Melissa Kantor

Two stars, but only for chapter thirty-five on because that's when I felt anything besides boredom. This book, published in 2014, is one I am convinced was originally "A Time For Dancing" fanfiction. It's not so much Filing Serial Numbers Off as it is--not even Originality is For Losers. More of--like Belladonna Poisoning, only it would be Juliana Poisoning, or something. If I went through each book for similarity counts, the counts would get really high really fast. Only this book was really boring, and "A Time For Dancing" is not. I feel weird about just how similar the two are, right down to the book covers--both feature sunrises on beaches, and two young women. Melissa Cantor's book features two girls with their backs turned, dressed in winter clothes, while "A Time For Dancing" features two beautiful young women in long skirts dancing. I might--have to do counts for similarity to make myself feel better. This is not the review I posted on Goodreads because it sounds like I'm calling Cantor a plagiarist. It's not--it's like--the book got expanded in certain ways, and themes got more deeply explored. It's still fanfiction, though, I'm convinced.… (mere)