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A review by gritshelme
Romeo for Real by Markus Harwood-Jones
1.0
I received an advanced copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I wanted to like this, but the characters all seemed pretty flat. There isn't enough time spent on character development, and there certainly isn't enough time spent on relationship development. I get that Romeo and Julian's kissing without saying more than a few words to each other is based on Romeo and Juliet, but it just reads as being too ridiculous. And they don't even have a conversation before they're kissing again!
I was also expecting the story to end in tragedy, which would have been disappointing in its own way. But the ending here is too perfect to be at all believable.
I wanted to like this, but the characters all seemed pretty flat. There isn't enough time spent on character development, and there certainly isn't enough time spent on relationship development. I get that Romeo and Julian's kissing without saying more than a few words to each other is based on Romeo and Juliet, but it just reads as being too ridiculous. And they don't even have a conversation before they're kissing again!
I was also expecting the story to end in tragedy, which would have been disappointing in its own way. But the ending here is too perfect to be at all believable.