A review by maleatsbooks
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

3.0

Hmm this review feels about as complex as the book felt reading it. I think maybe it would’ve been a better binge read but I got a little pulled away by other things that it felt a little drawn out. This book definitely pulsed through being slow, then really good, then okay, then “woah what’s happening”, then just ok again and then really really great ending. I don’t dislike Shakespeare by any means and don’t normally have any trouble reading it but the fragmented Shakespeare quotes in and out of the actual performances was so overdone and tiresome and I felt like I was just skimming over them to get to the actual content of the book.

As for the characters, I loved the relationship/friendship arcs that added real depth but I felt the actual core of the characters felt a little flat.

Overall I did enjoy it but at the same time I felt like I had to push through at some points to finish