Slow Dance

If you felt a bit bereft after watching One Day - then this is the book for you! A beautifully written ‘will they, won’t they’, full of loveable characters, touching moments and a few cheeky laughs. I didn’t want to put it down and was desperate to devour it in one go. Highly recommend.

A gorgeous story of two friends, Cary and Shiloh, who could have, should have, may potentially have been something more to each other, Slow Dance is a warm, witty book that shows how Rainbow Rowell has earned her considerable reputation for insightful story telling.

I loved Fangirl, and this story - though targeted at a more mature audience - nevertheless has a similar kind of charm and is equally memorable. Well worth checking out.

The way I am absolutely obsessed with Shiloh and Cary. Not only is it a gorgeous love story, but it also deals with some very sensitive topics which are handled so carefully and sensitively. This is going to be one of my top reads for this year!

4.5 maybe 5 stars I think! No one writes romance with realism like Rowell. I devoured Slow Dance which might be my favourite of hers since Fangirl. Here she gives us her take on Best Friends to Lovers and adult romance won’t know what’s hit it. Beautiful and heavy and full of the contradictions of adulthood.

I wasn't prepared for how much this book would move me, reading it in as close to one sitting as possible. Cary and Shiloh should be together, they should have always been together - everyone thought they were together as teenagers. But life, and particularly Shiloh's low self-esteem, didn't allow it to happen. Now older, and somewhat wiser, can they finally get it together? A beautiful love story that felt more real than most, with characters who were complicated shades of grey rather than clear-cut black & white.