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Loving someone can be a slow dance.
I've been a long-time fan of Rainbow Rowell, and slow dance doesn't disappoint. Showing the complexity of relationships and friendship. And that sometimes,... READ MORE
The story I’ve been waiting for!
I was lucky enough to receive an early copy of Slow Dance and WOW I could not put it down. I’ve loved Rainbow for years and her newest novel is totally unm... READ MORE
Romantic, Thoughtful, Simply Perfect
Shiloh and Cary spent years waiting to leave their hometown, only to be pulled back, this time, to each other. These characters are real people with genui... READ MORE
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Not For Me
Describing this as a slow burn romance would imply that there was actually a burn. This was so frustrating to read, the characters were annoying (apart fro... READ MORE
Feels like the debut book of a whole new Rainbow Rowell!
Slow Dance is, before anything else, a slice-of-life book wrapped in a romance. It is not exactly a romance book. There is so much time spent constructing ... READ MORE
Has my whole heart
Rainbow Rowell's writing is so moving and beautiful no matter what genre she writes. Second chance love is the theme as two former best friends reconnect. ... READ MORE
Brilliant as always!
I have read every story that Rainbow Rowell has written, and this book was not an exception to her great talent. I usually hate slow burns, and this is the... READ MORE
Adored this!
Gahhh- I loved this!
This really took me back to when I read One Day for the first time. An epic, slow-burn romance that follow two friends navigating the... READ MORE
Synopsis
Coming in 2024 from Rainbow Rowell, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eleanor & Park, a novel of love and true friendship
Everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together – everybody but Shiloh and Cary.
Slow Dance follows these star-crossed best friends from their inseparable teen years on the wrong side of the tracks to their far-flung adulthoods – through her marriage and motherhood and his time in the Navy – as they try to work out what they’re actually supposed to be to each other.
Told with Rowell’s trademark sensitivity and abundant wit, Slow Dance is a big, beaming power ballad of a novel about a love so true, it refuses to be forgotten.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780241688144
- Number of pages: 432
- Dimensions: 225 x 145 x 37 mm
- Weight: 535g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allA beauty of a slow burn
God I’ve been die hard Rainbow since I was a teenager and when I heard she was releasing a new contemporary romance, I could have cried with joy. And you k... READ MORE
Delightful, nostalgic and wonderful
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell is one of top ten all time favourite books. And that is a tough list to get into! I don’t really do ‘favourite’ books because... READ MORE
Love’s second chances
Cary and Shiloh have been best friends since their teens, and along with their friend Mikey made up an inseperable trio. Although everyone but them knew ho... READ MORE
Intense and thrilling romantic ride
Be still my beating heart. This is such an intense and thrilling romantic ride. Cary and Shiloh are meant to be, from the moment they meet as teenagers, bu... READ MORE
A beauty of a slow burn
I thought this was a gorgeous, quiet story.
The dual timeline was so good and I loved getting to see moments from the last reflected in the present. I l... READ MORE
Sweet AND Bittersweet...Very Well Done
4.5/5 stars
This was my first experience with a Rowell book but definitely won’t be my last.
This is a very slow friends-to-lovers story centering ar... READ MORE
Sweet Romance
Slow Dance is a lovely rekindled romance which covers the length of Shiloh and Cary's teenage years through to their meeting again in their 30s after a lon... READ MORE
"I'm an intentional wallflower. I chose this adventure"
I absolutely adored Shiloh, her story and her deep connection with Cary. Rainbow Rowell knows how to write loveable, flawed but deeply human characters. Th... READ MORE
More please!
More please! Specifically more gorgeous, romantic reads like this from Rainbow Rowell! The perfect will-they-won’t-they, believable but dreamy, touching bu... READ MORE
2* not for me
Slow Dance wasn't for me, I found it slow, depressing and had no empathy with the main characters. Shiloh was unpleasant as a teenager, as an adult she ooz... READ MORE
Sweet and emotional
I really enjoyed this, it was a sweet read. I liked the past and present changes between chapters, the emotional depth, realistic problems that Cary and Sh... READ MORE
Amazing book!
Rainbow Rowell’s "Slow Dance" is a masterclass in character development and lyrical storytelling. From the first page, readers are drawn into a world where... READ MORE
Heartbreaking and heart warming
Slow Dance is a gem of a read. Beautiful and sad, heartbreaking and heart warming. It is the sort of book you can just sink into and enjoy the ride. It jum... READ MORE
One to remember that will spark discussion
I came across an Instagram post recently from @bookhuddle which said, “My toxic trait is I want books to be ‘unique’ but then I’m disappointed if it’s not ... READ MORE
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A sweet story.
I bought this book thanks to a recommendation and I'd give it a 3.5 stars.
There was so much I liked about this book. I really enjoyed the way it flicked ... READ MORE
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