Today I'm sharing a snippet from my new WIP,and my first dark romance, momentarily titled "Break me".
Enjoy and have a lovely day!
*This snippet has been edited to keep to guidelines.
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Grisha
Vasiliev entered the ballet studio. His five hundred dollar leather shoes
squeaked against the vinyl floor. He frowned. He stood to one side, away from the
other spectators. He leaned against the wall and crossed his arms over his
chest. The velvety smoothness of the piano chords playing from the speakers
wrapped around him like the touch of a lover’s caress.
“Down, up,
down, plie, tendu, pli-plie.”
Anton
Phillip, the ballet master of his company drilled instructions from the front
of the room across a floor to ceiling mirror. A group of close to forty dancers
aged fifteen and over followed his commands. They were there to learn and take
their technique to the next level with the best: Anika Vasiliev’s ballet company.
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Ah, the deceptively gentle world of ballet. This is going to be good....
ReplyDeleteHmm, an intriguing snippet for sure. :-)
ReplyDeleteYou had me at $500 shoes! Can't wait to see where this is going.
ReplyDeleteLove the little details throughout, like the $500 shoes. This character is certainly capturing my interest. Just one tiny thing I wanted to mention - you have three 'He' sentences in a row in your first paragraph and I found it a bit repetitive. Otherwise, I very much enjoyed this excerpt! :)
ReplyDeleteVinyl floor surprised me. I haven't been in a studio for a long time yet I recall polished wood. Lovely snippet.
ReplyDeleteYou drew me into the story using your description. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteI love stories involving ballet. Looking forward to reading more of this.
ReplyDeleteI've never studied ballet but always been fascinated by it.
ReplyDeleteYou've included a lot of sensory details that make this scene come to life.
ReplyDeleteOh this will be fascinating, with the ballet world as background. Loved the snippet!
ReplyDeleteGreat intro. Definitely drew me in. Getting behind the scenes of a dance company is always an attraction.
ReplyDeleteGrisha seems so separate and disapproving of everything around him--and then the music pulls him in... Love how you set this scene!
ReplyDeleteReally great scene-setting here!
ReplyDeleteNice set up! :)
ReplyDeleteLove ballet! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat setting!...and shoes!
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