Instructions for Dancing

Evie Thomas has sworn off love after discovering her parents' marriage was built on lies. Heartbroken and cynical, she donates all her romance novels and stumbles upon a mysterious dance studio. There she develops an unsettling ability: whenever couples touch, she experiences visions of their entire relationship—from first spark to inevitable end. Every vision confirms her worst fears that love is doomed to fail, until she meets X, a charming fellow dancer who challenges everything she believes about relationships and vulnerability. This poignant story explores the courage it takes to open your heart when you've seen how love can break people. Yoon weaves together themes of trust, family secrets, and the choice between protecting yourself and taking emotional risks. The unique magical realism element—Evie's visions—adds a fresh twist to the contemporary romance genre while raising thought-provoking questions about fate versus free will in relationships. With its diverse cast, Los Angeles setting, and incorporation of dance as both literal movement and metaphor for life's uncertainties, the novel offers an emotionally resonant journey about learning that the possibility of heartbreak doesn't have to mean the end of hope.