Despite how it might seem, this is not a love story. My friend had to convince me to read Instructions for Dancing. I've read both of Yoon's previous books and felt... incompatible with them. I felt like Yoon's cutesy starry-eyed romances were not for me, especially as someone who is super picky when it comes to the romance genre. But I was right to give this one a shot. Figures I'd like the only one of Yoon's books to make me cry.The opening quote is accurate. Though love is central to Instr

4 stars “The problem with broken hearts isn’t that they kill you. It’s that they don’t” Oh wow, this one sure did hurt my heart by the end. But the good kind of hurt where it burns a little bit.After her parents break up, Evie doesn’t believe in love anymore. Her romance books have been plucked off the shelf, no longer holding any interest. One afternoon, something strange happens and Evie can now see a couple’s entire relationship, beginning and ending, flash before her eyes when they kiss.

3.25 starsUgh two books in a row were ruined for me because of their ending! I just didn’t see it coming. For this book with that gorgeous cover to make me feel sad. Just didn’t see it coming. And normally I won’t mind, but it took a strange turn towards the end. Kinda out of the blue? That ending is usually used as a whole plot, you can’t just throw it at me like that in a couple of pages and that’s it. This is probably a me thing and don’t get me wrong, I liked the book. It was cute and enjoya...

CW// (view spoiler)[ cheating (hide spoiler)]Nicola Yoon is one of my favorite authors of all time, so I was expecting Instructions for Dancing to be a new favorite for me, but unfortunately there were just a couple things that I had issues with. It is still an amazing book though and I highly recommend it to everyone but you should be warned that Nicola Yoon has a way of tearing your heart to shreds with adorable romances mixed with tragedy.This book was Nicola Yoon’s first book that wasn’t ju...

“It doesn’t matter that love ends. It just matters that there’s love.” This was cute and I ended up liking it more than I thought I would while reading it. Loved the message that one should live in present, give love a chance instead of thinking that it will not last, so should not give it a try. What I didn't like was characters and pacing at times. They were rather dull and lackluster and somewhere in the mid story lost it direction before coming back to right track. But it was enough for m

Staring at the blank page for twenty minutes straight made me realize how much this story doesn't feel like belonging to Nicola Yool.Am I saying this because I've already read - and loved - her other books or because it's not what I expected? I don't know. The only thing I know for sure is I would have liked it to go in a different direction.Nicola Yoon is not famous just for her amazing writing skills, but also for her love stories. You know, those kinds of stories where there is always the hap...

“Why are you always so mad at dad? Danica asks her sister, Evie?” “He didn’t do anything wrong. They fell out of love and got divorce. It happens all the time”. Evie Thomas is in her last year of high school. Her father had an affair with another woman—manifesting in Evie, Mom, and her sister Danica moving into an apartment. Evie is angry and no longer believes in ‘happily-ever-after’ love. Evie meets a mysterious woman at a neighborhood Little Lending Library box. Evie was giving away her old

Ohhhh my poor, broken heart! It hurts like hell! Don’t get fooled by this beautiful, vivid, inspirational cover promises you sweet, soft, entertaining YA romcom! It’s heart wrenching, extremely emotional, magical, though provoking story shakes you to the core! True love, epic dance moves, kindred hearts, quirky best friends, a girl’s magical ability to see the kissing couple’s heartbreaks ! They’re the first words come into my mind when I read this book. I’ll barely gathered my words because th...

this was fine. i was actually really enjoying it until it started to go in a direction i didnt like.i understand that grief and sadness can be powerful emotions for prompting life lessons and conveying messages in stories, but i didnt like it for this particular one. could i have understood the message of this story without the sad ending? yes, for sure. which is why i would have preferred it to end on a happier note. i think readers who dont mind a sad ending will appreciate it for what it is.

I finished this book in one day. And although my first reaction to it was a total delight, I closed it with my heart a little broken. This story is cute and tender, but it will also leave you in tears. Essentially, Instructions for Dancing is about this - how do you allow yourself to love, when you know this love will almost always leave you miserable? Evie is already skeptical about love when she finds out her parents' marriage ended because of her father's infidelity. But when she miraculously...

Ew, I have tears in my eyes. And my heart feels somewhat broken. It’s a happily ever after but with an ending to the happy. It’s annoyingly and obviously real. Life can be a pile of shit, but there are plenty of joyous moments and I like that this book emphasised the importance of living in the moment and appreciating them right there and then. I don’t care how cliche this sounds. But these characters have experienced losses in different ways and naturally, that has changed them. Xavier seizes l...

This book has issues.I know that lots of people are in love with this book and I believe that to a certain extent it does deserve the love that it's getting because it doesn't have many major issues. But the one major issue that it does have was enough for me to notch down the rating significantly. Instructions for dancing starts off with the lead, Yvette, donating her contemporery romances after she stops believing in love, keep in mind that by the end she's deeply in love and the transition...

It has been a while (read: months) since I read this book along with my friends from our book club, so for that reason I will keep my review on a shorter side (as some parts of the book are blur now).I wish I didn't read any reviews for Instructions for Dancing before going into it, because I read the main spoiler and it ruined my whole reading experience.I understand people write spoilers in their reviews, but I don't appreciate it wheb they do it in first sentence or without any warnings.This

I WAS COMPLETELY BLINDSIDED BY THIS BOOK.I loved it so much that I read it in less than four hours.Nicola Yoon once again reminding me the reasons why I love reading YA despite being 21 years old.

Finished this in one sitting. Such a delightful and heartfelt read. I thought this was just going to be just another cute YA contemporary romance, but there is more than meets the eye with this. My heart hurts, yet I am happy.

you should’ve seen how fast i clicked that tbr button when i saw the cover and the face i made when i read the synopsis and realized this isn’t wlw 😭

Enchanting, wistful, and lovely!Nicola Yoon is such a gift. This book, at under 300 pages, proves that less can be more and quality always outshines quantity. This was a beautiful and heartbreaking read but ever optimistic, cheeky, and of course romantic. This book is a sweet blend of ballroom moves, first love, and loss, capped with just a tinge of magic!If you’ve considered or enjoyed her books before, do yourself a favor and please pick this one up! 4.5 ⭐️

3.5 starsWasn’t expecting this book to make me sad but here we are. I will think about that ending for a while now. I should have known Nicola Yoon would hurt my soul after The Sun is Also a Star, why am I even surprised?This is an incredibly cute story that reminds me of a Disney teen movie. It would be great if Disney actually picked it up because this would be an amazing match. It’s a feel-good breezy book that gives you all the feels. Also, it’s very hard to put down, it’s definitely a just-...

i am terrified of love. i believe in it and i want it fervently but i am terrified of it. i’m terrified to fall and i’m cynical and basically what i’m trying to tell you is that i really saw myself in Evie as a main character. this book i think will be my comfort novel in all my heartbreak in my life. to remind myself that yes — that pain is real and that pain is a reminder that happiness existed, that it’s just love in a different form. my heart hurts and i’m going to go cry myself to sleep but...