s ability to see stranger’s lives was wonderfully imaginative. The ending hurt my heart.

Yoon’s previous books have been made into major motion pictures and I have no reason for why this one shouldn’t be.

I received this book through Netgalley for review consideration. I enjoyed it as much as I thought I would. I’m glad to have discovered it! Thank you @NetgalleyUK

I have never read a book by Catherine Ryan Hyde before. However, I liked the blurb. Plus, who does not want to read a book with such cute little puppies on the cover!

I found Seven Perfect Things to be a gripping and uplifting read. The book has a heart-wrenching beginning which provides a glimpse into Mary’s unhappy marriage and its repercussions on young Abby. Despite having a father, she feels bereft of a father’s love. On seeing her mother miserable, she feels miserable too.

However, one day she sees a man throwing a sack into the river. A sack full of puppies. She selflessly dives into the river and saves all seven of them. Now comes the big question, where would she keep them. This is where Elliot’s cabin comes into the picture and thus, starts a friendship between Abby and Elliot. Abby soon realizes Elliot is the perfect husband for her mother.

The book features a slow-burn romance between Mary and Elliot. Both are cautious with each other as one has suffered abuse at the hands of her partner while the other has lost his wife recently. Yet, as they spend time with each other and get to know each other, romance and hope blossom.

Elliott is a level-headed man. He makes Mary realize the extent to which she is being abused. Mary is a loving and responsible mother yet is afraid to walk out of the abusive marriage as she doesn’t have a job.

However, it is the puppies that make Seven Perfect Things so special. They not only provide a cuteness overload but are a catalyst for the change in Elliott and Abby’s lives. They also help both heal from the blows that life has landed on them. Abby started being happy again, full of hope for tomorrow, something to look forward to because of the puppies, while Elliott got moments of respite from his grief after losing his wife. When he would be with the puppies, he would be enjoying the present moment.

Hyde deftly portrays the stifling marriage that Mary is trapped in. She also clearly portrays the actions of Stan, Mary’s disgusting husband. Stan gaslights Mary like many other abusive spouses. It is to Elliott’s credit that she recognizes the extent of the abuse she is undergoing. I was frantically turning the pages to see if Abby and Mary would be successful in escaping this oppressive household.

I would recommend this uplifting novel to lovers of women’s and contemporary fiction. Many thanks to the publisher for my copy of the book approved via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion on the book.

Nicola Yoon is such a great author, I have loved all the books I have read by her and this was no different. Her writing style is marvelous, it captures you from the very beginning, her books are very very easy to fly through and really fast reads.

The plot of this book, just like the others by Nicola Yoon is nice and hard hitting and will leave you feeling kinda bittersweet. I loved the story, I flew threw it in less than 24 hours and I was absorbed into the story and the formatting made it definitely faster to read.

This is a great story following Evie as she tries to cope up with a recent heartbreak in her family and has lost her believe in love and this story follows her journey in trying to find happiness in the journey and not the ending and to love and accept and be happy with a little bit of magic thrown into it.

Since this book is so quick to read, I don’t really know what to say without giving anything away so I will say this, I loved how the story progress, I loved to see Evie moving out of her shell and open her heart to newer experiences and happiness and seeing her cope with her everything in her life and coming out emergent.

The romance wasn’t really in-your face kind and I really liked it, it developed nicely and both the characters had such great and heartfelt moments together.

Though, I wish there were more scenes with the power she gets and it could have been a little bit longer.

Evie was out main focused character, I really liked her and her growth through the books. X is also a pretty great love interest, he is so kind and gentle and I really liked him as well.

Overall this was a great book with a great ending and a good message.

I would recommend it to anyone looking for a fast paced story that will make your heart ache and make you smile wide and leave you thinking for a while.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that this is a YA novel or that it’s short because there is a whole lot of emotion and truth packed into this joyful little bundle.
Nicola Joon just gets love; the good, the bad and the downright ugly of it all. The way not every love ends in way in which we hope and dream but the fact that it exists at all, and that we are privileged to be part of it is what really counts. It’s about embracing love in all forms and completely giving yourself over and allowing it into your heart.
Despite the intensity of the message, the actual story of Evie and X is told gently, with a little humour and whole lot of emotion. I completely fell in love with everything about this novel immediately and found myself unable to put it down. Once I’d finished, I struggled to let go of the characters and felt as though I wanted more – even though the end was a satisfying conclusion.
The characters felt like typical young adults, struggling with many issues that you’d encounter in real life e.g. love, friendship, the future, home situations etc. Evie is lost after her father leaves and is disillusioned about love. You can feel her dichotomy oozing from each page as she rejects and resists love from different sources whilst wanting nothing more from deep inside. In the beginning she comes across as defensive and prickly but it soon becomes clear there’s almost a different person hiding behind a shell. X is such a fun character. He’s easy going and quite the opposite of Evie but the chemistry is instant. I love his outlook and philosophy on life and he was exactly what Evie needed when he came along. Lots of supporting characters really help bring Evie and X to life and turn their story into something wonderful.
This is a beautiful romance novel that will pull on your heartstrings whilst leaving you feeling refreshed and with complete faith in the process of love. Highly recommended.

Wow! This story hit all the buttons for me. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it gave me hope, and ultimately, it brought me joy.

I have to say; friends warned me ahead of time that this might be a tear-jerker. I thought I was prepared, but no, I was not.

The story started simply enough. Evie’s parents are divorcing, and she has trouble dealing with her emotional reaction. Planning an after-high school graduation road trip with her besties will hopefully bring her out of her doldrums and curb her cynicism about love.

The magic begins when a mysterious woman gives her a book titled “Instructions for Dancing.” An inscription leads her to a small dance studio, where she meets a unique group of characters. While there, she has her first experience with precognition.

From this point on, I won’t divulge more of the story as you simply must read this for yourself. The tale is unique, funny, heartbreaking, poignant, and so much more.

The characters are so well-developed you instantly feel like you know each of them. Admittedly, sometimes you love them, and sometimes you wish to shake some sense into them. But, you will never be bored with them.

Through Evie, you can explore your feelings, hopes, dreams, reminisce, and plan for the future. Will you learn the same lessons she does? I promise you won’t be unaffected.

No matter your age or gender, this book is a must-read 5-star recommendation from me. So grab a box of tissues, a copy of the book, and settle in to read this touching story. Or if you are as cynical as Evie, read it to prove me wrong.

Instructions for Dancing tells the story of Evie, who at 18 years old, is already disenchanted with love. After finding out her parents are splitting up – and that the reason causing this split is her father’s affair with another woman – Evie has had enough of the whole idea of love. But love might not be through with her.

At a Little Free Library where Evie decides to dump her collection of romance novels she no longer cares for, she winds up picking up an old copy of a book entitled Instructions for Dancing, as well as a pesky super power where whenever she sees a couple kiss, their entire future together flash before her eyes.

Unsure what to do about these visions, or what lesson their apparently trying to teach her, Evie decides to return the instructional dancing book to its rightful owner: the La Brea Dance studio. And it’s there where she meets X…

Instructions for Dancing is a really great novel, bursting with heart. In this coming-of-age story sprinkled with magic, heartbreak and hope play an equal role, and both love and loss are pivotal to the plot. In her acknowledgements, Yoon talks about writing this book during a very hard time in her life, where loss, love, and grief were ever-present. This truly comes across in her writing, as so much of this story surrounds these overwhelming feelings, and facing them, despite how hard that in itself can be.

At the beginning of this novel, Evie would rather give love up voluntarily than risk potentially loosing it at all. She struggles with reconciling that if something is doomed to end, does it ever even matter in the first place? I think these are thoughts a lot of people grapple with at one point or another. Especially when considering how precarious so many things in life really are. Yoon handles these topics with care and sincerity. And as such, it’s no surprise that her words are so utterly touching.

Instructions for Dancing swept me off my feet. It made me feel a lot of things. A story both happy and sad, full of wit and humour, and enchantingly heartfelt – this novel won’t be one I soon forget.

Thank you to The Write Reads Tours and the publisher, Penguin Random House Children’s UK, for providing me with an e-ARC of this book via NetGalley. All thoughts are my own.

Instructions for Dancing is a YA romance which focuses on what comes after happily ever after.

Evie’s parents’ divorce completely changes her attitude towards love. She can’t understand why people bother taking the risk of being in a relationship when they always come to an end. Why is her sister Danica still dating when Evie can’t even enjoy the contemporary romances she used to adore?

These thoughts solidify after she finds herself gifted a book called Instructions for Dancing. Shortly after acquiring the book, Evie discovers she’s been granted the power to see the highlights of a relationship every time a couple kiss in front of her. The one thing all of the relationships have in common? They all end. Whether they end in divorce, death or devastation, Evie finds herself swarmed with visions of relationships ending, over and over and over.

Evie confides in her best friend Martin about her newfound talent, and he convinces her to head to the address of the dance studio stamped in the back of her book. After spontaneously taking a dance lesson, Evie gets taken to one side by the dance instructor – a formidable woman named Fifi – who asks her to perform in a ballroom dance competition. Her partner? X, the grandson of the dance studio’s owners, and the boy who will make Evie want to reconsider her relationship avoidance.

I loved everything about this book, and it was one of the easiest five stars I’ve ever given. This is a refreshing take on the YA contemporary genre, and it’s one which I’m sure will stick in my mind for many years to come.

My heart ached for Evie from the first page of this book. She is hurting deeply because of the dissolution of her parents’ marriage, and genuinely sees no point in relationships or love. Something about the image of her hesitating while choosing to donate her romance novels – that brief second in which her hope rekindled – tugged at my heart strings, and I was hooked by Evie’s story from that moment on.

Similarly to Everything, Everything, Instructions for Dancing is made up of lots of very short chapters which switch between text conversations, group chat messages and even lists of romance tropes (which Nicola Yoon plays with delightfully). The changing formats make this a quick read, but I also found myself unable to put it down because I couldn’t wait to see what happened next between Evie and X.

Their relationship is definitely a slow-burn romance. It’s obvious that they have feelings for each other, but it takes X a while to break down Evie’s walls and convince her to give him a shot. It’s impossible not to root for them, and I’m sure X is going to be a new fictional crush for a lot of teen readers.

When you pick up Instructions for Dancing, make sure you have a packet of tissues nearby. I had a lump in my throat at the end of this novel, because Nicola Yoon isn’t afraid to show the end of the love story she has so painstakingly crafted. I was expecting to see the end of Evie and X’s story (with Evie seeing the end of relationships, it would be hard not to discover how their love story ends), but Nicola Yoon does it in a way which makes you appreciate the beauty of love, even though it may be fleeting.

There is so much more in this book that I want to gush over, but I’m trying to stay as spoiler-free as possible! Instead I’ll let Nicola Yoon’s words speak for themselves and share two of my favourite quotes from Instructions for Dancing with you.

‘Given enough time, all love stories turn into heartbreak stories.’

‘People who say it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all have never really loved anyone and never really lost anyone either.’

Instructions for Dancing will make you grab life by the horns and remember to appreciate every moment you spend with the ones you love, and it’s inspirational as hell. This is the YA contemporary I needed, and it’s one which I think will resonate with a very wide audience.

Nicola Yoon has done it again!! Instructions for Dancing is a phenomenally sweet YA romance that will have readers swooning. At the center of the story is Evie who is so pessimistic about love. Her parents didn't work out and she just doesn't believe in it anymore. Then she finds a book called Instructions for Dancing that has a note inside leading her to a dance studio where she sees a couple and miraculously also sees their entire relationship play out until the moment they break up. Evie thinks it proves her point until she meets X. Will he break the spell Evie is under? Yoon's writing is outstanding with engaging characters and a setting she brings to life. If you haven't read Nicola Yoon yet, be sure to start now! She writes YA romance like no other.

I loved Nicola Yoon's previous books and 'Instructions for Dancing' did not disappoint!

This book was heart warming and heart breaking in equal measure. In this book we meet Evie, a romance fiction fan who has lost faith in love and romance since the breakdown of her parents marriage. However, with a bit of magic (this storyline gave me some chick flick flashbacks), dance lessons with a very bold instructor, a long term group of friends and a dazzling love interest named X, Evie starts to rediscover her faith, and might find love on the way.

Like many YA novels, this is fairly fast paced and sometimes things felt a bit rushed. However, there is some delightful characters and situations that will speak to so many. A lovely read.

So I read this in a day. It was a cute book. I love bookish characters as a bookish person myself. When Evie was making her list of her "former" favorite romance genres and got to the vampire part, I was like same. Mind you romance is not my go to. It was once upon a time one that I picked up more, but like Evie something tainted them for me but I grew to like them from time to time again. Enough about me, back to why you all came here.

When the story opens we meet Evie as she is going through her books to get rid of many of her beloved romance novels because they just don't do it for her anymore. She can't escape into the anymore. Ever since her parents divorce and what she saw in her fathers office, him kissing a woman that was not her mother. Due to the library being a closed she ends up bringing them to one of those little free libraries, where like magic a older lady seems to appear out of no where. They talk about Evie's books and she convinces her to take a book of her own, as it's leave a book, take a book. So she does, the book 'Instructions for Dancing'. When Evie turns around the lady is gone.

This is where things start to get a little strange for Evie. She see's her sister and her newest boyfriend kissing and bam she can see how this relationship started, special moments as well as when and how the relationship will end. Evie unsure of what she as experienced kind of thinks it could be her imagination. Until not long after her sister tells her that they broke up and it was how Evie envisioned it.

So back to the book, Evie's 'Instructions for Dancing' is what the title suggests, a book on learning dances and it belongs to a dance studio that Evie has past by so many times but never noticed before. A friend of hers convinces her to bring it back to the studio and see what happens from there.

Some how Evie get's roped into dance lessons and competing, her partner is the sexy dreadlocked boy X. Who just happens to be the grandson of the dance studio's owners. The dance teacher wants them to get to know each other more, to build a chemistry, because some dances need that sizzle. Clearly we know where this is headed as it's a romance novel.

She learns X is in a band, they work on songs together. They practice the dances, he meets her friends. They kiss.

Evie seeing future break ups, isn't a one off. After she confides in her friend they test it and when a paring kiss that seems to be when it all get's revealed. She just hopes she never sees her and X kiss. Because it seems to Evie it's always them ending in heartbreak. So why do people even bother.

Evie, in her senor year of high school is dealing with this new "power", her father, her friends, X and dancing. As well as healing or rather trying to.

Evie has some issues to work through, like realizing that love and relationships they might not always work out and sometimes the outcome can destroy you, but to never even try, to enjoy the time you have. Enjoy the journey, worry about when and where and if it ends when that time comes

Like I said it was a cute book, read it in a day. It's a quick read, the chapters are done in what that will keep you swiping/turning them. I enjoyed the text/group chat conversations. Surprisingly less dancing then I thought there would be when I first picked up the book to read. Also I think Martin is my favorite character in the bunch, with is tweed loving. Maybe Nicola Yoon can write a book for him.

I teared up a little, won't lie.

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Absolutely loved this book and Nicola Yoon didn’t fail to disappoint.
The pacing in this book was great and it flowed really well.
I really enjoyed the characters in this book and how they developed throughout the book.
Highly recommend the book and I look forward to what Yoon brings out next