Thank you to William Morrow books for sending an ARC!

I have read several of Rainbow Rowell’s works when I was in college but this is the author’s adult novel that I planned on picking up.

Slow Dance follows neighbors and high school bestfriends Cary and Shiloh as they reunite fourteen years after.

Having years of history being together and being separated by adult responsibilities, Cary and Shiloh are pushed into the limelight again with an interesting mix of yearning and awkwardness.

I really enjoyed reading adult novels as I grow old and this one is definitely a read that I enjoyed for narrating a slowburn, will-they-won’t-they, friends to lovers story.

I always liked Rainbow Rowell’s contemporary voice (save for the racism issue on Eleanor and Park) and this one did not change that fact because the alternating narration between featuring Cary and Shiloh then as inseparable bestfriends to now that they are adulting with personal responsibilities.

This one feels like Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow minus the video game developer element but this one is more realistic in my honest opinion.

There is also a discussion about dysfunctional family on this one with both Cary and Shiloh growing up with a broken family and now that they are adult having the fear of giving the same burden and trauma to their kids.

The topic of divorce and how separated individuals are having a hard time planning their life after the completion is also raised with Shiloh overthinking about her commitment knowing her situation after divorcing Ryan.

This seems like a light read with discussion of real-life problems concerning family and/or raising one and I enjoyed reading it. 4stars!