Hey guys! I’m here to celebrate the release of this super cool retelling of Twelve Dancing Princesses — The Midnight Dance!
About the Book
by Nikki Katz
Published by: Swoon Reads
Publication date: October 17th 2017
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult
When the music stops, the dance begins.
Seventeen-year-old Penny is a lead dancer at the Grande Teatro, a finishing school where she and eleven other young women are training to become the finest ballerinas in Italy. Tucked deep into the woods, the school is overseen by the mysterious and handsome young Master who keeps the girls ensconced in the estate – and in the only life Penny has never known.
But when flashes of memories, memories of a life very different from the one she thinks she’s been leading, start to appear, Penny begins to question the Grand Teatro and the motivations of the Master. With a kind and attractive kitchen boy, Cricket, at her side, Penny vows to escape the confines of her school and the strict rules that dictate every step she takes. But at every turn, the Master finds a way to stop her, and Penny must find a way to escape the school and uncover the secrets of her past before it’s too late.
About the Author
With a BS in aerospace engineering, Nikki first put her writing skills to use publishing four nonfiction books. She moved on to writing young adult fiction, her favorite genre to read as well. TheMidnight Dance is her debut novel.Review
Get ready for a book with a few Gothic elements that definitely reminded me of Phantom of the Opera mixed with 12 Dancing Princesses. I do have to say that I love retellings!
Penny is an interesting and dynamic character. She is a bit naive to begin with, but as the story continues we see her develop into someone who I found myself rooting for. She’s someone who makes mistakes, and sometimes those cause a lot of trouble for her, but it’s relatable in the sense that we all do regrettable things.
The Master gave me Phantom vibes especially with his large air of mystery and the kind of attention he attracts. While he’s more of a visible character in the setting of the story, he still calls for the sort of weird obsession that people have with the Phantom. That’s not to say that he’s a bad character – he invokes the curiosity needed and is cloaked in an air of austerity.
The plot is a bit slower at the beginning and it took me a few chapters to really get into it, but once you get to more of the intrigue and mystery things start to really pick up.
Giveaway
- Print copy of The Midnight Dance
- Ends November 2nd
Tour Schedule
October 16th
–blogs and coffee >> Guest post
–Comma Hangover >> Review
–MNBernard Books >> Interview
–Gemmas Book Nook >> Review
–Bibliofagista >> Review
October 17th
–Girls With Books >> Excerpt
–Smada’s Book Smack >> Review
–Darque Dreamer Reads >> Review
–Lisa Loves Literature >> Interview
–Reaching While Rooted >> Review
October 18th
–CBY Book Club >> Excerpt
–Booked J >> Review
–readingwithwrin >> Review
–The Bibliophile Confessions >> Excerpt
–Angelic Book Reviews >> Review
–Caffeine and Composition >> Review
October 19th
–The Candid Cover >> Interview
–The Booknerd Dragon >> Review
–Books of a Shy Girl >> Review
–The Mind of a Bookdragon >> Review
October 20th
–Dani Reviews Things >> Guest post
–Bibliobibuli YA >> Review
–Spinatale Reviews >> Review
–Jena Baxter’s Bookworms >> Review
Happy reading,
Sophie 🙂
The Mind of a (Book) Dragon 
Thanks for hosting today! This sounds like a well written and original story! Glad you liked it! 🙂
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Not a problem! Love being part of this tour 🙂
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