Any book that combines dancing and romance is already my favorite! This was my first book by this author and I really enjoyed it. I loved that it dealt with such serious issues in a realistic way. The characters were well developed and it was nice to see everything wrapped up at the end. I would recommend this book and I look forward to reading more by this author.

***I received an e-copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to NetGalley, Entangled Teen and Rachel Harris.***

3.5 stars

Eyes on Me, by Rachel Harris, was just okay for me. I was quite intrigued by the synopsis but just didn’t connect with the characters like I thought I would. Lily has been an over-achiever since her mom’s death and all that stress is making her sick. Her father enrolls her in a dance class in the hopes of it helping her achieve a more balanced life. There she’s partnered with Stone Torres, the popular quarterback and all-around nice guy whose mother happens to own the studio. Stone is willing to do anything to help save his mother’s dance studio, including secretly taking cash from Lily’s dad in exchange for making sure Lily continues with dance lessons. The agreement, which seemed simple at first, quickly becomes complicated when Stone and Lily begin to fall for one another.

The way the plot is laid out makes sense. Stone is desperate to help his mom keep her dance studio; his family’s been through enough. Therefore, he takes what is essentially a bribe to keep Lily interested in dancing, and then continues to hide the truth about his bargain with her father even after he develops feelings for her so he can help his mom. Eventually he’s too afraid of losing Lily to tell her the truth. Lily buried herself in studying after her mom died as a way to deal with her grief; her dad was never around to help her. After she finds out her mom loved dancing, sticking with dance lessons is another way to feel close to her mom. The problem for me is that I just didn’t connect with the story or the characters in a meaningful way. Lily was so studious that it was hard to see past that façade, despite the pain of her past. And Stone was also shuttered behind a mask of other people’s expectations. I was never really sure when we were seeing the real him. Because the story was told in alternating POVs, I knew he was well intentioned from reading his thoughts, but there was a disconnect on the emotional side of things. There was no real spark there for me, so it took me quite a while to get through the story. I wish more of the story felt like the last 20% of the book. That was when I really felt passion and emotion in not only the writing but the characters as well. I think I just need more emotion along the way.

This story had heart, sass and just about anything else that's looked for in a YA novel.
*Story Time* My grandmother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer when I was in middle school. And Lily was me in a book.
Because of this, "Eyes on Me" hit me right there. Not only did this book mention, in various ways, sickness both mental and physical. It also mentioned the impact of those sicknesses have on everyone surrounding the people that are sick.
It went through grief in a way that made it more than words or steps. Rachel Harris made grief into something tangible. Lily, the main character, was so relatable. Not only because of her past, but because of her t-shirts. I want them all! "Book boyfriends are better"! Like yes!
Her friendships was something to work toward. They were perfect, and supportable. And Sophie was the cutest thing ever. Stone, the book boyfriend, was practically perfect. The error he made, I wouldn't even consider that big of an error. The whole book was about trusting in someone else and grieving something.
The dual P.O.V.s made the story flow and gave the reader an advantage of hearing the reasoning. It was easy and interesting to read. The pop culture references were adorable and made the book contemporary.
In short, I loved it.

Another great book by Rachel Harris. Eyes on Me is a great young adult romance that will have dancing with glee. Lily and Stone are adorable and you will be flying through this one to see how it ends., Great Book

I don't think anyone can resist a cute teen romance. Add in a swoon worthy male lead just trying to do right by his family, a fiery and smart heroine..and oh, some fantastic dancing - well, it's safe to say that it's a perfect mix. Was this a 'typical' book from Entangled Teen? Yes. Does that mean I loved it? Hell yes I did.
Lily and Stone made perfect sense in this novel, each of them working through some things that are pretty tough for anyone to go through - grief and death, relationships with parents, financial troubles - all pretty serious issues. So to see them working through each of these issues, together, and growing not only as a couple but significantly as individuals, was fantastic.
And one small thing, that I really appreciated was that when they inevitably went through a bump in their relationship towards the end, which all couples (at least in Entangled novels) go through, I felt like neither of them acted totally irrationally - Lily didn't jump straight back in and even if Stone wanted to, he didn't. I don't know, I just really appreciated that neither of them were complete idiots, but at the same time, didn't give up on each other. In fact, overall, I found that I could relate or understand both of them throughout the novel, and there weren't that many moments where I wanted to scream at them. Which means, that at least in my opinion, they were well-written characters.
Congratulations to Entangled and the author once again for creating a book that I adored.
Note: I received an ARC of this novel from the publisher and author via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.

I was given a free ARC by NetGalley.

I really liked this but it went down around the ending. So much was building up over one thing, but it lasted one chapter.

SPOILER FOR THIS PART OF THE REWIEW:
I will never never ever support men putting women on the spot to ask them to take them back (or marry them, whatever).

But the beginning was absouletely amazing up to the 85% part I really enoyed myself.

4/5.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This book was so good! I loved the concept of a “nerd” and a “jock” finding romance together. It was a bit of a cliche ending, but who cares when the book was this good!

The characters were just amazing and adorable. I liked how Agoston “Stone” Torres was more than a football player and had a lot of depth and struggles. Lily was just a cute character that I loved! Her awkwardness and everything was awesome. She reminded me of myself in the way of how I want good grades and hard classes. It reminded me to slow down and enjoy life.

I liked how we got to see their romance a lot compared to other contemporary books. Normally, they find out they love each other on the end and that’s it. In this book they found it towards the middle and their relationship grew and I got to experience it with them!

I definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves contemporary

2.5 Stars

I honestly don’t know what I feel about this one. It’s a cute contemporary and I’m a sucker for that, but it just felt like it was lacking something. Or a few things.
I think ultimately liking contemporary-romances come down to certain factors including what tropes you like and what tropes you don’t like.
For me personally, I’m not a fan of the whole American-football thing. Especially when the main love-interest is the quarterback. That makes me gag more than anything. HOWEVER, as someone who loved Flirty Dancing by Jenny McLachlan, I was here for all of the Salsa. I like learning about things I don’t know already, so I loved getting to know a little bit more about Salsa and Latin dancing. But I thought there was going to be more of it? It ended up just being a lot of drama and a lot less dancing, which was frustrating for me.
One of the great things about this book though was Angela. If anything, SHE should have been the love interest because she was that much more interesting. Angela and Sydney were great examples of healthy friend-relationships. Made my small heart very happy!

Even though I’m Latina, I have my fair shared of struggling, learning how to dance, and I was valedictorian in High School, naturally, I bonded with Lily and her story from the beginning. I loved her character, I understood her insecurities, stress, her passions, and I cheered her development as a person through the entire story. I liked Stone too, he represents the other side of the mirror, the struggle of being popular, and under everybody expectation of being perfect. The author nailed both situations perfectly.
I enjoyed the concept of the book, and the plot it’s fresh and unique, I laughed with the friendship, it’s so natural, plain and pure, the way a friendship supposes to be, unconditional.
Also, the author did an excellent job handling sensitive topics as anxiety and panic attacks, they are real, they can mess with your body, with your health, people with this kind of problem need help and this book talk about that.
However, despite how inspiring this story is, I think there is a lot of telling that could be avoided with more dialogues. There are so great moments, where the author could add a better scene, instead of telling through narrative. I know, I know, telling versus showing is the most intricate battle for a writer, that’s why I tried to overlook, but the lack of dialogues took away some emotions, especially at the end.
But I stay with my rating, because the sweetness in this book deserves it.
Note: I received an ARC from Entangled Publishing LLC through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review. And I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Note: I received an ARC from Entangled Publishing LLC through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review. And I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own
.Note: I received an ARC from Entangled Publishing LLC through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review. And I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

So thankful for the advanced read! Loved this book, read it quickly because I was sucked right into the sweet relationship between Lily and Stone. The salsa dance lessons were really cute, I love a main character who is a klutz, that made the dancing really fun. The supporting characters and family were great too, well written, definitely recommend!

Thank you NetGalley for giving me this review copy of Eyes on Me. I thought this book was perfect (especially since it’s February) with lots of cute scenes and lovesbke characters. Rachel Harris does a spectacular job of putting her own spin on the class nerdy girl and popular boy match-up while also using amazing pop culture references that made me smile! I mean, there was a Jerry Spinelli nod within the first few pages: heck yes! Lily was a character who was easy to relate to as she struggled with school, anxiety, stress, and her relationship with her dad all the while having to take dance lessons. Stone was also so loveable and a perfect book boyfriend while also dealing with his own issues and struggles. Overall this book was a great read and I’d love to see a sequel with some of the other secondary characters.

Put on your dancing shoes and be prepared to be swept off your feet!

Lily is a quiet bookish nerd who has her future all planned out. Get the best grades, be valedictorian, and follow in her parents' footsteps to attend Harvard. Her plans are suddenly derailed when the stress becomes too much, taking an affect on her physical health. Now her father has told her to take dance classes. "For fun". Only problem? Lily is about as coordinated as a newborn giraffe on ice.

Stone is the town's Golden Boy quarterback who has no idea what the future will hold for him. He still doesn't know where he is going to college or what he wants to do as an adult. His girlfriend cheated on him. And his mother might lose Ilusion, the dance studio that was her childhood dream come true and Stone's second home. When Lily comes into the studio, everything changes when Lily.'s father offers Stone a huge stack of cash that will save Ilusion--if he continues to dance with Lily and convince her to keep taking lessons.

Rachel Harris has created a wonderful, authentic love story between perhaps the two most unlikely people who realize how much they have in common. There's trust, and banter, and the wonderful strangers-to-friends-to-lovers. And dancing. Lots of dancing. Enjoyment of life in general, even if it is not going according to plan or leads you down a path you never expected to find.

Also, I seriously love Stone's twin sister, Angela. I want a spin-off with her story. Not only was she an integral part of the story, but she is perhaps the most fleshed out along with our heroine and hero. Angela is amazing and strong, but both the narrators admit that people don't often see her that way. They still see the kid who had cancer and beat it. Seriously, this girl needs her own story.

#EyesOnMe #NetGalley

I loved the chemistry between Stone and Lily. Both were refreshing, but Lily was a pill! I loved how awkward she was and how she owned it. I like how she mad a weakness into an asset. The family, both of them, had great values and helped each other so much. It was really heart warming! I hope there is another on in the series!!


I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

With similarities to Dirty Dancing this opposites attract story was fun to read. Having two left feet myself I felt for Lily. Stone was likable and family oriented. Lily and Stone's issues were realistic and handled well. Dancing lessons were interesting at first but I found myself skimming parts after a while. Would like to read Chase's story.

I wanted to like this book, since it has an interesting synopsis, and I have always loved books with nerdy heroines.
The first couple of chapters was captivating, but then, after the first dancing lesson, it lost steam and sort of fizzled out.
It felt predictable, not much was happening and I began to lose interest.

The adorableness of this book sucked me in immediately. It was one of those books where the first page sucks you in and you take off swimming with it like it's the most natural thing in the world. The writing clicked. The storytelling clicked. And I was smiling my favorite moony, lovesick smile for nearly the whole first half.

It. was. ADORABLE!

And I loved everything. Stone with his unexpected depth, and is sweet sensitive soul. Lily with all her quirks and anxieties (which, hoo boy, could I ever relate to). I loved the secondary characters and the way they supported each other. The way the female friendships were written here was especially uplifting and fulfilling. I think we've all dreamed to have a squad at our back, holding us up and making us laugh no matter what. There were pop culture references that had me smiling so big, and just the overall vibe was...well, have I mentioned that it was adorable?

So adorable!

It did slow down for me a bit in the second half. The plot meandered a bit and I lost a little bit of patience with the conflict piece (which is not unusual for me). I might have liked a little more closure between Lily and Cameron, the arch-nemesis, but overall - it was still a super cute, super satisfying read.

This one will appeal to all ages I think. The chemistry between Stone and Lily is on point, and in case I haven't made myself clear, it was ADORABLE! I'll be back for more where this came from!

3 stars

Cute story (young story, more teen than YA). It started good, for me, but then it was kind of a let down with the main character. Lily Bailey stared off so strong, and then she kind of lost her spark.

So darn cute I had a grin stuck to my face almost the entire time. Thanks for the advanced copy. 💕

This book started a little slow for me but it picked up towards the middle to end. We folllw Stone, a high school football star, and lily, a nerdy student who lost her mother. Lily’s father signs her up for dancing lessons at stone’s mother’s dance studio. The next part was mostly predictable but ended up working for the story. Lily was a good heroine. I just wish we would have found out that she beat cameran for valedictorian!

I just had to stay awake until 4 am to finish this book because it was just that good. Once I started it, I couldn't put it down. The romance was adorable and I was near tears at many parts of this book. I also loved the characters' families and their interactions with each other. I was feeling many emotions about Lily and her family, especially. And in another life time, I hope Angela and Chase would work out.

This book is everything you could want in a YA romance story, and I can't recommend it enough!