Romeo
Boyd is a Hollywood star whose fame is fading, and he heads to his vacation
home to drown his worries in alcohol. His
love for very loud rock music immediately causes problems for his neighbour, Juliet
Soma, a novelist seeking her muse to ward off a serious case of writer’s
block.
When
Juliet meets Romeo, he mistakes her for a stripper and things go downhill from
there. An intense rivalry ensues, and when
Juliet gets Romeo arrested all bets are off.
When she then lands him in the hospital, in his most devious move, Romeo
fakes amnesia and “mistakes” Juliet for his wife. A guilt-ridden Juliet is convinced by Romeo’s
actor friend “doctor” to go along with whatever Romeo says, and Juliet
soon becomes Romeo’s slave. Living
together might mean killing each other, but instead the unthinkable happens:
they start falling for each other!
Will
Juliet discover Romeo’s deception? Will
she forgive him, or up the ante? Could
there ever be a happily ever after
for two stubborn fools? Can they put the
past behind them? Can they trust each
other’s motives when they’ve done nothing but cause each other grief?
Why
Romeo hates Juliet by Anna
Mara is a very refreshing read (that has absolutely nothing to do with William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet; this
is by no means a modernisation of the story). The characters are colourful and engaging, pulling you into their war
from the get go. A happy ending is never a certainty, and Mara keeps you guessing until the very
end.
What
I especially like about this book is its deviation from a common pattern in
romantic fiction: Where the guy is usually the one who messes up badly and must
fight to convince the girl to give him another chance, Why Romeo hates Juliet flips it 180. The girl is the one who messes up, and she’s
the one who must atone for her mistake – a nice departure from the expected.
I
give this book a rating of 3/5 instead of 4/5 because I would have preferred a
little more romance. The majority of the
story is Romeo and Juliet going out of their way to aggravate each other, but
their chemistry is so great they keep you hooked. I did get really frustrated with both of
them, but they kept me invested in their story until the end. While I concur that the situations these two
get themselves into are unlikely to happen in the real world, it is the touches
of realism instead of over-the-top, soppy, unrealistic scenes that made this
book stand out. Why Romeo
hates Juliet has a more realistic road to HEA than most, and even
disappoints my helplessly romantic heart before it delivers a satisfying
ending. Juliet not only had to earn
Romeo’s forgiveness, but mine as well…
She
did.
I
will definitely read more from this author.
Product Information:
Title: Why Romeo hates Juliet
Author: Anna Mara
Number of Pages: 491
Sold By: Amazon Digital Services Inc
Year: 2012
ASIN: B006GXOS9O
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