GRR Reviews Dance and Be Glad (Promises from Above) by Melissa Wardwell

Dance and Be Glad is about a second chance at love novel, with a few other tropes like sudden family, single parent, and a weird custody battle. However, the "twist" didn't really work. And the tempo is really slow.

Jillian Matthews dedicated her life to raising her daughter alone after her husband died in the sands of Middle East. She teaches dance to girls, and she hadn't opened herself up for another romance... until her high school sweetheart reappeared. // Michael Emerson had a messy divorce when his now ex wife loved his income as a doctor, not him. When tragedy struck his family, he was suddenly left to care for his 9-year old niece. He's overwhelmed, but he'll do the best he could for the girl. That is until the niece's grandmother decided to contest custody in court. But he's not giving up without a fight, even as the girls settled in and became friends, then decided to play matchmaker to get Jillian and Michael (back) together...

The ending twist was really weird. While it counts as a twist, it seriously came out of nowhere. It's practically a deus ex machina ending, and it didn't really make sense. There were quite a bit of mentioning God, that it felt slightly out of place. All in all, average novel.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Dance teacher single mom widow fell for the ER doc divorcee who suddenly gained custody of her niece after a family tragedy

Overall Rating: 3/5

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