I was so excited to be approved to read this book because I really loved Everything, Everything and The Sun is also a Star and this one definitely did not disappoint.

The premise of this book, that Evie can see how relationship begin and how they will end when she sees two people who are in love kiss, is really unique and I really loved it. I could not put this book down because i needed to know what was going to happen next.

Evie is not into the idea of relationships and of believing in love because why bother? Everything good comes to an end right? She’s seen it happen first hand to her mum and dad. And then she meets X by chance and her whole view starts to shift as she has to decide if the love and happiness she feels in the now is worth the potential heartache in the end.
I really loved seeing X and Evie get to know each other and it was so nice to see Evie starting to open her heart up to the possibility of love again!

Just as you think it’s all going well and it’s going to be fine that ending comes along and wow that ending kind of broke me. I don’t read many books with endings like that because I think when you read a love story you expect a certain ending and while this one was definitely sad it was also beautiful in a way.

Overall I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend, especially if you loved Nicola Yoon’s other books!

Extraordinarily beautiful and absolutely heart wrenching, this YA romance will lead you on an emotional rollercoaster that will resonate long after it’s finished.

Evie used to love romance novels but her opinions on love have changed since her dad left them for another woman. In deciding to throw out her entire romance collection,she is given a book called Instructions for Dancing, which leads her to a rundown dance studio and her discovery of a new ‘gift’.

Evie, after seeing a couple kiss realises she can see the entirety of a relationship—from the moment they meet to its eventual end. Thus reaffirming her beliefs in love- mostly that it doesn’t last.

At the dance studio Evie meets X and and they begin dance lessons, in hopes of entering a competition. Will X be able to change her mind about love, or is heartbreak really as inevitable as Evie Believes?

I absolutely loved this, Nicola Yoon’s writing is phenomenal and had me hooked from the very first page. Don’t be fooled by its beautifully colourful and gorgeous cover- this book will hit you in the feels, I was literally sobbing by the end of it.

The writing is really beautiful,almost lyrical at times and the meta references on the romance genre and its tropes and plot lines was (for a YA romance fan) pretty fun.

The concept of Evie’s ‘super power’ was also really unique and I really enjoyed watching how she dealt with it, I personally don’t think I’d have been able to cope half as well as she did.

As a character Evie is incredibly relatable and it’s easy to sympathise with her frustration and cynicism, her chemistry with X (aka Xavier) was great, I sped through the book,eagerly awaiting the development of their relationship- which I was not disappointed by. Fifi was also very much a firecracker of a dance instructor- loved her!

I’d definitely recommend to any and all YA Contemporary Romance lovers and fans of Nicola Yoons’ other books (The Sun Is Also A Star and Everything,Everything) but it’s very a emotional story so be prepared to cry.

I also just want to Thank Penguin Random House Children’s Uk and Net Galley for the e-ARC.

Thank you to Penguin Random House Children’s UK and NetGalley for an e-arc of Instructions for Dancing.

This story was beautiful and absolutely heart wrenching. Isn’t it funny how we, as humans, shut ourselves off from our emotions when we’ve been hurt, or someone close to us has. I felt I could massively relate to Evie’s, basically hatred of love.
I love how the story unfolds, with the friendships being questioned when romance is involved, how you can completely change your mind about someone when you learn the truth of the things they have done. But underneath it all, you still love them the same.
The latter part of the book absolutely tore out my heart, whilst the author probably stamped all over it.
I know how the ending is, I cried through it, but I shall for a while, picture a happier ending, a longer love.

This book is definitely going to stay with me for a long while.

Nicola Yoon the author is hit or miss for me personally. This book is a definite hit. I loved the characters. I liked the plot. Short quick chapters. An excellent YA novel.