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Written on Dec 12, 2019
My rating is 4.5 stars
A Season to Dance is a beautiful story with evocative imagery that brings the lovely settings vividly to life.
Debut author Patricia Beal, according to her author notes, spent years carefully crafting this story, and it shows. Deeply emotional, it follows Ana's journey through dance, despair, hope, and redemption.
Dance and music fill the pages! So many insights as to the behind-the-scenes life of a professional dancer are brought to light. I appreciated so much that Ana was not the perfect prima ballerina but instead one who was compelled by everything within her to dance – despite the fact her body was not the right "type" for dancing. The melodies flowed through the narrative and I could practically see the performances.
The bird songs in the gardens Ana visited echoed through my mind as visions of flowers and trees danced there as well.
Even as Ana outwardly rejected God, He was never far from her thoughts. And no matter how far she ran from her pain, He was continually wooing her to come to Him. Her salvation was not instant, as with many people, it took significant time for the truth of what a relationship with Jesus means. Not a life of ease and freedom from problems but a life of peace and forgiveness and hope!
This is a must-read for any lover of dance. Readers who love stories of hope, redemption, and romance will enjoy reading of the power of salvation shared here as well.
Read my full review at Among the Reads