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Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror

Pointe of Pride by Chloe Angyal

April 26, 2024 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I’ve been waiting for Pointe of Pride since shortly after Pas de Don’t came out. It did not disappoint. I had so much fun reading.  Carly and Nick have strong Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy vibes with their prides and their prejudices (masking insecurities) acting as barriers. They have a meet disaster and initially show each other their worst sides. And then Carly hears Nick talking about her in a less than complimentary way. Neither is in a good place emotionally at the start of the book. Carly feels like […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Australia, Chloe Angyal, Dance, NetGalley, Pointe of Pride

Emmalita's CBR16 Review No:32 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Australia, Chloe Angyal, Dance, NetGalley, Pointe of Pride ·
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But life is long and strange and full of things that will make you happy.

Pas de Don't by Chloe Angyal

April 5, 2023 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Chloe Angyal’s debut romance, Pas de Don’t, is fantastic. The characters and the plot are grown up and the romance is tender (and steamy).  Angyal uses her background in dance to ground her romance between professional dancers in the physical joy of being a dancer, without glamorizing (or fetishizing) all the things beyond art that make ballet a world apart. I haven’t read Angyal’s non-fiction book, Turning Pointe: How a New Generation of Dancers is Saving Ballet From Itself, but Pas de Don’t is the […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, ballet romance, Chloe Angyal, NetGalley, Pas de Don't

Emmalita's CBR15 Review No:31 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, ballet romance, Chloe Angyal, NetGalley, Pas de Don't ·
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