I absolutely loved Angie Stanton's book 'Rock and a Hard Place.' When I saw she had a new title out, I bought it the very first day! This book is AMAZING!! I am having a hard time knowing where to start.

I'll talk about Willow. She felt so real to me. She is one of the most driven young women I've ever encountered in YA literature. She has deep, amazing, intense passion for cheer and dance. I don't know if Angie Stanton has personal experience with dance/cheer, but the details were amazing! The d More...

This is one YA I am overly glad to have picked up. I loved Willow,Eli and especially Tyson! We start off meeting Willow the cheerleader, we get to read about the fall that changes everything in her life. I have never been a cheerleader, but have friends and family that are or were; so I know the amount of anxiety that goes along with the stunts. After Willow decides that she is finished with cheerleading, she gets bamboozled into auditioning for a musical by her choral teacher and former dance t More...

Have you ever had something happen to you , that made you scared ? So, scared that you would just give up and quit even if it was something that you really enjoyed, was really good at and loved to bits. Dream Chaser follows the journey of Willow , a top cheerleader and a daring flyer. She was the cheerleader that got all the stunts perfect and could do absolutely anything . All was well in her life until one perfect moment when her whole life came crashing down around her. While mucking around a More...

This book is about a girl who, in the past, quit competitive dance, because she was afraid of essentially a boy liking her. Where the book starts, the girl has now been in competitive cheer for the last three years (ever since she quit dance). She is her squad's "fearless flier," willing to be thrown really high up in the air and do all sorts of crazy twists and turns. In the very first pages of the book, however, she tries a really dangerous stunt and crashes into the mat. Her doctor says she i More...

running away from what we fear is not a solution. we should always face what we're afraid of.. this novel really inspired me..and i loved many parts in the story. i have a great affection for dogs and i really loved how willow and her family loves and takes an amazing care of their dog, Twinkie. and how cool are willow;s parents!!way cool!!they seem to understand her, let decide her choices on her own and also give parental advices at the same time. i loved how willow and eli connected. but i wa More...

You jump, I jump

This book made me:

1.Laugh like this:



2.Felt nervous and literally had slight poundings in my chest. AHH. DON'T FREAK OUT.



3.EXCITED. As if I'm on Willow's foot.



Yea. I definitely looked like one of those guys above. SRSLY.

4.Smile like an idiot. A lot.



I'm not saying that I looked exactly like that. Maybe you could just pick out the way she smiles and imagined squidward doing it. Yea. That's more like it!

5.ANGRY. I wanted to launch myself toward the faces of the cast especially Chloe More...

You jump, I jump

One word - Amazing. After I read Rock and a Hard Place, which made me cry like a freak (in a good way), this book didn't disappoint me at all. There were points where it was just down right hilarious. Especially with the grape Power Aid, when we meet Tyson's partner scene, and the awkward yet steamy dance scene with Eli and Willow. Those are just some scenes that are LOL funny. You won't regret reading this story, that's for sure!

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Willow has always been a perfectionist, which is great, when everything lines up as planned. Nothing remains perfect forever, of course, so she's learned to maintain her sense of perfection by quitting when failure rears its ugly head.

Known as the "fearless wonder" to her fellow cheerleaders, Willow is the girl who can do any stunt. Carrying the team in competitions, she has complete trust in her teammates' ability to catch her when she vaults into one of those high-flying stunts... until the da More...

3 stars.
Summary: After a serious fall, Willow quits cheerleading, much to the annoyance of her teammates. She takes up dance instead, performing in a play where she has the lead female role, playing across from her ex-best friend, Eli.

To me, the story just felt a bit weak in places. I didn't believe in any of the characters and found myself more than a few times tuning out, reading on autopilot without actually taking the words in. Still, it wasn't the worst story ever. I enjoyed the characteri More...

Very cute story! Dream Chaser tells the story of Willow and Eli. Willow is a champion cheerleader, the most daring flyer in her squad and a National champion. While practising with her squad she attempts an illegal and dangerous stunt, which results in a terrible fall. When she comes crashing down, so does her confidence in ever flying again, so she quits the squad. When her best friend tries to convince her to come back she auditions for the musical, knowing Jilly (her BFF) will have to accept More...

It's funny how no matter how many times people are right, I still wonder if my tastes will line up with theirs. Welp, I also loved Dream Chaser. Thank you reviewers for convincing me to buy it. It had so much to it. It really was LOL funny...I mean, I recapped and told my Mom and hubby about the scene where she hears from Tyson about getting the part. Her parents and family just KILL me...they remind me of the 'rents in the movie Easy A....

And I am such a huge fan of dance movies b/c I can't dan More...

Wow another amazing read!
So this story is about Willow, a seventeen year old who is a cheerleader and is the best at it. But when she suffers an accident while performing a stunt she gets so scared and traumatized that she decides to quite cheer for good leaving her team mates, who pretty much counted on her to win nationals, behind. The truth is that Willow is an expert at quitting when things go wrong or scare her too much because she did the same thing three yrs ago when she quit dancing and More...

Terjadi kecelakaan saat latihan Cheer yang membuat Willow tidak mau lagi untuk jadi Cheerleader... Keluar dari Cheer, Willow mendapat tawaran untuk jadi penari, setelah bujukan dari guru2nya akhirnya Willow setuju untuk ikut audisi.

Namun bukannya cuma ikut berpartisipasi dalam drama panggung musical, Willow mendapat peran utama di acara tersebut yg di beri judul Dream Chaser. Tari tidak sulit buat Willow karena dia sudah melakukannya sejak kecil. Namun yang sulit adalah Eli, cowok yg nyebabin W More...

Once I started reading I just couldn't put it down...it was THAT good!

Willow and Eli charcaters felt so real, like an old friend, their chemistry is unquestionable. They just feel so right together that I spend half of the book anxious for the moment that they would finally give in being mad at each other. And the way it happened it was even better than I expected, it didn't seemed forced, it just felt natural.

Willow's family is another great part of the book, finally a book with different pare More...

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Angie Stanton is an asset to young adult literature. She is an extremely talented author who has a knack for writing entertaining and engaging novels. I have read two novels by her so far, Rock and a Hard Place and Dream Chaser, and I loved both of them. Angie Stanton’s novels flow so well. Her writing style is fluid, entertaining and mesmerizing. At this point, I think she could write a book about purple ants, an More...

'If you don’t play the game of life, you’ll never win. If you turn your back on every challenge that comes along, you’ll be missing out on some awesome stuff.'

Willow, is a tenacious teenage girl who excels in everything she puts her mind into. She lead her school's cheerleading squad and is known as the most death-defying flyer on the squad. She is willing to try anything for them. But after a really bad fall and only a quick save by one of her catchers saved her from breaking her neck, she tur More...

I was really contemplating if I would give it a five since it didn't give me the adrenaline and the same level of excitement I get from all the best fiction/dystopian/paranormal books I've read. But then I realized that would be unfair. They are totally in different genre.

So I gave this book a 5 and I meant it. Dream Chaser totally deserves it and the title really suits the contents of the book.

This book has just so many elements. So many conflicts. And those are all well connected. One leads to More...

Dream Chaser is the absolute most amazing book i have ever read! it's such a fun read! it will have you laughing, crying and cheering the characters on! i love that all the characters came together and worked out their problems in the end! it goes to show that nothing is impossible and we just have to put our trust in the people we care about!

Willow has gotten good at running away from things she is scared of.. when an accident from cheer leading leaves her terrified to continue she decides to More...

(Actual rating: 3.5 stars)

OH MY GOD SO CUTE FLAILY HANDS. Just what I needed after endless hours of chasing news leads and doing overtime while struggling to file stories for the paper and asd;asj;ajf.

As teen YAs go, Dream Chaser was a lovable and easy-to-read addition to the genre. Pick it up if you're looking for a life-affirming yet light-ish book. It's easy to relate to Willow, personally--we've all been afraid of pursuing something in our lives.

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SO. MUCH. LOVE.
Let me start by saying I wasn't sure what to expect from Dream Chaser when I started it. The description made it seem similar enough to countless other romance novels out there: a girl and a boy who once upon a time were best friends, then something happens, they fall apart, years later their paths cross again, and BAM! love.
What I found was something so much richer, so much more compelling than just that. Oh, sure there are those elements (all of th More...

My favorite scene:
' "you said to Willow you can do this. Now she needs to believe you can. So take your shirt off"
I bit back my laughter.... [text omitted to keep spoiler free]
... "Dude, lose the shirt."...
Yowza!
..."Willow, come here and feel his arm." '

OMG this is just so funny. I was cracking up laughing :D

Anyway this is a pretty awesome book. I really love stanton's writing. The themes brought out in this story were surprisingly deep and sincere and I just raced through the novel. The main ch More...

Willow Thomas loves being a flyer for her National winning cheer squad. That is until she lands up in the hospital after attempting a new trick. Terrified of hurting herself again, she gives up cheer and to make sure she isn't cajoled into returning, she tries out for production requiring her to sing and dance. Willow is reluctant to dance again, especially when she finds out she will be paired with Eli, her dancing partner from childhood.

I really enjoyed this story. There is so much going on in More...

Okay, don't get me wrong here.
I really liked the plot. But if there's one thing that I would say about this book, it is that it feels very RUSHED. Like oh-my-gosh-i-need-to-get-these-ideas-in-my-head-out-and-about kind of rush.

See, the story starts with Willow urging her friends to help her do a complicated stunt. From there, she gets in an accident that, I should say, would change everything. And it did. But somehow, the execution of events seem kind of hurried. When her teachers immediately More...

Willow is a "flyer" on her High school cheer team, but after a terrible fall, she just can't do cheer anymore. Most of her cheer friends turn their back on her, so she decides to turn back to her first love - dance. She gets one of the leading roles in the town play and there she discovers her that her best friend from her freshman year will be playing the male leading role. Eli was her best friend forever, but when he tried to turn their friendship into something more Willow ran from dance and More...

Just changed my rating from a five star to a three star read. This book had ALL the elements of a five-star story but was sadly lacking in a few places.

Now, to explain my first impulse on rating it as a 5 star was that this book was a story about something I am equally passionate and in LOVE with--musical theatre. Add Broadway, a smoking male lead and a fairly nice and interesting female lead, and bam! I've got a five star book in my hand. Or so I thought...

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Super cute, quick read. Willow is this amazing cheerleader who is scared to "fly" after a terrible fall leaves her traumatized. It just so happens that the lead for a huge Community theatre production has opened up and she has lots of time on her hands, the only negative is that the male lead is her "ex" best friend Eli.

The author does a great job portraying the real pressure kids go through, I have a 16 year old and she agreed. When Willow quits the cheer squad she is ridiculed and loses frien More...

This is a great story about Willow. She runs when she's afraid, but finally finds herself in a position where she must face her fears or lose herself and continue to hurt those around her in the process. I loved that Willow was so talented yet still had obstacles to overcome. I loved Eli, his honesty in his up and down relationship with Willow, his determination, and the ultimate comraderie and love they rekindled. It was fun reading through this great musical and all that went into it. That was More...

Love this! One of my favorite new contemps. Great job Angie. It was exactly what I needed to get me out of my funk.

“So take your shirt off.” I bit back my laughter.
“Why?” Eli looked super uncomfortable.
“You need to prove you have the strength to lift her.”
“Yeah, but...”
“Dude, lose the shirt.” Tyson commanded.

“Dream Chaser” è uno di quei libri di cui mi sono innamorata della trama e che dovevo leggere a dispetto di tutto. Me lo sono procurata al volo e l’ho letto in un fiato e devo riconoscere che Angie Stanton è stata una piacevole sorpresa. Io adoro, adoro una YA romance, chi mi segue lo sa, quindi come fac More...

It was a 4,5 to 5 rating

It may contain a lot of spoilers!

I liked the story since its start. I didn't know what to hope from this book and was a pleasure to find out how good it is.

So, the story is: Willow run away everytime she got scared with something. Three years before, she ran away from Eli (that is one of the cutest fictional guys I've ever met) and now, after one free-fall straight to the floor in Cheer, she quit it too, leaving Jilly, her best frend, really upset. Long story short, Wil More...