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Under A Dancing Star

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APA style: Under a Dancing Star.. (n.d.) >The Free Library. (2014). Retrieved Nov 26 2023 from https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Under+a+Dancing+Star.-a0609890846 The romance? Gosh. As I mentioned, this is certainly marketed as guilty pleasure summer reading, but I found the romance far too saccahrine, straying into unnecessary cliche. Bonding experiences include (but are not restricted to) multiple incidents of spilling paint over one another/ falling on top of one another in paint etc. What a hoot! It made my toes curl. A transgender boy starting over at a new school falls hard for a popular cheerleader with a reputation to protect in this debut.

The beauty in the words of this book creates a captivating and atmospheric reading experience. The setting of a summer in Italy painted the perfect picture for a mesmerising setting in which Bea can really discover herself and her passions. She is a fantastic leading lady, wanting to break out of the norm that has been set for her by society and her parents. I felt I wanted to fight fiercely for her and her rights as a human to be able to do what she wants in life! Somehow, it took me so long to get into this book, scared that it wouldn’t do justice to one of my favourite plays of all time. Boy was I wrong : I devoured this book like no book before.

Indeed my lord, he lent it me awhile, and I gave him use for it, a double heart for his single one.” (Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2, Scene 1) I thought it was going to be impossible to beat A Sky Painted Gold, but Laura Wood has achieved the almost impossible: a perfect second novel that compliments the first in total harmony, whilst having a style and charm that is completely its own.

Beatrice is this smart and driven woman, struggling with her people-pleasing traits, but while still being herself : a self-thought insect fanatic. She wasn’t forced and had dept, which I liked very much. The idea of romance certainly wasn’t her main goal in life, far from it, which made her story with Ben even better. Instead of asking for her life to change, while doing nothing like so many other book heroines, she actually decided to make the most of her youth, exploring Italy and studying medicine. Power move. Set in the 1930s and inspired by Much Ado About Nothing, this thrilling feast of coming-of-age edginess is giddy with the glamour of freethinking artists, and tingles with romantic tension. Klaus nods. ‘I understand,’ he says. ‘It is why it is the perfect place to make art. It is a thrill, yes, for all the senses. As if you are seeing everything in brighter colours.’

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With their new friends gleefully setting the rules for their fling, Bea and Ben can agree on one thing at least: they absolutely, positively will not, cannot fall in love...

He is right, of course, and for a second, I catch a glimpse of what it might be like to be an artist, just a little of what they are doing here. And the feeling is delicious.” As far as my parents are concerned, daughters aren't terribly useful asset. I’m not supposed to go out into the world and actually do things.They’d like me to be more… ornamental. I’m just too much for them. Too big, too loud, too clever.'Inspired by Much Ado About Nothing, with a heroine reminiscent of Sybil from Downton Abbey and a lazy Italian summer setting evoking other works such as Call Me By Your Name, UNDER A DANCING STAR is a beautiful novel about a girl finding her place in the world and deciding to take control of her life and who she wants to be. (She also falls in love with a very handsome artist along the way.)

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