SuitabookKisses and Croissants
Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau
- Reading
- If the pressure around ballet feels intense, pause to discuss how high standards affect Mia rather than assuming they are helpful or harmful. Afterward, compare her original idea of fate with what she learns during the summer.
- Themes
- Ambition and identity: Mia sees professional ballet as her fate, while her parents regard the idea as a fantasy. Her summer is framed as a test of this ambition. The story appears to examine whether a cherished identity can withstand challenge, without establishing that ambition is either validated or rejected.
- Performance pressure: Audrey is presented as a rival, and Mia’s instructor has standards described as impossibly high, pushing Mia to a breaking point. The situation foregrounds pressure within ballet, but it is not clear whether the narrative ultimately treats rigorous standards as constructive, damaging or both.
- Romance amid a new experience: Louis offers to show Mia Paris, and she is attracted to him while her summer is meant to centre on ballet. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- Consider whether a reader would welcome a story where a professional ambition is tested by rivalry, very high expectations and romance. The extent of the pressure, and how it is resolved, is not established.