There is lots to like here. Clever plot ideas and I enjoyed the dancing. The family relationships are well done and the resentment created by the second time around parenthood is really well observed. So it’s a good read. There was however a slight issues with the two leads. One of the characters sounds incredibly hot. The other one seems a bit immature and it’s kind of hard to see what the attraction is. I guess you just have to be there dancing to know why they are into each other.

Georgia Beers knows how to write engaging and likable characters thrown into situations that are interesting and entertaining. Dance With Me is no exception. We get the story from Scottie’s perspective and she is delightful and quirky. Her inner dialog was very amusing. There is a lot going on that keeps the plot momentum and the side characters are all great and I wish my best friend owned an ice cream shop - like - seriously. My one complaint is you can see what the black moment is going to be about pretty early and that dampened my enjoyment a bit because I was just anxiously waiting for that shoe to drop. If you a a Beers’ fan, you should 100% pick this one up. I thought it was great.

This is nice and complicated. The good news is, it's worth it.
Georgia Beers has written the character of Marisa exceptionally well. She's hot. Off the charts hot and you'll be able to feel it from wherever you read this book. Scottie seems sweet and a blend of innocent and naive. Then there' Pen, who shafted them both.
I wouldn't say I'm naturally into dancing stories, but this is more of a people story and Marisa and Scottie are good people.

This is a fun romance with Scottie agreeing to help a friend by being his partner taking dance lessons. The instructor unexpectedly has to take time off and her replacement Marisa is attracted to Scottie. As things happen now Scottie has no partner but continues class to be near Marisa.
But wait their pasts intertwine through an ex they both dated.
It’s complicated wow but these two are drawn to each other and there isn’t anything they can do about it.
I think you’ll enjoy this sweet romance so don’t miss it.

Thank you #NetGalley. #BoldStrokesBooks for this ARC

Scottie Templeton is people pleaser. She doesn't want to rock the boat, and it has not served her well in life. She's living on the outside, looking in. So when her friend Bash asks her to step out of her comfort zone and go to dance classes with him, she caves. But this may be the best decision she's ever given into. It's finally time for her to get back out and take charge of her life.

Marisa Reyes has been dealing with so much in the last few years. Dancing is her escape. So when she takes over the dance class, she is not expecting anything more than fun with new students. She's not looking for a relationship right now as she has enough on her plate, but resisting the pull of Scottie proves to be too much. But can they overcome their links from the past and find that they are fated to be together.

I struggled with this one. Unfortunately we only get a first person insight into all that is going on with one character, Scottie. She's 34 and temperamental. Has a lot of rejection sensitivity issues, which means as a protagonist she's quite pitiable, but not in a way where you truly empathize with her in a sympathetic way.
Unfortunately overall, she's just not very likable, and I failed to understand what love interest, Marisa, even saw in her. Just what did she have to offer? It was never made clear.

She seemed utterly aimless and not a great friend. She has no real soul in my mind. Very one dimensional.

Scottie spends far too much time caught up in her own head, in the past, regarding her failed relationship and her parents moving on with their other much younger kids. While not doing anything about it. Her woe-is-me bullshit is to the detriment of the budding relationship with Marisa, and it's just frustrating to read about, and you feel no real desire to root for her, or the relationship overall. It's not fun to read about someone being so deliberately ignorant and self sabotaging, in a truly oblivious way.

Now, I was prepared for some character development, some personal growth - but again that just doesn't happen. It honestly feels like a story mapped out, but never fleshed out further, let alone fully. Like there's elements there that absolutely could have been expanded on, made the character more interesting, more sympathetic. Created a deeper story arc etc. Have her actually learn to DEAL and face her issues, like an adult her age should instead of being stuck in teen-dom - But nope.

Considering this author is supposed to be one the top tier ones in the lesfic genre, and this is only the second book I've ever read by them - I can't say I'm impressed.

It does that stupid cliche thing where there's a black moment then an 'accident' that makes the lovers realize how important they are to eachother, which means no one has to put any real effort in to fix things, and it's not just lame. It's lazy.
I'd expect these types of cliches from free online fanfiction, not supposedly professionally published authors with a back catalog. What are you doing Bold Strokes Books? I feel like you're really dropping the ball on the quality of your content, lately.

I'm feeling a bit bitter toward the whole thing, because I feel like I wasted my time, and the lack of depth is something I just can't forgive.

As always, do your own thing and check it for yourself. This one just left a real bitter sour taste in my mouth for some reason and has fouled up my whole attitude.

I received an ARC copy of this book from the Publisher via Netgalley and voluntarily leaving my review.


Scottie is still hurting over her ex Pen betrayal but decides to unblock her as a way to say she moving on but didn’t count on her starts texting her. Scottie has great friends Adley who owns a ice cream shop that Scottie go to and Scottie who is hairstylists planning to have her own with friends Bash and Demi who throws out ideas on what to called their hair salon and some are petty good. Scottie gets rope into taking dance lessons with Bash who wants surprise his fiancé at their wedding but when he breaks his foot she after talking with her grandmother decides to continue with the lessons buts gets a surprise when dance teacher Tina has emergency and her niece Marisa takes her place, It’s turns out Marisa is the women Pen left to date her and she embarrassed because she didn’t know at the time. Scottie and Marisa grow closer despite to them it’s weird because they share a ex and they say this multiple times. Marisa is dealing with grief and also raising her nephew Jaden who is so cute. I love this read low on angst despite the fact Pen wanted Scottie back.

All the rom-com is there in "Dance with me", including a kid, a grandma, dance moves, friends, a bit of drama, and some emotional baggage. The MCs are normal people and there is no power imbalance between them, which sometimes happens when we read a book about dancing, where one is usually leading. We readers, though, just get Scottie POV and I understand this is not for everybody.
I really liked Scottie's friends and I think there is room for at least one more book about Adley.

Georgia Beers writes classic romance books and this one is comfortably in that category. Scottie and Marisa’s story could be easily made into a rom com. There’s a lot of dance moves and lusting, after all salsa is a sensual dance, ice cream, a cute child and good friends.

Free ARC via NetGalley.

Another goodie by Georgia Beers. I liked how the characters meet and how their prior connection was done. It was well written and I enjoyed the side characters, I actually hope one of them gets their own book. I’d definitely recommend giving this a read. A nice low angst read.

Ever since I saw Georgia has new book I wanted to read it . I love the author and like most of her books so naturally I was so excited,

For the first 18% I was so board after tho I found that the story started to moved quite well, the chemistry was there, yet we only can see Scottie point of view, this is tricky because it won't let us like the other character or understand them. the drama was not convincing tbh and thought it was not necessary. overall it was good story

Emotional contagion is a serious risk when reading this book. The number of times I squinched my face up when the MC's parents benignly neglected their first born, when her granny had to pick up the pieces, then her bestie had to play therapist with insight and ice cream, and her coworkers had to inject some humor... you really feel for Scottie. Enter Marisa, the dancing queen, with her nephew and a steam-trunk of grief and you have a sapphic romance that goes straight for your jugular. You'll be practicing your box steps, hearing salsa music, and catching nerves throughout the whole book. You will absolutely submit to the HEA and once you've finished- you'll sit and let your mind wander and find yourself smiling harder than necessary.

34 going on 24, that's the best way to describe Scottie, the main character in the latest Georgia Beers book.

We are in Scottie’s first-person POV, while I generally don't mind this POV I think it doesn't work for this book. Scottie’s love interest, Marisa, has major hurdles to overcome and seems like a far more interesting character. I just don't connect with Scottie, her inner dialogue has me wondering if she's actually a teenager, her interactions with her friends make me think she's in her twenties and the way she deals with her parents, maybe she's 6. That might be a bit harsh, but I never felt like she is the 34-year-old woman she claimed to be.

For a book with dancing, even a dancing title it doesn't really have a ton of that. Sure, it has some, but not as much as I was afraid of. I'm actually rather happy about that. The writing isn't bad, just a little flat, maybe a bit lackluster and convenient. For example, Scottie and Marisa have a shared person in their last but have never actually met, by oed into each other or whatever. Now, all of a sudden they see each other almost every time they do outside. And it's not because one of them moved recently. It's just a little too easy, too convenient.
The bit of a dark moment comes very, very, late. I'm happy it isn't some major breakup thing, but again I'm missing Marisa’s POV here.

Scottie just isn't for me, this story is a bit flat, but Marisa makes up for it. And the scarce moments of grandma’s fierceness make up for a lot as well.
The writing itself is typical for Beers, it's good, but the story just isn't that great.

A nicely written sapphic romance. The plot was fairly predictable, but the characters are great and easy to sympathise with. A diverting read for a few hours