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strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield, ”



I got hooked right from the beginning, I wont forget all the wonderful characters in Up to This Pointe any time soon Kate, Owen, Charlotte loved her, Vivian, Luke.


I loved the friendship between Kate and Harper, it felt so real, So I was genuinely surprised when she told her best friend that she was going to New York.
Watching them grow apart was very heartbreaking,

I really enjoyed how Jennifer Longo switched up the chapters between Antartica and San Francisco.

I could easily relate to the main character, running away from your problems might seem easier at the time even if you know it wont solve anything.


“It takes patience and love and bravery to have a home, To not just run off to the next place when things are hard, Or frightening. Or lonely.

The journey she went through was very fascinating, I could not stop reading I NEED MORE.
This book touched me very deeply,
And although I did not enjoy ballet when I was younger, this book made me look back at all those moments and feel truly nostalgic.


“Number, you are excused from the barre, ”
I started crying right after this line, I could feel all of Harper's emotions just in that one sentence.




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Up to This Pointe is my favoritebook Ive read so far, And, sure, I havent read too many yet, but this one is massively good and I hope to find a lot more books like this one.
Longo has managed to write one of those books thats about heavy serious life stuff in a way that is fluffy and smilemaking.
Also, its such an original and amazing idea, I mean, have you ever read a book about a ballerina going to Antarctica

Harper and her best friend Kate have been planning to be ballerinas together in their hometown of San Francisco almost since they started ballet as wee things.
That is The Plan, and theyre confident nothing will distract them from it, even Harpers brothers incredibly hot friend Owen.
They are focused and both dancing better than ever, Only, instead of dancing for the San Francisco Ballet Company, Harpers in Antarctica, Up to This Pointe is about what brought Harper to Antarctica, and what shell do afterwards,

First off, the Antarctica setting really is so cool! pauses for groans Harpers working as the assistant to a Charlotte, a black female scientist reason number two I love this book.
Now Harper isnt actually interested in science, which she will get insulted for she got to McMurdo by having people call in favors, possible because shes a Scott as in Robert Falcon Scott and her moms a big deal scientist.
I loved learning about her life on McMurdo during the winter over, both the dangerous boredom, Tand the amazing penguins, lights.


Up to This Pointe is one of those rareish YA books thats looking forward, Its on the verge of new adult, because its all about what the characters are going to do or ARE doing after high school.
Its also about what to do when those plans go up in smoke, as Harpers do, What do you do when your big dream turns out not to be reachable, no matter how incredibly hard youve worked toward it A truth adults often dont tell you is that you probably cant do anything you set your mind to.
I love, too, that the book constantly checks Harpers white privilege, but also acknowledges that, privilege or not, your struggles are still struggles.


Harper feels so lost that she wants to run away to something else, thus Antarctica.
Honestly, its not really the best plan, but it does ultimately get her where shes going, The right path was right in front of her all the time, but she needed time to get through the stages of grief and accept it.
I love, though, that she puts her own spin on ideas given to her by others, LOVE THIS GIRL.

The characterization in this book is ON POINT, Harpers got an amazing narrative voice, a bit on the sarcastic side in the best way, but its all of the characters, primary and secondary.
The female friendships are wonderful and of different sorts that arent represented super often in YA, Harper and Kate have been BFFs for life but are going through a seriously rough patch with the death of The Plan, and its not resolved by magic but by work and apologies.
Harper and Charlotte bond right off but its a bond that goes from mentor/mentee to real friendship.
Harper and Vivian have a slow burn hate to love kind of friendship, The moment when they both admit they sleep better sharing a room is such feels.


I am also so incredibly in love with this books familial relationships, All of the main teens in the book except Kate love their parents who love them in return.
That doesnt mean everythings always perfect obviously Owens mom is a little bit racist and offended that her son wants to date a white girl instead of a Chinese girl, for example, but they support each other.
Harpers parents even support her in the Antarctica plan, even though theyre not sure if its the right choice.
The family has such a great dynamic, full of banter, Also, the dad is a baker who is super emotional and the mom is a scientist, HELL YES.

The romance takes a back seat to everything else, Harper has two options, though its not really a love triangle, Owen is the boy from home who she hasnt known for very long, and then theres Aiden, the Irish boy at McMurdo very determined to woo her.
While I liked the romance, it was also the one part of the book that let me down for spoiler reasons.
I do ship it but also hmmm, Team Owen for life.
He is amazing, and actually maybe a bit TOO amazing, but this book gave me serious white girl dating Asian boy feels.
Some of those conversations were so similar to ones my boyfriend and I have had,

However, I do have some concerns about the Aiden story line, The only one to acknowledge that he basically tried to date rape her he got her drunk for the first time and was planning to have sex with her, which she definitely would not have agreed to sobercircumstances intervened but it almost happened was Harpers hallucination of Shackleton.
That was seriously fucked up, but she STILL considers traveling around with him as an escape from the future but still after Antarctica.
The only reason she doesnt is because he leaves her behind I wanted HER to make that choice, but it was made for her.


pushes book at all of my contemporary lovers You will thank me later, .