title: Flirty Dancing
author: Jennifer Moffatt
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
publication date: May 27, 2025
pages: 336
peppers: 2 (on this scale)
warnings: drinking alcohol to excess, multiple partners, vomit, death parents (earlier)
summary: Archer has been striking out at dance auditions in NYC for long enough that he's thrilled to get a summer gig dancing at a LGBTQIA+ resort in the Catskills. When he arrives for rehearsal, he's shocked to find his teen crush Mateo, a dancer who was a big deal on Broadway until he got blacklisted for bad behavior. Turns out, Mateo is sort of hotter than ever and sort of a jerk.
tropes:
- Dirty Dancing callbacks
- forced proximity
- another guy is interested
- sort of his boss
what I liked: Archer and Mateo's hot dance scenes
what I didn’t like: Archer spends most of the story with Caleb, who's not very nice to Mateo.
overall rating: 4 (of 5 stars)