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Love can be dangerous!Valentin Bychkov, rising star of contemporary Russian ballet, appears to have everything wealth, talent, success, and a face and body to match. Not that anyone can get close. Bypass the entourage and there's still Valentin's sharp tongue and acerbic wit to deal with. He may give his body freely, but his emotions are kept tightly locked away.Max Farley's life is a simple one. All he's interested in is work, drinking, and picking up the latest in a long line of one-night stands. The way he chooses to live may not be to everyone's taste but it suits him down to the ground. He's never met anyone who's made him want to confront the demons from his past. Until now. A show in London brings the two together. Lust brings them closer still. But if rumors of Bratva connections turn out to be true, then dangerous men wait in the wings. One dangerous man in particular, who's used to people following his orders without question.Difficult choices need to be made on both sides. Valentin and Max need to stop playing with fire and let each other go, or face the consequences. But letting go isn't that easy where love is concerned.And some things are worth the risk. Warning This book contains a snarky ballet dancer with an aversion to clothes, a little too much wall sex and an overabundance of Russian heavies.
PDF A Dance too Far HL Day 9781796965889 Books
"I actually enjoyed this book a whole lot. That cover grabbed my attention every time I saw it in passing on Amazon and with a male ballet dancer in the lead I had to buy it.
While it's a bit light on the mob and ballet elements, it's an engaging and sexy story that makes the pages fly by quickly. I really liked Max and Valentin as MCs and there was some angst to fuel my personal enjoyment. For the most part they had to work for their happiness, something that also works for me.
Recommended MM or gay romance reading.
I review in depth at on top down under reviews"
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A Dance too Far HL Day 9781796965889 Books Reviews
- A Dance Too Far is a lovely and suspenseful story that captured my interest with the beautiful cover and kept it until the final page.
An exciting and compelling storyline supports these well-developed characters. There are a smooth flow and rhythm to the suspense of the story and the interactions between Valentin and Max.
I felt a kinship to both characters as they navigated this new and strange relationship in which they unwittingly discovered themselves.
Several times I found myself on the edge of my seat from the danger and violence they faced.
I am not going to say that the antagonist got what was coming to him in the end, but I have faith that the fiction version of hell has a special place picked out just for him.
The secondary characters are supportive of the storyline and complement the plot and the main characters.
I look forward to more from this author. - I actually enjoyed this book a whole lot. That cover grabbed my attention every time I saw it in passing on and with a male ballet dancer in the lead I had to buy it.
While it's a bit light on the mob and ballet elements, it's an engaging and sexy story that makes the pages fly by quickly. I really liked Max and Valentin as MCs and there was some angst to fuel my personal enjoyment. For the most part they had to work for their happiness, something that also works for me.
Recommended MM or gay romance reading.
I review in depth at on top down under reviews - I think my expectations were too high. I liked it, but for some reason I thought it would be a bit more darker, and Valentin a bit more bitchier (not that he wasn't a diva enough). LOL
It was mostly satisfying both in the romance and in the crime department, but I just... ugh... wanted more.
So, I think it's just me, not the book.
3.5 starts - Wonderful story. Good plot twist and turns. Hope that the villain shows up in a sequel. First book by this author, but definitely not the last.
- This is pretty well written, though I was confused by the odd American English spelling in what's an entirely UK-based tale - why do British authors, and here a British teacher, do that? Sorry, I digress - unfortunately, the tale didn't quite live up to the great blurb or the edgy beginning.
It started well, and I liked the premise, the hints and promise of danger, and how sparks flew between the guys, and how ice cold Valentin was. But, he could have been any Russian guy, not a dancer, as we didn't get to hear about his passion for dancing and what it meant not to be able to be doing much of it. We didn't hear any worries or fears or what it meant to him, just that he was being pressured into performing. For a moment, until I went back to the blurb, I didn't know what kind of dancing it was, as there was nothing whatsoever identifying, unless I managed to miss it all? I got that he was injured, but there wasn't even a mention of a jete or a plie or a lift or any other dance move, and I think there was only some vague mention of Valentin being in the air one moment, on the ground the next, sylph like, or similar... Did the author not research even the most basic of ballet terms?
I liked how the leads met, how the one-night-only Max had the tables turned on him, and I expected danger and discovery, and was stunned at the chances that Valentin took; it almost felt like he wanted to be found, to be... discovered, so that he could leave this life behind. I think the guys started out well as casual hook-ups and liked how Max was the one not to walk away for once, but them being able to orchestrate being together didn't seem congruent with the threat of Dmitry and his goons and what everyone at the ROH seemed to know about the guy's Bratva connections. Bratva got mentioned, but nothing was touched on; there was not an iota of anything to convince me that the Bratva had any relevance to the tale. It felt as if the author mentioned it, but then didn't go there; build up and then let down - did she not do her research?
I expected the violence towards Max and I expected double-crossing, but the tale ended far too easily and conveniently. I didn't quite believe that the supposedly ruthless Dmitry would have caved that easily, no arguments, no disbelief, no bluffing, no conditions, no bargaining, no threats, no demands, no saving face... where was the ruthless Russian we'd been told about? Or even a shade of him? Yes, Valentin had a safety valve, but people can be bought, and the safety valve had been in Dmitry's... arena for some time, and yet there was no doubt on Valentin's part, not even fleeting, that he'd trusted the wrong person? And, Dmitry didn't call his bluff? I think the denouement of that particular part of the tale was weak and predictable, because Valentin had to have some leverage, unless he and Max were in a position to get their nearest and dearest and themselves to safety and fake their deaths, which they weren't...
Maybe I've been reading too many books with Russian baddies, but they have a deserved rep for ruthlessness and bloodthirstiness and more, and there's a reason for that. This is the second book I've read within a month where the author/s try to go there with mention of Bratva, but at least some evidence needs to be present to be believable, and there wasn't anything. It sounded like Dmitry was a one-man operator, so for him to suddenly be scared at the mention of the Bratva finding out about him... didn't quite ring true. The truest thing about this tale, wait for it, is likely the A&E waiting times! Oh, and the phone thing? You break your phone, you get a new handset whether expensive or a throwaway, not a new number or new SIM, right? But, in this, Valentin ended up with two phones, and one was the number he'd given to Max, but this had to be the same number Dmitry would ring him on, too, or else Dmitry would wonder why he couldn't reach Valentin. Not sure the phone scenario worked?
What I'm left with is the impression that the author saw the cover picture and decided to write a tale around it, had all the ingredients, but didn't know quite how much to use or quite how to mix, and ended up with a tale that talked the talk but didn't quite walk the walk. - 3.5 stars…..A Dance Too Far an emotional, witty, sexy, intriguing story. The writing is quite good with some great dialogue and banter. The nature of the plot most definitely requires a set up, but the first half of the book is just a tad too long. There are a lot of internal musings, which is something I am not particularly fond of. The MC’s do not spend a whole lot of time together as the story evolves, but the scenes in which they do are wonderful. However, those moments could have been deeper and expanded given it’s in those brief scenes that their connection is solidified, and I just didn’t feel it as much as I would have liked. Valentin and Max both have serious emotional baggage from their youth and it’s in those moments, before and after they bare their souls to each other, where I feel there could have been more. I also would have loved to spend more time with them together at the end seeing that Valentin is finally free and has been so sheltered his whole life, and together, they are quite funny and sexy.
