DANCE OF THE UNVEILED

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For fans of Netflix’s SHADOW & BONE and Victoria Aveyard’s RED QUEEN.

Eighteen-year-old Evelina’s dream of dancing on the King’s Stage is shattered when she discovers that beneath the glitter and tulle of the Royal Dance Company, lies a deadly secret—they’re raising an army to kill the king.

Having learnt that their dancers, the Unveiled, are training as spies, assassins, and soldiers, Evelina must choose between accepting a place amongst them or being cast out upon the brutal streets of Hadersmith. Despite no desire to risk her neck for the rebellion, and with secrets of her own to keep, she takes her place amongst the Unveiled.

In exchange for a featured role on the stage, Evelina agrees to spy on the king’s out of favour stepson, the fallen prince. But when the king unleashes the enchantments of a powerful mage upon the Company’s forces, Evelina can no longer ignore the increasingly real threat of capture, and death, that lie in her discovery. In learning she might hold the key to the Company’s survival Evelina must decide if she is willing to risk her life to find the king’s mage, preserve the Company’s secret and protect the future she once dreamed of.

This work is written in 1st Person, Single POV.

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  • I study their faces and something like shame warms my skin. Sitting here thinking I’m wiser, when perhaps all I am is not nearly half as brave.

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  • It’s like dreaming. Everything melts away and for a few blissful moments, I might as well be a fairy. Twirling side by side with my sisters as we prance through a sparkling Winter’s Court. Moving in perfect sync, we glide across the stage, our wings shimmering beneath the firelight. The music swells around us, fading the rhythmic pound of our shoes against the timber.

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  • Mikhail regards me. ‘Are you nervous?’ I’m running through the steps in my head, picturing myself in costume on stage. I’m dancing alone to a hundred beaming faces in the crowd. The music is playing, and my heart is pounding. ‘No,’ I breathe and turn to him with a smile. ‘Not at all.’

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  • The Company dancers as I’ve watched them through the windowed doors of the studios, shift through my mind. Their lithe, feline movements. The powerful pull of their muscles as they leap, as they turn. Men holding grown women high and steady above their heads. Soldiers. Assassins.

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  • There were so many twists in the first chapter alone, and I can’t wait to see how the rest plays out!

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  • [This book] could already be on store shelves and I would not be surprised to learn it.

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  • I freaking LOVED the Prince. I stand by what I said: I ship Evie and Lucas SO hard, oh my goodness, I want the two of them to end up together in the end! The tension, the subtle flirting, the courtly games. I WANT MORE. IMMEDIATELY.

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  • AHHHH the way I SQUEALED at this exchange! Lucas is far too charismatic for his own good! All that plays in my mind is Gorgeous by Taylor Swift and how well he encompasses this type of personality.

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  • Read this chapter in one breath – absolutely brilliant!

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  • Fleshing out the characters and showing their personalities through actions is definitely your strong suit. I would say the same for dialogue – you know how to manipulate it to show intensity, fear, longing, romance…

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  • The writing is top notch. The plot is intricate and easy to believe.

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  • Again, my heart is breaking so much in every scene where [the prince] behaves so wonderfully, and [Evelina] has to lie to him…

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  • If this book were yet physical, I would have thrown it across the room. I don't cry when I read books. I may tear up, I may sniff. I DON'T START SOBBING. SO, CONGRATULATIONS, YOU BROKE MY COLD STONE HEART.

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  • The characters are relatable and intriguing, the dialogue is tense but humorous

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  • I loved Evie and all the characters and found the dialogue adorable and hilarious, especially between Evie and Lucas.

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