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From the publisher:
On a White Night in 2019, prima ballerina Natalia Leonova returns to St. Petersburg two years after a devastating accident stalled her career. Once the most celebrated dancer of her generation, she now turns to pills and alcohol to numb the pain of her past.
She is unmoored in her old city as the ghosts of her former life begin to resurface: her loving but difficult mother, her absentee father, and the two gifted dancers who led to her downfall.
One of those dancers, Alexander, is the love of her life, who transformed both Natalia and her art. The other is Dmitri, a dark and treacherous genius. When the latter offers her a chance to return to the stage in her signature role, Natalia must decide whether she can again face the people responsible for both her soaring highs and darkest hours.
Painting a vivid portrait of the Russian ballet world, where cutthroat ambition, ever-shifting politics, and sublime artistry collide, City of Night Birds unveils the making of a dancer with both profound intimacy and breathtaking scope.
Rapid Rating: High.
This straddles the line between moderate and high; sex scenes probably push it just over the line into high. Profanity includes 5 uses of strong language, around 5 instances of moderate profanity, a few uses of mild language, and 10 instances of the name of Deity in vain. There are three instances of sex: one just a quick mention, another just a paragraph with some brief detail, and another that’s longer and more detailed.
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