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Teach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb Roehrig

5 reviews

mirandyli's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

A cute retelling of Romeo and Juliet, where Romeo is in love with Valentine and is in a lavender marriage with Juliet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Murder, Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Violence

lou_loo's review

emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I've never read the original Romeo & Juliet by Shakespeare and decided to pick this remix up by impulse and I'll say, I didn't expect much.
I was very pleasantly surprised when I found myself going through it pretty fast. The characters were great, well written, we could see their personality, and how each acted in different situations ; the remixed plot was gripping and I found myself enjoying the writing style.
This one was a very fun read and I'm glad I found it. I would recommend to anyone wanting a fun and easy read that gets you hooked pretty fast with a very cute LGBT romance and an amazing Juliet!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexism and Domestic abuse

domestic abuse is a very brief mention and is only hypothetical, it does not in fact happen:

Juliet explains to Romeo that if she marries Paris, she will probably be abused and mistreated, but it never happens since she escapes this forced marriage and marries Romeo

micaelacccc's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Emotional abuse, Blood, Classism, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

readingwithkaitlyn's review

hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Blood

Minor: Grief, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Homophobia, Excrement, Sexual content, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Acephobia/Arophobia, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Vomit

ezwolf's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This book gave me a lot of emotions and it was fantastic and I loved every moment of it. Romeo was a bit of a disaster, but I loved him for it and Valentine is just so sweet. Juliet is honestly so relatable for me too.

One of the most important things I loved was that on top of our main character and love interest being gay we are also given some good asexual and aromantic representation! There was also a great discussion with Romeo and Juliet about how even though Romeo is limited by his lot in life, Juliet is even more limited as a woman with little to no agency in their society and it forces Romeo to consider from someone else's perspective. 

This is the second book I've read in the Remixed Classics series (A Clash of Steel was the first) and I cannot wait to read more of them. Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa will be next!

For those of you who are like me who see that this is a retelling of a story the main characters die and are worried about Romeo and Valentine I want to assure you that we are given a queer happily ever after.

Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Classism, and Sexual harassment