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Dance While You Can

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Wow...I just finished the unabridged audio version of this book...it has to be the most heartwrenching story I have ever read/heard/watched. I am really uncertain about my rating because I am uncertain how I feel about it. I may have a weak heart...but there was so much heartache and pain, almost to the point that I felt like continuing to read it was masochistic. I did stop listening to it at times because I couldn't take anymore. There were few, fleeting moments of joy (mainly at the beginning), lots of twists and turns, so many complex, almost crazy characters. I don't think there was one healthy relationship in the whole story (except maybe for Henry and Caroline). I'll never forget it. It's almost more of a pyschological study of the torment that people put each other through. I don't understand why Alexander stayed with Jessica all that time. Guilt can only go so far...she was a coniving, lying, manipulative, demented, miserable person -- theirs was a codependent relationship if ever there was one. I know reality has worse, sadder stories but I read to escape from reality. The love between Elizabeth and Alexander was very special and real but I didn't think either of them did right by that love...they let circumstances control them time and time again, instead of taking control of their lives. ENDING SPOILER: I needed to know this and couldn't find it anywhere so here it is...they DO end up together...whew!...but that's with a whole heck of a lot of torment to get there. At the very ending I expected it to hold true to form and finish tragically but it didn't. I just wish we could've enjoyed their happiness with them in an epilogue.

I read this book a while ago but I see no one has done a review for it yet. May be in reading my review, you now may want to read the book. This was the first Susan Lewis book I have read and I have read many more since then. I am reading her latest one at the moment "Chasing Dreams" which I see isn't on the list of her books here. She writes really well. May be after you have read seven or eight of them like I have, like many authors, a lot of her books and characters tend to become rather too similar to each other but her books are always a very enjoyable read and I would definitely recommend this book. Her books have got romance and intrigue, mystery, sometimes murder. She always has an interesting plot and nothing is ever quite what it seems. There is often a twist at the end of her books. I can't remember if there is one in this one because as I said, I read it a while ago.

This amazingly realistic novel delves into the complicated lives of Alexander and Elizabeth, two people who are meant to be. The story accompanies both characters through their lives from teens to parents. It proves that love conquers all, and cannot be erased by time or distance. Susan Lewis uncovers a variety of relationship issues which everyone can relate to in one way or another.
I found this book to reignite my own hopes and dreams, and felt that it helped me to deal with my own situations in life, since reading it.

This book is a fabulous read,I've read it twice.Susan Lewis is a great author and always manages to keep you in suspense.I have just finished reading "Chasing Dreams"and"Taking Chances" which are brilliant.Also you nearly always fall in love with the male characters. I hope there will be lots more like these.