The Ballroom Blitz

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As publication date approaches for my new novel, The Ballroom Blitz, I’m delighted to let you know that I’ll be appearing at a marvellous selection of literary events over the coming weeks to talk all about it!

But I won't spoil things for you, I will just say that the author definitely puts both his readers and his characters through quite a lot in this book. Their usual luxuries are attended to and each night staff and dancers evoke the magic of the Grand Ballroom. The Buckingham Hotel is a haven for waifs and strays - posh ones, wealthy ones, exiled ones, and the staff, thinned down as you would expect, are still expected to maintain the luxury they guests demand, including the Grand Ballroom. It really did make me want to find out more detail of the characters back stories, so I can see myself reading the previous books in the series. I loved getting to know the characters and despite not having read the others, it didn’t hinder me too much.Billy Brogan who finds himself in somewhat of a pickle, and his sister Annie begins her employment at the Grand. This was my first introduction to Anton Du Beke’s writing, having normally been accustomed to watching him on my television screen during the Autumn months dancing and judging away, and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised.

They all have issues and most of the story involved everything from profiteering to mental health problems, poor family relationships and greed. Raymond De Guise is on leave from the army after Dunkirk and the distance between himself and his wife, Nancy seems to be growing.As Strictly's longest running professional dancer, and now Judge, Anton is the perfect author to lead the reader to the dancefloor as never before. The books featured on this site are aimed primarily at readers aged 13 or above and therefore you must be 13 years or over to sign up to our newsletter. However, Raymond is driven, after the death of his brother, to go out every night to help on the streets with the ARP going to bombed out areas and tackling fires.

There are changes afoot in many aspects of The Buckingham, look forward to reading the next instalment.To be honest it took me a good few chapters to get into it as there are ALOT of characters to get your head around (thankfully a character list is included) but once you’ve got them sorted you really start to care for them. He’s struggling and doesn’t know what he can do, when he can’t go back to his unit or to his old life as a ballroom dancer.

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It's been fascinating seeing the characters grow over the 5 books and if this is to be the last book in this series then it's come to a fairly satisfying conclusion. Overall I have enjoyed this series and I have already bought the next book from this author for his next series. A consummate storyteller adept at captivating audiences, he is now captivating readers as he whisks them away to worlds of dance, intrigue, high society and scandal.