Filled with scenes of sizzling passion, plot beats of swoon-worthy romance, and a cast of Black female characters that you’ll fall in love with, the unputdownable debut novel from Oti Mabuse brims with heat and heart. Perfect for fans of Talia Hibbert, Laura Jane Williams, Tia Williams, Farrah Rochon, Hannah Grace and Bolu Babalola.
For dancer Lira, Latin Ballroom is everything. Whilst her dreams of fame were cut short aged 19, she’s never forgotten the connection she felt dancing with a stranger at the Paris World Championship afterparty 13 years ago.
Now, with her younger sisters pursuing their own successful dancing careers, and the responsibility of running the family dance studio falling to her, Lira’s ambitious flame is about to flicker out. Until a chance encounter sees her secretly auditioning for Slow Burn, a new dance show about to embark on a 6-week European tour, and coming face to face with a blast from her past that sends her reeling.
Gabriele is the quintessential bad boy of the Latin Ballroom scene. Slim of hip, with long, lean muscles that pop, a chiselled jaw, dark eyes, obscenely long lashes, and a mouth that just won’t give, it's no surprise when he lands the principal male lead role on Slow Burn. But, with just a few weeks to go till the tour starts, he still hasn't found his female co-star. All it takes is one audition to set his world on fire...
On the dance floor they’re smouldering, off it, they’re on fire.
What did I think?
Wow! Slow Burn is a breathtaking debut novel that swept me off my feet and I absolutely loved it. I only planned on having a quick peek of Slow Burn when it dropped through my letterbox but once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. If my stomach hadn't rumbled I would have read it in one sitting!
I adored the main characters of Lira and Gabriele who have such sizzling chemistry on the page that I wouldn't have been surprised to find my fingertips burnt (I still wouldn't have put the book down though!). Lira met Gabriele briefly 13 years and they had a night of passion without knowing each other's full names. Lira gave up her dancing career due to family responsibilities but fate throws her back into Gabriele's arms.
Oh my goodness, this fabulous book is filled with so much passion, emotion and drama that I couldn't tear my eyes away from the page. The dancing scenes are so vivid that I could easily visualise them in my mind and the characters are so well-drawn that they danced out of the book and into my heart. I loved Slow Burn so much that I could have easily read it again the second I turned the final page.
Passionate, evocative and mesmerising, Slow Burn is THE hottest book of the year. Unputdownable and unmissable. Oti Mabuse is definitely an author to watch and I will certainly be looking out for her next book.
I received an ARC to read and review for the blog tour and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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