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Still Star-Crossed
by Melinda Taub
Still Star-Crossed is the story of what happens after the ending of Romeo and Juliet. We follow our heroine Rosaline, Romeo's first love, as she fights for her independence and survival in the midst of increasing tensions between the Montagues and the Capulets. She also has to deal with being a pawn in the Prince of Verona's scheme to unite the feuding families. She, as the highest ranking Capulet maiden, is to marry Benvolio Montague, Romeo's cousin and best friend. There is no love lost between these two. Especially when Rosaline is in love with the Prince himself.
I thoroughly enjoyed Melinda Taub's fun and enticing version of Shakespeare's famous play. She breathed such wit and spunk into Rosaline, it was hard not to like her. Her tumultuous relationship with Benvolio reminded me of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. A romance that started with the lead characters despising each other without really knowing who the other truly was.
This was such a fun and quick read. Probably one of the better YA novels that I've read in a long time.
I thoroughly enjoyed Melinda Taub's fun and enticing version of Shakespeare's famous play. She breathed such wit and spunk into Rosaline, it was hard not to like her. Her tumultuous relationship with Benvolio reminded me of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice. A romance that started with the lead characters despising each other without really knowing who the other truly was.
This was such a fun and quick read. Probably one of the better YA novels that I've read in a long time.