allapaz 's review for:

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

4.75

dark mysterious tense 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: Yes

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I love Shakespeare, and I don't know that this would hit the same if I didn't, but dang, this was great. I will say while I love Shakespeare, I am not a Shakespeare scholar, so there were good chunks of this that went right over my head

like the passage left in the note at the end--I was like...okay....until I looked up discussions on the book and DANG what a cool ending

this merits a reread for sure

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt