Wicked Dance

I loved it! I couldn't believe this was the author's first book! The characters were so well developed, and the story telling was so rich and detailed, and just real!

This is a beautiful slow burn of a story. The characters are fully realized. The setting is so detailed I felt like I was walking down the streets of NYC with Sara. I loved the immersion into the characters’ world and the time the author takes to explore their lives before throwing them together. The tempo and pacing of this story is unusual in a time when so much feels rushed and disposable. This is not a disposable story. It’s a story to savor and read again and again.

Sara and Tom are two lost souls wandering in the world until fate. No, this is not an easy path. The right ones, are never easy. Their journey hurts and heal. Their path brings you joy and sadness. The main characters have real personal demons. I won’t spoil the story by saying what they are or what they need to do to face them, but both bring serious baggage to their potential relationship. Their romance is messy: in turns hurtful, healing, hilarious and heartbreaking. Both characters are so complex that I've ended the book feeling like their best friend. I love them and I totally understood them.

I cannot wait for book 2! I highly recommend reading this!

Not bad for an author's debut novel.

Sara is now an assistant at a dance school, after a car accident that killed her mother caused her to give up her Broadway dance career. Her boss treats her terribly which Sara endures because of her internalized guilt over the car accident.

She meets real estate tycoon Tom who she connects with instantly. The book follows the beginning of their relationship but ends on a bit of cliffhanger. They have lots of hot sex and Tom is a great romantic hero. Sara was a bit irritating--she reminded me a bit of Anastasia in 50 Shades.

Many thanks to Netgalley, the author, and the publisher for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

The story is thick and lovely, characters are cute together. The romance level reached an almost top, Love the novel, highly recommend for readers to read, especially readers who enjoy romance. The whole plot is close to what we may happen easily in daily life, coffee shop, handsome man and beautiful girl with an accident - spilling coffee. I might try one day to see if I can get myself a handsome romantic man~

I thought this was a A fantastic debut from author Olivia Boothe. The cover caught my attention first, it was a perfect choice. Wicked Dance was extremely well written, with well developed characters. It was easy to follow and never did I feel it was dragged out. It was fast-paced, without feeling rushed. I really loved the story line.
The story took you on a journey that you felt yourself right there with Sara and Toms relationship develop. I can't wait to read more by this author!

Loved this, the only down side being the ending (I’m assuming as it says number 1 it is just part 1 though). I loved how the author built up Tom and Sara’s relationship. It was romantic and intense. I loved that they both fell in so deep, so quickly, it made it that much more relatable and real. The relationship developed nicely whilst the story flowed perfectly, it was over before I had realised I had read it. The scenarios presented in the story I felt were dealt with sensitively and with a realism that made it that much more enjoyable. Although I found Sara’s naïveté and trusting nature completely at odds with the bravado and feistiness that she normally used, which made it a little bit frustrating.
The secondary characters: Jen, especially Alexei were characters that you could imagine behaving in that way led further to the story making it a more enjoyable read.

Such a good read I really did enjoy it. This is the first book I have read by Olivia and I will be looking out for more from her in the future it is a sexy sweet romance between two super characters that you cannot help but like and root for both have issues from their past and I really enjoyed watching them heal and try to move past them.

Entertaining and well-written. It was a book that I couldn’t put down. Pretty awesome summer read. I read it in one sitting and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have no words to describe the emotions it invoked. Definitely placed in my to be read again pile Would recommended it to my book club once for my friends to read too.