The Ballerinas

Author: Rachel Kapelke-Dale

Delphine Léger has returned to the Paris Oprea House Ballet after a failed carrier and a failed marriage in Moscow.

Now a choreographer, Delphine plans to cast her old friends Lindsay and Margaux in her new Ballet. But old friendships bring with them old routines. Will they continue the same toxic dance, or can they find the courage to take new steps?

This is a decently written story with very believable characters… and I hated them all!

Lindsay is introduced to us by kicking a younger dancer in the face! Am I really supposed to like her?!

The way Dale writes it really seams like you are supposed to like these women and I think Dale wants to have a girl power moment at the end, but all I could think was “if this is what strong female friendship looks like, I’d rather be alone!”

This is a great story to get your book club talking about toxic friends and how we continue to hangout with people because “we’ve been friends for years” without stopping to ask “why are these people my friends?”