Dancing Lessons by R.Cooper - Cat's Audiobook Review #giveaway #mmromance @Dreamspinners

Written by: R. Cooper

• Narrated by: Brian Schell
• Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins 
• Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:05-25-16
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC

Two years of living with his controlling boyfriend left Chico worn down long before that boyfriend revealed he’d been seeing someone else. With no other choice, Chico moves in above his cousin’s garage in a small town in the redwoods, where he merely goes through the motions. To get him out of the house, his cousin pushes him to volunteer at a local dance studio to help with their annual show.

He’s not expecting to end up in a dance class, or to start feeling alive again in the arms of his dance instructor. Rafael is the studio owners’ son and was once a well-known dancer in his own right, but now enjoys being a teacher. Although Chico likes him, he’s afraid of taking a chance. But Rafael is determined, and it only takes one dance for Chico to start to realize he might still have something to learn.

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Cat gives this one 3.75 Meows with a 1 Purr heat index....

"A sweet romance , loved the ballet."

Overall

Performance

Story

Chico is hiding in an apartment over his cousin's garage in the middle of the woods after a bad breakup leaves him devastated and feeling worthless. His cousin pushes him into helping with the local dance studio preparing for the big dance performance. He meets Rafael the owner's son and a dance instructor by accidentally wandering in on a lesson.
Rafael is intrigued by Chico and wants to help him break out of his shell, but is Chico too damaged?

Dancing Lessons was a sweet story. I loved the story and how it was loosely based on the clockwork dancer.I will have to say though I loved Rafael I didn't like Chico as much. I found him a bit too whiny and wanted to shake him a few times I did warm up to him as the story moved along, though.

Te narration was more like just a read Where Brian Schell had a relaxing voice and told the story well; I would have liked a bit more acting of the voices.

If you like designers, dancers, Ballet and a sweet romance with some angst, you will like this one.

I write strange but shiny things, like steampunk spies and detectives, and pirates, and cowboys, and dragons, and fairies, firebirds, and, well honestly, even my stories set in the here and now are a little broken and weird too. Because I am a messed up weirdo and that's who I like to write about. 

I fall in love with my characters when I'm writing them, so I have a lot of self-written fanfiction about them that uh...I really have no excuse for, but oh my god how cute are they? 

You can find all that and a lot more at my livejournal. (Which is, incidentally, where I am originally writing the blog posts that repost over here at Goodreads.) 

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