Matilda Castillo has always done what she was told, but when she gets injured senior years, she watches her dreams of becoming a contemporary dancer slip away. So when Tilly gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spend the summer with a New York dance troupe, nothing can stop her from saying yes–not her mother, not her fears of the big city, and not the commitment she made to Georgetown. Tilly’s mother allows her to go on two conditions: one, Tilly will regularly visit her abuela in New Jersey, and two, after the summer, she’ll give up dancing and go off to college.
Armed with her red vintage sunglasses and her pros and cons lists, Tilly strikes out, determined to turn a summer job into a career. Along the way she meets new friends … and new enemies. Tilly isn’t the only one desperate to dance, and fellow troupe member Sabrina Wolfrik intends to succeed at any cost. But despite dodging sabotage and blackmail attempts from Sabrina, Tilly can’t help but fall in love with the city, especially since Paolo, a handsome musician from her past, is also calling New York home for the summer.
As the weeks wind down and the competition with Sabrina heats up, Tilly’s future is on the line. She must decide whether to follow her mother’s path to Georgetown or leap into the unknown to pursue her own dreams.
Tilly wants to be a dancer. She wants to show the world that she has what it takes to dance for the world, even though her mother doesn’t want her to go against the path she has set up for her. But Tilly is ready to be her own person.
Okay guys, I’m pretty sure Christina June is now one of my most favorite authors ever. I read No Place Like Home last month and this month I read Everywhere You Want To be. These are stories about growth, following your dreams and becoming your own person.
Tilly is passionate. She loves dancing and wants nothing more than to be able to be a dancer professionally.
I love that this book is set in Manhattan. Manhattan is my favorite city in the world, I feel at home there and I feel like anything is possible when I’m in Manhattan which is the same feeling Tilly has.
Tilly has to deal with mean girls, hard work and a boy she wants back more than anything. I love the relationship Tilly and her roommate, Charlotte have. They are fun and truly click, they remind me of me and my best friends. I love the relationship between Tilly and her stet-sister too, we see how there was a lot of growth there and they are really learning to be closer.
Tilly and her mom have a strained relationship, so does Tilly’s mom and her step-sister, Tatum but throughout the novel this relationship gets better which I loved.
I also LOVED Tilly’s Abuela, she is fierce and she wants Tilly to be her best.
And then we have Paolo, while he shares a name with the infamous FRIENDS character he is WAY better than him. Paolo is a drummer, he understands the passion Tilly has. But doesn’t understand why they had a fall out, this summer is their chance to talk and work it out. Paolo is sweet, smart and talented.
I loved this novel. I loved that it was a summer novel, that the characters from her other novels are all intertwined (If you want to read her novels, people suggest starting with It Started With Goodbye, as the other two has spoilers for each other which I learnt now. But oh well!) This was one of the best books I have read.
If you are looking for a feel good, fun summer novel I recommend this one!
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