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Still Star-Crossed
by Melinda Taub
Still Star-Crossed begins about 2 1/2 weeks after Romeo and Juliet's tragic deaths. The city of Verona is in tense turmoil even though Lords Capulet and Montague have sworn a shaky truce. Hoping to put a forever end to the feud Price Escalus decides to marry a Capulet maid to a Montague male. He chooses his childhood friend, Roseline, the young woman who's refusal of Romeo was the catalyst of the fateful events to marry the heir of House Montague, Romeo's cousin Benvolio.
Both balk at the idea of their marriage even as a force works within Verona to reignite the feud between their two families. A masked swordsman kills 3 youths of both houses and tries to implicate Benvolio as the murderer. Roseline and Benvolio flee the city to find Friar Lawrence in the hope that he can shed some light on the truth of who is behind the murders.
When they find out the truth about who's behind everything they try to make their way back to Verona only to be captured by the very person they aim to warn the city about. Back in Verona Prince Escalus believes that Roseline, who he has recently realized he loves, has been kidnapped and killed by Benvolio. He wants Benvolio to be caught so he may execute him before the entire city.
Will everything come to light in time to save Benvolio's life? And will Roseline and Benvolio be able to part as friends in the end or will they realize that they have fallen in love with each other?
Still Star-Crossed is beautifully written. It gives a happy ending that Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' never got to have. The reader will feel happy at the end of this book. I love how the author managed to stay as close to the period dialogue as possible. I really loved this book, it was one of the best I've read in the past few months.
Both balk at the idea of their marriage even as a force works within Verona to reignite the feud between their two families. A masked swordsman kills 3 youths of both houses and tries to implicate Benvolio as the murderer. Roseline and Benvolio flee the city to find Friar Lawrence in the hope that he can shed some light on the truth of who is behind the murders.
When they find out the truth about who's behind everything they try to make their way back to Verona only to be captured by the very person they aim to warn the city about. Back in Verona Prince Escalus believes that Roseline, who he has recently realized he loves, has been kidnapped and killed by Benvolio. He wants Benvolio to be caught so he may execute him before the entire city.
Will everything come to light in time to save Benvolio's life? And will Roseline and Benvolio be able to part as friends in the end or will they realize that they have fallen in love with each other?
Still Star-Crossed is beautifully written. It gives a happy ending that Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' never got to have. The reader will feel happy at the end of this book. I love how the author managed to stay as close to the period dialogue as possible. I really loved this book, it was one of the best I've read in the past few months.