I found this book in a really awesome new bookstore I found by my house and got it because it looked like something my friend would tell me to read.  As it turns out, it was her favorite book.  It is about a professional dancer in New York City.  I’m not a dancer, at all, so I didn’t understand all the dance terms the author used, but I loved this book.  It was inspiring in an unusual way.  I can’t say how it was inspiring because it would give the story away, so you’ll just have to read it to see.

Hannah started at the Manhattan Ballet Company when she was fourteen years old.  She picked up her life and moved to New York by herself to dance.  That is dedication right there.  One night after a performance she strangely decides to get something the eat at her cousins restaurant, where she meets Jacob.  A pedestrian as the dancers call them, meaning a non-dancer.  Hannah immediately feels a connection to Jacob but knows she cannot do anything about it because on her time off she sleeps or goes to extra studio classes, or goes to yoga classes, or goes to the gym.  Basically she eats, sleeps, and breathes dance.  Until she meets Jacob and her convinces her to live a little outside of the theater.  Like I said, I can’t say anything else without giving away the ending, so go read it!  It’s a fantastic book.

I was originally nervous about reading this one because it could go one of two ways, really good or just like every other teen romance out there.  Lucky for me, it was a good one.  Throughout the whole book, I thought I knew how it was going to end in one chapter only for my opinion to be changed the next one.  I couldn’t figure out how it was going to end.

On the romance part of the novel, Lara Jean always writes love letters to the boys she loved.  Five in total, none of the boys know about the letters or Lara Jeans love for them.  Until the letters get sent out.  One of the guys gives her back the letter and seems to forget about it until she literally leaps into his arms in the school hallway to get another one of the guys off her back about it.  Unfortunately the other guy is her older sisters ex-boyfriend and her next door neighbor.  Lara Jean comes up with a plan to fake date one of the guys in order to stay off the subject with the neighbor.  I’ll let you guys read the book to find out what happens with that.

Family was also a big part of the book.  Lara Jean and her sisters, Margot and Kitty, are all very close since losing their mom when Kitty was three.  They are all close with their dad too, and they all regularly have family dinners and are really just best friends.  When Margot goes off to college in Scotland, Lara Jean has to step up and run the house.  And try and fight her feelings for the boy next door since he was Margot’s boyfriend.  Don’t worry though, I’ll give you a spoiler…the book ends with a crazy sister fight that ends in hugging and crying and admitting they still love each other.  Happy ending for them!

Overall, such a good read, I would recommend it to anyone.  There is a sequel, called P.S. I Still Love You and I will be finding it and reading it soon.  I’m sure it’s just as good as the first one!