Devil's Dance

Title: Devil’s Dance
Author: Arliss Adams
Date Read: January 2011
Number of Pages: 229
Why did you read it: I got it as an early reviewers copy
What was it about: Jeanette Connor’s struggle to reclaim her life carries to California-a land of opportunity-and looming nightmares. It’s winter in Chicago, 1955 and Jeanette Connor is on the brink of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A contract with the New York City Ballet. But her mother has other ideas for the 16-year-old prodigy and a tragic die is cast. Thrown into deep depression by her mother’s actions, the teenager shifts her trust to the wrong people. This earns her a kidnapping and a violent turn as a teenage prostitute, ending when she is left for dead in a snow-covered vacant lot. Rescued in time by a twist of fate, she must now put her broken body and shattered emotions back together. (from Amazon Product Description)

How did you feel after reading it: This book was hard for me to read but got really good in the end and am interested in the second one. The first 50 pages of the book showed Jenny to have such a horrible turn in life I wasn't sure It was the kind of book I wanted to read. But I pushed through and then about 50 pages from the end I didn't feel I could read anymore because so many things had happened for poor Jenny I was afraid that if I kept on reading more bad would happen to her. The author has an amazing ability to wrap you up in the story so you are smiling when Jenny is happy and crying when she is. I felt quite connected to the main character and shared her triumphs and heartbreaks all along the way. I both dread and look forward to the sequel for that exact reason and any author who can make me feel that way is a great author in my eyes.
Questions/Comments: Fiction