Dance With Me

Name: Dance With Me
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Livia J. Elliot
ISBN: 9781763543850

Author: Livia J. Elliot

Series: Tales of the Bookshelves #1

Narrator: Alison Phoenix

Unabridged: 5 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Livia J. Elliot

Published: 07/02/2025

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Psychological, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

A haunting and poignant fairy tale for adult readers, blending delicate imagery with psychological depth.In a world of beauty, a ceramic-made ballerina awakens atop her music box. She must dance for her elven owners, and so her ballet goes on and on. They praise her elegance, her poise and balance, until one day she falls and her ceramic fractures—but the ballerina dances again, ignoring her ever-increasing fissures. The music plays, captivating and demanding... but should she dance? Even when what she once loved becomes a trap?A clever, dark, psychological fairy tale for adult readers.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kayla on April 16, 2025

5/5 Stars Insightful and brilliant. This tale of life, pain and everything in between gives voice to the broken, offering a balm to the heart. This dark fairytale fantasy delivers an emotionally driven story following the main character, a ceramic ballerina named Lyra. Living on a bookshelf, Lyra dan......more

Goodreads review by Joshua on April 19, 2025

Originally reviewed in its initial form as an interactive story for SFF INSIDERS. (Link posting here soon) The basics: I wrote the foreword to this edition at the request of the author. Apart from not feeling adequate enough to write something that could do this justice, I want to make it known that......more

Goodreads review by Tim on May 16, 2025

Dance With Me is a novella written by Livia J Elliot and I was kindly sent an advance copy by the author in exchange for a fair and honest review. Previously released as an interactive fiction ‘book-with-choices’ through Unearthed Stories, this hardback and paperback version features beautiful illus......more

Goodreads review by C.B. on April 16, 2025

I first read Dance with Me as interactive fiction (on Unearthed Stories, which is a free app you can download). The novella was a fresh experience as I got to read the whole of the author's story, and meet side characters my game choices hadn't led me to. I received an ARC and am leaving a review vo......more

Goodreads review by Jamedi on April 17, 2025

part lyrical, part philosophical, Elliot's writing weaves a marvelous novella about trauma, purpose and identity......more