While the characters were fascinating, they author could have gone even deeper, especially when it comes to how to resolve the ending.

She says she always has "at least" four books on her at all times, and had long thought about what it would be like to put pen to paper herself. Hamrick makes her debut with this erotic novel that pulses with Black Swan energy…Hamrick offers up a thrilling meditation on the tension between love, desire, and art by combining the artistry of The Red Shoes with the eroticism of Fifty Shades of Grey. So a year after I’d left, I gradually started thinking about how I could work my tales of the ballet into a novel, thinking about plot and characters and my perspective on the ballet world which is a bit different to a lot of what is out there. First Position by Melanie Hamrick is a captivating novel that provides a rare glimpse into the glamorous yet cut-throat world of professional ballet dancing. This is probably one of the best representations of ballet and the ballet world I have read in a fiction book.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file.

Nevertheless, I still had a hard time getting into the main story and connecting with any of the characters, which is why I decided to give a flat, uneventful, solid three stars. I was disappointed by this book - I expected it to be a spicy romance, but really it lacked any romance at all and was much more about ambition, self-doubt and self-hatred. Beware that this story tackles some graphic sexual abuse and sex-shaming as well as drug and alcohol abuse. I felt very comfortable writing the scenes as it felt like choreographing a pas de deux between two people, which can be very sensual.When I left the American Ballet Theatre in 2019 you start thinking about everything because you have more time to process. I let out a moan and he somehow does more of what he's doing, and I squeeze his arm to indicate that he's doing the right thing.

She is then drawn to renowned dancer Alessandro Russo, and her life both on and off stage becomes more tempestuous. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.Change country: -Select- Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. One of the best scenes early on has a window into the blood and pain that the audience never sees, and it degenerates into a gratuitous and silly sex scene. First Position, published this week, follows the story of Sylvie, a ballerina at the American National Ballet who meets Alessandro.

There was no interaction with the two lead characters at all and it was all a bit too much about the ballet and not enough about the people.When the stunning, masterful Alessandro Russo arrives, however, Sylvie's world is once again rocked and she quickly falls under his spell. I can't tell if this was supposed to be a convoluted love story, a coming-of-age story, a lesson in identity. It turns out they were both groomed by their ballet master when they were barely out of their teens, and love - with the right men, and even with each other - might be the only thing that can help them escape his shadow.