According to the Oxford Dictionary, the definition of dance [da:ns] is “to move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps.” Technically, that’s true, but dance is so much more. What the dictionary doesn’t mention is that the movement comes from within you, from the very depths of your soul, that place that holds all your hopes and fears, all your loves and losses. Dance is a form of expression, of all the emotions that make us who we are.
Jasmine Wilkinson
I’ve finally made it … only six years later than expected.
New York promises to be the experience of a lifetime, and if I’m lucky enough, a chance to dance on Broadway and fulfill a lifelong desire.
After graduating from Boston Conservatory, I’d intended to meet the love of my life, Baxter Sampson, in the city that never sleeps, and share the rest of my life with him. But sometimes dreams don’t go as planned, and we have to make new ones. I know Bax would have made it big; he was such a phenomenal dancer. I wish I could have been there to see it happen, but I can’t wait to catch a Broadway show and see his name in lights.
Maybe he’ll still remember me.
Baxter Sampson
Eight years in New York have all but stolen my dreams from me.
After years of auditioning for every contemporary ballet production in New York, I had to admit defeat. I wasn’t good enough to make it on Broadway. I wasn’t good enough for Jasmine, the only girl I’ve ever loved, to keep her promise and meet me here after she graduated six years ago. So my plans changed—they had to. But when there’s an inexplicable force driving you to perform, you have to catch the spotlight wherever you can, even if it’s in the last place you expected to find it. My life had always revolved around Jaz and dance, my two true passions. I’ve already lost one—I can’t lose the other.
4.0 "ANYONE BUT THAT GUY" Stars!!!
“Being with you. Dancing with you. It was the happiest time of my life.”
I wanna make this review short and sweet because I believe that no matter and whatever I will write will pale in comparison to the readers perspective towards the book than me giving more details. Maybe because the book just screams "not for everbody" and to be honest at some point it feels like it's kinda dragging. However though as the story progresses I cannot ask for a better way of delivering Jasmine and Baxter's journey better than this.
“Can we pretend the last six years never happened and you’ve come to meet me in New York like you promised?”
The emotion that took place was all over. I thought it's the same second love story I usually read but I thought wrong. This is just so much. My heart was gripped and I feel the pain.. the longing and the love that they both shared despite distance...despite years of separation and you know what? My heart even leaped that time they met again. There's no better feeling than that very moment. As much as I thought it was Jasmine's story, it wasn't. It was more Baxter's... their passion...that driving force.. *sigh ... it was WOW!
What they went through feels so real. The highs and lows... and that secret when revealed? I totally understand Baxter. I feel him and I ache for him. But the good thing is, there's Jasmine that lighted up and made him realize what needed to be done and what way better to reach his dreams without crushing what they have.
Lisa Edward's Ripped is a book showcased not only with heart gripping scenes but also straightforwardness that will make you gutted until the end.
“This was an exercise in trust, and I trust you with my life, because you are my life.”
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Lisa Edward is the author of The Songbird trilogy, the novella Duty of Care and a contributor to the collation of short stories in Hook & Ladder 69. While Lisa has called Melbourne Australia home for her entire life, she has lived and worked in England, and travelled through most parts of Europe and the United States. She loves nothing more than spending time with her beautiful daughter, or curling up into the early hours of the morning with a great novel. By day, Lisa works in the analytical IT field, so relishes the opportunity to foster her creative side through writing. Her deep appreciation for literature was nurtured from a young age, being taught to respect books and get lost in their stories. She enjoys reading honest and realistic novels that are relatable, thought provoking and leave a lasting impression. She can’t write without music playing, using the emotions from different songs to invoke those of her characters. Lisa takes inspiration from her own life experiences, the people around her and those she has met in her travels.
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