Raven by Allison van Diepen

For me this was a bit of a mix between Twilight and Step-Up (a movie about a street dancing). Nicole is a teenage girl who works at a night-club part time serving drinks. However, to pull the crowds she, and the dance group she belongs to, often perform their moves on the dance floor and even have organised ‘dance-offs’ with other groups. Zin is the leader of her dance group, and he is the best best-friend Nic could ask for. Except there’s more than just platonic feelings between them, and they both know it. So why doesn’t Zin return any of them? Nic soon discovers that pretty much the entire staff at the night club are called ‘Jiang Shi’ or immortals, who have to keep moving every 10 years, so as to not arouse suspicion.

This book was fairly well written, with an interesting albeit unusual concept. If you are into dancing then I would recommend it. Overall, Raven by Allison van Diepen isn’t a bad read.

Dancing in the Dark by Robyn Bavati

Ditty is Jewish and her parents are strictly religious. That means learning about her people’s beliefs and marrying young to have a large family. But Ditty wants to dance – more than anything else in the world. The lengths to which Ditty goes to dance will amaze you. She has to keep her home and her dance world separate and she has to pay to do so – in money and in other ways.