A review by smart_girls_love_trashy_books
Romeo's Ex: Rosaline's Story by Lisa Fiedler

4.0

Why does this have so many negative reviews? I've read Romeo and Juliet, and saw several movie adaptations, and I must say this is quite a good retelling! The main key events are there, such as the ball, the duel, and of course the death scene, but the scenes added to further develop the main character's personality feel quite at home alongside those. Yes, it's written in Shakespeare's prose, but I found nothing wrong with that, the plotline is simple enough to get the jist of I think. The one complaint I would have was that despite what the plot summary says, Rosaline doesn't pay much attention to Benviolio until the middle; the romance is there, it's just not as major as the plot summary makes it out to be. All in all, a very good retelling from the perspective of the main character, and would recommend to any lovers of Romeo and Juliet!