Dance of Shadows (Dance of Shadows #1 ), by Yelena Black → Start Date: January 10, 2016

[Vicki]

Trisha and I would love to have you start this series with us!

[Miodrag ★❥]

I would like to join!
Plot sounds interesting and I haven't read much (or any) books about ballet or dancing in general. I hope it turns out good, I will read only first book with you ladies, if I like it, I'll continue with second one. ^^

Happy New Year! <3

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

yay! Welcome Miodrag! So glad you can join us! I hope we like this one too!! :)

[Vicki]

It's always a guess, right? LOL

Welcome, Miodrag! :o)

[Miodrag ★❥]

7 chapters in (view spoiler)[who's Chloe? I have some feeling that she is somehow connected to Margaret or is she maybe Margaret?

Something is really off with already two female leads for 'The Firebird' missing/ something happening to them and that Anna girl, it's still early, but I thought at first that she have something to do with that, because she is also 'fighting' for lead female role.

Dmitri, really, what and ego, what an a**hole. I just got a little put off hearing his answers to those questions.

Josef giving those looks to Vanessa and then Zep, plus Justin, everyone is acting strange. At least Vanessa's friends are fun, especially Blaine, he made me laugh couple of times already. :D

One more thing, what's with that voice that Vanessa heard when they did that creepy thing with blood, I was like, is this some sect or something... anyway, get back to voices... Run away, flee... I think, dear, you should, something is really off about this school and then those shadows. ohh Just creepy and add. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Yikes!! 1 star rating!?!
I'm hoping to start tonight!

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

7 chapters

I agree

Chloe(view spoiler)[ um...she went missing too?? how are the police not ALL OVER this school? and this play?! 2 girls go missing who are leads? and now maybe Elly?
AND add that to the mysterious "punishments" dancers get....this is all so sketchy.... (hide spoiler)]

Dimitri(view spoiler)[ ugh. I completely agree (hide spoiler)]

Josef(view spoiler)[ clearly way creepy. I don't necessarily think he's the one up to the disappearances - at least I think he's too obvious so I hope he's not - but he's got a pretty big yuck factor going for him. the ogling and then the yelling (hide spoiler)]

Voice(view spoiler)[ I agree. seriously, that was creepy (hide spoiler)]

Steffie and Blaine(view spoiler)[ yeah, they're okay. (hide spoiler)]

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

16 chapters

Zep(view spoiler)[ I don't like him - he's the bad guy here. He is the reason the girls are getting picked (he's picking them I think) and then he's the reason they dance until they die
is this a re-telling of the fable of the 13 sisters forced to dance until they die? I know it's a different twist but it seems close (hide spoiler)]

Justin(view spoiler)[ I actually think he knows what's going on (somehow?) and he's the good guy. (hide spoiler)]

Firebird(view spoiler)[ the play sounds grueling and awful. (hide spoiler)]

[Vicki]

Trisha, I think I'm going to pull out of this one because I realized the Kindle one I have is only chapters 1-3, a sample. To purchase it is over $6 and my library doesn't have it. Based on the 1 and 2 star ratings in this thread, I don't want to waste my money. LOL I hope you don't mind.

[Vicki]

Actually, I realized that I already had bought book 2 through a 3rd party, so like it or not I guess I will read this one after all. MAYBE I'll like it better than you and others.

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Vicki wrote: "Actually, I realized that I already had bought book 2 through a 3rd party, so like it or not I guess I will read this one after all. MAYBE I'll like it better than you and others."

Yikes!! Do you want me to see if I can loan the book to you? I bought on sale for $1.99.....

[Vicki]

Sure. I have a Kindle app though, so I'm not sure if you can.

My book 2 arrived today too. Lol

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

Vicki wrote: "Sure. I have a Kindle app though, so I'm not sure if you can.

My book 2 arrived today too. Lol"

Oh man....sorry about the book 2. I think you will really like this one though.....

YES! I can loan Book 1!!! Can you PM me your email address again and we'll see if I can ship it to you :)

[Sofia]

So I had this book a while but wasn't really feeling it to start reading, until I decided to search the web a bit and I stumbled upon this animated book review. For some reason I got hooked and wanted to know more, just read the book in 2 days haha. Check the video out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVAcH...

[Trisha, lives on coffee]

what did you think, Sofia??

[Vicki]

Sofia wrote: "So I had this book a while but wasn't really feeling it to start reading, until I decided to search the web a bit and I stumbled upon this animated book review. For some reason I got hooked and wan..."

Thanks for sharing the video. Pretty cool. :o)

[Miodrag ★❥]

Trisha wrote: "Yikes!! 1 star rating!?!
I'm hoping to start tonight!"

I got irritated near the end and I just couldn't keep going on.
It was all good in the first part of the book, interesting, creepy, mysterious and I was really into it, but then when main girl started doing stupid things and believing wrong people, I just got irritated, tried to read it till the end, but I just couldn't. Too many things going the wrong way.