A review by ethrone
Center of Gravity by K.K. Allen
5.0
trigger warnings: on page sexual assault and continued mention of sexual assault throughout the novel
4.5 stars!!! this was sooooo soooo good!!!
firstly, i just want to say how nervous i was to read a contemporary novel about dance because i danced for 14 years of my life and i don't think i could have continued to read this book if the dance aspect of the novel was poor. however, there was no need to be nervous! while i do think that the romance and the interactions between all of the characters was obviously the major point of this book, there was a lot of dance throughout and was very accurate to me!
secondly, i thought the writing was excellent!!! i was engaged from the moment that lex and theo had their first interaction. the connection between the two of them began through dancing and then it led to sharing their vulnerabilities with each other. i really loved seeing the two main characters of a romance have a shared hobby - i feel like too many authors have an opposites attract thing going on between their characters, which i also enjoy, but i found that theo and lex loving dance together was lovely.
i didn't necessarily think that the main characters were remarkable or stood out as extremely unique, but i still liked them. i loved the dual perspective!!! alsoooo i thought the steamy scenes were top notch in case you were wondering!!!
i think this novel is a case of just having a great time while reading it! i'm sure others probably think it doesn't deserve the rating i gave it, but i had a nice time and i'm going through a lot of stress IRL so this was a nice escape for me!!!
4.5 stars!!! this was sooooo soooo good!!!
firstly, i just want to say how nervous i was to read a contemporary novel about dance because i danced for 14 years of my life and i don't think i could have continued to read this book if the dance aspect of the novel was poor. however, there was no need to be nervous! while i do think that the romance and the interactions between all of the characters was obviously the major point of this book, there was a lot of dance throughout and was very accurate to me!
secondly, i thought the writing was excellent!!! i was engaged from the moment that lex and theo had their first interaction. the connection between the two of them began through dancing and then it led to sharing their vulnerabilities with each other. i really loved seeing the two main characters of a romance have a shared hobby - i feel like too many authors have an opposites attract thing going on between their characters, which i also enjoy, but i found that theo and lex loving dance together was lovely.
i didn't necessarily think that the main characters were remarkable or stood out as extremely unique, but i still liked them. i loved the dual perspective!!! alsoooo i thought the steamy scenes were top notch in case you were wondering!!!
Spoiler
the on page sexual assault was hard to read about as it always is, so please be careful if you do decide to read this book. this has impacted the main character quite a bit and she does bring it up many times throughout.i think this novel is a case of just having a great time while reading it! i'm sure others probably think it doesn't deserve the rating i gave it, but i had a nice time and i'm going through a lot of stress IRL so this was a nice escape for me!!!