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Slow Dance Published by William Morrow by Rainbow Rowell
on July 23, 2024
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Chick-Lit
Pages: 400
Source: Netgalley
Format: ARC, eBook
Find the Author: Website, Twitter, Goodreads
Also by this author: Slow Dance
Find the Book: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads
ISBN: 0063380196
Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together . . . everybody but Shiloh and Cary.
They were just friends. Best friends. Allies. They spent entire summers sitting on Shiloh’s porch steps, dreaming about the future. They were both going to get out of north Omaha—Shiloh would go to college and become an actress, and Cary would join the Navy. They promised each other that their friendship would never change.
Well, Shiloh did go to college, and Cary did join the Navy. And yet, somehow, everything changed.
Now Shiloh’s thirty-three, and it’s been fourteen years since she talked to Cary. She’s been married and divorced. She has two kids. And she’s back living in the same house she grew up in. Her life is nothing like she planned.
When she’s invited to an old friend’s wedding, all Shiloh can think about is whether Cary will be there—and whether she hopes he will be. Would Cary even want to talk to her? After everything?
The answer is yes. And yes. And yes.
Slow Dance is the story of two kids who fell in love before they knew enough about love to recognize it. Two friends who lost everything. Two adults who just feel lost.
It’s the story of Shiloh and Cary, who everyone thought would end up together, trying to find their way back to the start.
Welcome to Monday Reads! Where I just spend a few minutes sharing with you my current read and a snippet or two from my current chapter. Please let me know what you’re reading right now, too!
As per usual, I’m reading MANY books right now. But I figured I’d choose the one that I’m the furthest along in. And I’m really enjoying this one by Rainbow Rowell!
“Shiloh was going to wait a couple weeks, and then she was going to send Cary a text, asking how his mother was doing.
She wasn’t sure he would text her back. She wasn’t sure where they stood with each other, after what happened with Junie on the porch. She’d told Mikey that she and Cary were just friends, just friends. But maybe they were meant to be less than that. Maybe all they had left to offer each other was discomfort.
People come into your life, and it’s good, but it’s finite.
There’d been good in her relationship with Ryan. She got something wonderful there–Junie and Gus. But the relationship ran its course.
When had her relationship with Cary run its course? When was the last time it was easy? Nineteen ninety-one?
She’s spent more years missing Cary than knowing him. All those years burnishing his memory with nostalgia.
Cary.”
Another unique romance from author Rainbow Rowell. I’m loving the characters in this one! They are so unique and not the “norm”.
What are you reading, today??
About Rainbow Rowell
Rainbow Rowell writes all kinds of stuff.
Sometimes she writes about adults (ATTACHMENTS, LANDLINE).
Sometimes she writes about teenagers (ELEANOR & PARK, FANGIRL) .
Sometimes — actually, a lot of the time — she writes about lovesick vampires and guys with dragon wings. (THE SIMON SNOW TRILOGY).
Recently, she’s been writing comics, including her first graphic novel, PUMPKINHEADS, and the monthly SHE-HULK comic for Marvel.
She lives in Omaha, Nebraska.
