Start this best of booktok, why choose romance series where ‘Step-up’ meets ‘Gangs of London’ in this intense, childhood friends to enemies to lovers romance with gangsters who can dance.
Dance is in my blood.
It was in theirs, too, until life got in the way.
At seventeen, Dax, Xeno, York, and Zayn were my Breakers.
We were a crew, inseparable, until they chose a life of crime, and I did something that would keep me safe, but destroy everything we’d built together.
I made them hate me. I had to.
One night tore us apart. They chose crime, I chose dance.
But three years later, they’re back as gangsters I don’t recognise.
And I can’t escape them.
It doesn’t take long for my body to remember what my heart’s always known: I still belong to them.
But can we ever forgive each other for the pain we’ve caused, or will the ghosts of the past continue to haunt us no matter how hard we run?
Dance connected us once. Can it really fix the fractured pieces of what we had, despite how hard life is trying to break us apart?
Tropes:Reverse harem romance (why choose)Dance academy / performance school romanceChildhood friends to enemies to loversFound family romance (RH dynamic formation)Gang / criminalsEmotional slow-burn romance
The Academy of Stardom is a complete series and must be read in order:
#1 Freestyle
#2 Lyrical
#3 Breakers
#4 Finale
#5 Encore
