Beautiful and haunting

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This book was excellent. The writing alone was stunning and poetic and the style was unique. Sparrow and Lucas were such complex characters with heartbreaking and important stories they need to be heard. The story really evaluates strong themes that are hard to explore especially for teens from abuse to loss and dealing with anger and pain. We are able to see the long term effects of abuse both physical and mental and how they shape children into adults in many aspects. This story follows two characters in their altering point of view throughout the story who have to learn to cope with the hardships that they have been dealt in life. This story combined the beauty of ballet and dance with the harshness of life in a stunning portrait of growth and hope. I loved the way the author intertwined Shakespeare and art in her prose and used symbolism and depth to truly develop her story and characters. This is a must read. It reminds us that we do not know all of the suffering that people have gone through and how it has made them into the people they have become. While difficult and heartbreaking, it is a story that needs to be told.