When You Were Mine

May 04, 2012 Emily May rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-na, romance, arc, 2012, love-triangle, wtf-sexism, bloody-awful

This book is a real snarkfest, in fact I kind of wish someone other than me was reviewing this right now, I have a good many friends who could really go to town on this one. The author successfully manages to be sexist to both men and women, indulge in a bout of slut-shaming, and completely miss the point.

I actually really like Shakespeare most of the time, but I think that Romeo and Juliet is one of his weakest works - or one of my least favourites, anyway. The greatest love story of all time?...more

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Emily May Hi, thanks for sharing your opinion and I'm not offended at all. To be honest, it gives me great comfort to think that people aren't taking negative m...more
Aug 21, 2012 05:21pm

Daydreamer Ah yes, I certainly agree with you that the author was attempting to make Juliet appear in a bad light via Rosaline's friends. Even I don't condone as...more
Aug 22, 2012 05:48am

Feb 29, 2012 Ashleigh Paige rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc, i-screamed-at-it, ladies-can-t-fucking-swear-my-ass, s-and-s-galley-grab, take-your-sexism-and-get-out, right-reaction-wrong-reason, please-no-more-slut-shaming

See more of my reviews sooner on The YA Kitten! I received a copy through Simon & Schuster's Galley Grab.

My "ladies can't fucking swear my ass" shelf? Is attached because this book made me swear a ~~fuckton~~ lot.

When You Were Mine boasts a problematic premise that originally warded me away from it. In Romeo and Juliet, the infamous play this book is a modern retelling of, Romeo is a fickle dickbag who dumps the woman he is supposed to love for someone else he met while trying to see her. He is...more

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Apr 28, 2012 Caris rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, young-adult, shakespeare

Nobody knows this, but Simon and Schuster has built a YA fiction robot, Codename: Rebecca Serle. All they need to do is feed pages of existing works into the bot’s built-in scanner, and it will automatically process the data and import it into its memory. The technology is very new and very sophisticated. To date, they’ve only tried it with one work: William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

How does the bot work, you ask? It’s very simple on the surface: it analyzes the imported data for character...more Nobody knows this, but Simon and Schuster has built a YA fiction robot, Codename: Rebecca Serle. All they need to do is feed pages of existing works into the bot’s built-in scanner, and it will automatically process the data and import it into its memory. The technology is very new and very sophisticated. To date, they’ve only tried it with one work: William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

How does the bot work, you ask? It’s very simple on the surface: it analyzes the imported data for characters, plot, theme, etc. and reworks it into a new book. It’s like recycling, only better, because it turns tired old stories into fresh and hip new products for teenagers. The market for YA is very big right now. You’ve heard that, right?

Of course, like any new piece of technology, there are still some bugs to be ironed out. In this test run (tentatively titled When You Were Mine), the bot could only grasp the most basic of plot points and it misidentified the main character. So instead of hearing from the insightful and interesting Juliet, we hear from Rosaline, a bonafide simpleton.

The bot had some trouble predicting human traits, too. There are two points in the test project where a character looks at two things simultaneously, though they’re spaced widely apart. Rosaline, for example, will look at someone with one eye and someone else with the other. There is no mention of the character having a lazy eye in the text, so we must assume that it was an error in processing. Cause and effect relationships were also difficult for the bot to comprehend. Romeo’s stand-in (Rob) started out the book as a nice, handsome gentleman, but near the middle experiences a state of what can possibly be steroid-induced psychosis (some sort of angry fugue state brought on by copious amounts of methamphetamine should be considered an alternate possibility). The text, however, wrongfully attributes the madness to “love,” and “fate.”

The text itself is written at roughly a third-grade level, or, rather, what passes for third-grade level in places like Kansas and Oklahoma. The bot seems chronically unable to stop “telling,” apparently taking issue with the idea that a book should be somewhat entertaining. Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be of much concern, but third-grade test group self-report data suggests that these elementary-aged participants would be more inclined to “lick a lit match” or “flush my own face in the urinel [sic]” than read the book. There is some concern that the bot’s scanners may have been contaminated by at least one title by Stan and Jan Berenstain. Whatever the reason, the topical matter addressed in the book does not abide by content standards typically set for elementary audiences.

All is not lost, though. The bot did show a great deal of promise in spelling things correctly, most notably pronouns. It also [transmission lost].

I, personally, am looking forward to future works from the Rebecca Serle bot. I’ve heard it’s got grand plans for turning the Kansas City phone book into the next breakout hit. (less)

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Apr 02, 2013 Ceilidh rated it 1 of 5 stars

Sometimes a book calls out to you, be it for all the right or wrong reasons. When it comes to re-imaginings of age-old tales and classics of the literary pantheon, one must tread lightly, particularly when entering the realm of William Shakespeare. It’s important to remember the cultural and historical context of his work when applying it to a modern day setting. It’s possible to remain faithful to the source material while still adapting it to fit today’s moral & societal changes. A good ex...more

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Jun 03, 2012 Sarah (saz101) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, young-adult, retelling, 2012-releases, devastatingly-sad, wow-i-read-a-non-fantasy

It's no secret the greatest love story ever told is no love story. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy—a tale of bigotry, and murder; a story about a thirteen year old girl and a fickle, capricious boy, ending in suicide and tragedy for all. But what if it was wrong? Or not the whole story? Turns out... it’s every inch as heartbreaking, and if Rebecca Serle does one thing magnificently, it’s laying on the heartbreak. Grab your tissues and your comfort food, and prepare to fall in love... You know what...more

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Mar 22, 2012 Amy (Turn the Page) rated it 1 of 5 stars

2.5 stars

When I first heard about this book I was quite intrigued with the idea of telling the story of Romeo and Juliet from Rosaline’s point of view. The girl before the girl. So I was a little disappointed when I started reading and realised that this was actually a contemporary novel, based on the famous play.

For one thing, the little we know of the original Rosaline was that she rejected Romeo (I’ve always doubted she was the first girl Romeo had proclaimed his undying love to) and Romeo la...more 2.5 stars

When I first heard about this book I was quite intrigued with the idea of telling the story of Romeo and Juliet from Rosaline’s point of view. The girl before the girl. So I was a little disappointed when I started reading and realised that this was actually a contemporary novel, based on the famous play.

For one thing, the little we know of the original Rosaline was that she rejected Romeo (I’ve always doubted she was the first girl Romeo had proclaimed his undying love to) and Romeo laments her rejection. He isn’t too happy about the fact that she’s taken a vow of chastity either.

Poor boy.

Serle’s Rosaline is in love with Romeo, or Rob, in this case, and when he finally asks her out, she believes it is the beginning of an epic love. Of course, as we all know, Rob’s attentions aren’t destined to last long and soon enough, poor Rosaline is dealing with a broken heart and a few painful home truths.

If I’m honest by page 109 I was seriously considering abandoning this. The main characters were silly, shallow and pretentious and the first half of the book is incredibly tedious, consisting of Rosaline’s (rather self deprecating) monologue about her typical high school day, how generally superior her and her friends are, how much of a ‘disease’ a boy called Len is, how unfair life is and either daydreaming about Rob or over-analysing every thing he says. However, the book definitely improves during Act Three and I will admit to quite enjoying the second half of the story. The main reason for this is because of the growing romance between Rosaline and Len, resulting in some far more interesting scenes than we ever see between her and her supposed ‘true love’.

The original Romeo and Juliet were foolish and naive, but ultimately, endearing. Choosing to depict the story in this way, with Rosaline heartbroken over Rob, Serle fundamentally alters the characters as we know them. Rob is an all together less sympathetic hero, in fact, he's a jerk, who treats his life-long friend in the worst possible way. By default, Juliet becomes a 'boyfriend stealer', a ‘slut’, and later on, a hysterical, potentially suicidal, slut at that. This just wasn’t a message I was comfortable with. I detest slut shaming, both in fiction and real life, and while I wouldn’t say it is overly emphasised in the book, it is there and I don't feel the author took the time to properly explore the issue, other than Rosaline's half hearted attempt to befriend Juliet near the end. Why is Juliet blamed for everything? Why does no one take issue with the fact that Rob becomes more and more unstable and screams at her in very threatening way in public? Why are there rumors that she is suicidal? (view spoiler)

There were several things I quite liked about this book. I grew to like the friendship between the three main girls, the support and genuine love they show each other, even if I didn’t much like the characters themselves. I liked Serle's message about choice. I really liked the hints of romance between Len and Rosaline. But so much more was mediocre. In the end, When You Were Mine is a bit hit and miss and takes too long time to get into its stride. A light teenage romance that disappointingly, for an older reader, brushes over some of the darker, more complex plot lines the story presented.(less)

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Mar 13, 2013 Belle rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: hey-i-just-met-you, inner-teen, tainted-love, literary-reincarnation

3.5 stars.

I liked this much more than I thought I would.

Initially my interest was piqued by the new take on Romeo and Juliet - a modern adaptation from the point of view of Rosaline, the girl Romeo was desperately in love with until the moment he spotted Juliet. Having recently rewatched Romeo + Juliet and being put in an angsty teen mood, I decided to give When You Were Mine a go. But Rose was soon driving me nuts; she had basically no personality and depended upon her best friend, Charlie, to...more 3.5 stars.

I liked this much more than I thought I would.

Initially my interest was piqued by the new take on Romeo and Juliet - a modern adaptation from the point of view of Rosaline, the girl Romeo was desperately in love with until the moment he spotted Juliet. Having recently rewatched Romeo + Juliet and being put in an angsty teen mood, I decided to give When You Were Mine a go. But Rose was soon driving me nuts; she had basically no personality and depended upon her best friend, Charlie, to dictate her thoughts, feelings and actions. Every second line was, "Charlie says this" or "Charlie thinks that". Frustrated, I went looking for reviews to see what other people thought. While there were a fair few positive ones, what struck me were two quite negative, but thoughtful reviews by Emily May and Ashleigh Paige. I had a feeling I'd have the same reaction to the book as them, and came very, very close to DNFing.

I'm glad I stuck with it, because in the end I did like it - quite a lot, actually. While I think the criticisms that Emily, Ashleigh and others have made are valid, I thought that there was a good amount of growth over the course of the novel. Rob was a total dirtbag douchcanoe for ditching Rose the second her cousin Juliet comes to town, and while Rose still loved him, she did blame him as well as Juliet. Granted, Juliet got the brunt of the blame, but as Mandee points out, the slut-shaming aspect of this, though not ideal, is certainly true to life. That is how teen girls - and indeed, many adult women - act towards a girl who "steals" their guy. That doesn't mean the author endorses this behaviour as positive. It is simply true to life. I think what really helped was the way Juliet was given more layers and agency. I felt for her in the end, along with Rosaline. I still hated Rob, but I was sad about what happened. It's not spoiling anything to say this has a sad ending - it is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet after all. I really liked the way Serle developed the tragic aspect of the story, and gave it a unique spin while maintaining an emotional punch.

Although When You Were Mine is heartbreaking at times, it does have quite a few lighthearted moments. The humour came primarily from Rose's friends, Charlie and Olivia. OK, so Charlie was a cow at times, and said some pretty awful things, but she was fiercely protective of Rose and not just a one-dimensional mean girl. Olivia was totally like Karen from Mean Girls, as Mandee mentions, which provided some entertaining moments. Then there was Len, the lovely, funny nerd who saw the real Rose and encouraged her to be herself and stand up for herself. He was very cute and a nice foil for the knobsticle Rob.

I don't think this book is for everyone, but I enjoyed it and found it to be a refreshing take on a done-to-death (no pun intended) story.

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May 19, 2012 Gaisce rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: unlikeable-characters-abound, realistic-ya

Gentle reader, I wish to spare you my suffering. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury this book, not to praise it. When You Were Mine is awful. It is not simply awful it is bitter, stupid, sexist, and above all a lie.

Actually, no. The worst part really is how grossly sexist and simplified it is. The author says she had her own heartbreak and "turned the experience into this book," which shows because Rose's bitterness is very authentic. There are times, brief and fleeti...more

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May 02, 2012 Brandi Kosiner rated it 4 of 5 stars

Retellings for me are a hit or miss, and this was a hit. I enjoyed the plot and the twist of seeing everything from a new view. Rosie had a voice and story that helped me to feel for her and care about what she's going through.
Her relationship with Rob is so new and tender and I just wanted to root for them even though I knew what was coming. They made a cute couple, and seemed to be really into each other.
It was hard for me when Juliet came onto the scene. There was so much talk about 'the...more

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May 14, 2012 Magan (Rather Be Reading) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: simon-schuster-2012, 2012-reads

[review originally posted on Rather Be Reading]

After I finished Insurgent, I wanted something 180 degrees different. What better to pick up than a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story - except this time from the perspective of the girl Romeo (or Rob, in When You Were Mine) discarded, Rosaline? I have to admit I was a little unsure of how closely the story would follow Shakespeare’s masterpiece. I don’t want to get into the details of the ins and outs of what happens because you should experience th...more [review originally posted on Rather Be Reading]

After I finished Insurgent, I wanted something 180 degrees different. What better to pick up than a modern-day Romeo and Juliet story - except this time from the perspective of the girl Romeo (or Rob, in When You Were Mine) discarded, Rosaline? I have to admit I was a little unsure of how closely the story would follow Shakespeare’s masterpiece. I don’t want to get into the details of the ins and outs of what happens because you should experience the emotional roller coaster without any warnings from me. Please note that even if you aren’t familiar with Romeo & Juliet, you needn’t worry. This story can be enjoyed by anyone who enjoys an epic, tragic love story.

Despite being familiar with the framework set up by Shakespeare, I allowed myself to hope that Serle had put a spin on this classic tale. I fell head over heels in love with Rob. I’ve admitted this in earlier reviews, but I am a sucker for stories that explore two best friends falling in love. Rosaline didn’t want to fracture the relationship she had with Rob, but ultimately, decided to follow her heart and allowed herself to fall for him. She had two female best friends, Charlie and Olivia, but there was something so pure about her friendship with Rob. Charlie and Olivia were a little silly and snobby, but they turned out to be the type of friend I aspire to be – encouraging when Rosaline was uncertain about Rob and protective when he broke her heart. I just couldn’t stop my heart from hoping that our Romeo would profess his love for Rosaline in spite of the spell he succumbs to when Juliet makes her appearance.

Juliet is Rose’s estranged cousin. Family drama to the max. Rose, Juliet, and Rob used to be best friends before Juliet’s family moved away. Rose is in utter darkness about why her cousin wants nothing to do with her when she returns. I had to chalk up the secrecy and Rose’s naiveté regarding the family tension to her young, unquestioning self when everything happened ten years prior. Juliet appeared after my heart had already fluttered happily for Rob; she was a little late to the game, but man, did she make an impact when she was introduced to the story. When Juliet hypnotized (figuratively, not literally) Rob, I felt like things happened so abruptly and the story began to progress much more rapidly. Serle set up the perfect scene for every romantic’s heart and then BAM, crushed it. I wept tears of sadness for Rose.

Just as you’ll remember from high school English study of Romeo and Juliet, When You Were Mine is filled with lots of:

family drama
scandal
mystery
broken-heartedness
hostility

Amidst the black hole that is Rose’s extended family, there is a beacon of light: Len. He’s a facetious but goofy guy. He’s given the cold shoulder by Rose and her circle of popular friends because he appears so unmotivated and detached from high school life. Rose feels as if the whole world is against her when her (terrible) bio teacher pairs her with Len. I was completely taken aback by the friendship that developed slowly and beautifully and delicately between these two unlikely characters. I was often caught off guard by Len’s insight and thoughtful observations.

Serle’s writing was incredibly engaging, and I was fully invested in the story almost instantaneously and couldn’t stop reading. When You Were Mine is a wonderful debut novel that Rebecca Serle should certainly be proud of. My only complaint is that I was left wishing for more – I wasn’t ready for Rosaline’s story to be over when I closed the book.

(Take this one with you to the beach this summer; it’s the perfect companion for drinks with umbrellas and a lazy afternoon in the sun.)(less)

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Jun 30, 2012 Tabitha rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: digital-reads, pulse-it, love-triangle, contemporary, own-physical-book, young-adult

****MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS****

This book had my full attention as soon as I read the description. Finally! Someone who remembers that Romeo was all in love with someone else at the beginning of that horrid play!

What this awesome author does is take The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet and set it in modern times, telling the story from Rosaline’s perspective (the girl Romeo was all in love with until he set eyes on the wonderful Juliet and fulls in ~~lust~~ love with her). My excitement could not be conta...more

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Sep 24, 2012 Elaine rated it 3 of 5 stars

3.5 stars
I almost gave up on this book after reading Act Two, because the whole part pissed me off. Now I'm glad i pushed myself to finish the book, because I was quite satisfied with the ending. From the start I already like Len for some reason (of course I didn't realize Len must've been the modern version of Ben until they were getting close... i know, Len=Ben... idiot). Now for the other characters: Rosaline...Rosie... Rose, whatever. I like her character except for her superb martyrdom. I g...more

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May 15, 2012 Rachel rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of Gossip Girl/Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants/Romeo and Juliet, fans of Jennifer Echols

Recommended to Rachel by: the interwebs

I have to admit - I went into this book thinking it would be an easy Gossip Girl-type of read. An airy read. A beach read. After all, I'd just read a beachy girly read before this, so why shouldn't this one be the same?

With that said, I was pleasantly surprised. Rosaline's story begins off as "high school" as you can get and I was sure that, although I was going to finish it, I wouldn't LOVE the story. I was mistaken. By Act 4, I was fully invested. Yes - the story is set up by Acts and Scenes...more I have to admit - I went into this book thinking it would be an easy Gossip Girl-type of read. An airy read. A beach read. After all, I'd just read a beachy girly read before this, so why shouldn't this one be the same?

With that said, I was pleasantly surprised. Rosaline's story begins off as "high school" as you can get and I was sure that, although I was going to finish it, I wouldn't LOVE the story. I was mistaken. By Act 4, I was fully invested. Yes - the story is set up by Acts and Scenes just like a play! Love it!

My favorite part of this novel was the friendship. I think Rebecca Serle nails that down pat. Charlie and Olivia, Rosaline's BFFs, begin as vapid, popular, mean girls but turn out to be solid friends for Rosaline, who are there for her and have real emotions and likes/dislikes. They were two of the more full-fleshed characters in the novel. The other thing I felt Rebecca Serle really got was the pain of heartbreak, loss, grief and the uncertainty of starting over. Rosaline's feelings are real and jump off the page, especially post-deaths. It's been said in many of her interviews that she wrote this book to relief herself after a break-up. Well...darn, lady, you did it!

Although I did end up LOVING this book, I had some issues with it. Ahead are spoiler tags for it. (view spoiler)

Overall, I looooved this and can see why it is getting such a big buzz. I had some eh feelings about the cover, but once I read the book I saw how it fit in. I look forward to more by Rebecca Serle. :)(less)

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Jun 04, 2012 Mandee rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-fiction, for-review, i-have-a-copy, realistic-fiction, s-s, ya-lit, review-on-the-blog

Rosaline Caplet lives in South California with her parents and she's a senior at San Bellaro High School which she attends with her best friends Charlie, Olivia and Rob. Rose hasn't seen Rob in 8 weeks but it's the first day back at school and she's nervous about seeing again as she's realised she has feelings for him and there's a chance he feels the same way about her. But then her cousin, Juliet, returns to town and moves in on Rob, leaving Rose heartbroken.

When You Were Mine by Rebeca Searle...more Rosaline Caplet lives in South California with her parents and she's a senior at San Bellaro High School which she attends with her best friends Charlie, Olivia and Rob. Rose hasn't seen Rob in 8 weeks but it's the first day back at school and she's nervous about seeing again as she's realised she has feelings for him and there's a chance he feels the same way about her. But then her cousin, Juliet, returns to town and moves in on Rob, leaving Rose heartbroken.

When You Were Mine by Rebeca Searle is written from Rose's perspective. I found her to be smart, self-aware, responsible and listening to her tell her story hooked me completely, especially as the blurb gives away the fact that everything is not going to go as she planned. She and Rob have grown up next door to each other but it's only in the last two months that she's realised she likes him more than a friend and she can already imagine them going to college, ending up together and I really wanted that for her.

Rose and Rob are so sweet together, they know each other so well, have a whole lifetime of shared memories, they seem perfect for each other. I loved how awkward their first date was, even though they have spent so much time with each other.

But then just as things are moving along for Rose and Rob, her extended family returns to town. Rose hasn't seen Juliet since they were little kids, they used to be as close as sisters. But then there was a disagreement between Rose and Juliet's fathers and Juliet and her parents moved away. Juliet is not friendly to Rose, or Rose's friends and she moves in on Rob immediately and he returns her feelings. I was amazed at how much this book made me feel, at this point I was feeling like Rose, sick to my stomach and sad, so so sad.

Luckily Rose had her two best friends to support her, Charlie and Olive are a big part of her life. They're both gorgeous girls in different ways, Charlie is a red head, Olivia a blonde. Charlie is obsessed with making sure they are the popular group with Rose commenting that Charlie acts as if she's living in a high school movie, which it definitely felt like as I found myself picturing these girls as a combination of Cher/Dionne/Ty from Clueless and the girls from Mean Girls. After a few descriptions of Olivia's physical appearance and personality I could not stop picturing her as Karen from Mean Girls and I found this book a lot of fun from that aspect, you know apart from all the heartbreak! They're also the kind of girls who are a little mean, Charlie makes up mean nicknames for some of their classmates and refers to another as a slut and while I never like hearing anyone called those sort of things, I felt it was true to Charlie's character and to teenage girls in general. Charlie would be a fantastic friend to you, but she's the kind of girl who isn't welcoming to others.

Since writing my review I've read a couple of others that rated this book a 1 or 2 and gave the reason for this as slut-shaming. I don't think the author was putting her opinions on her characters or saying that calling another girl a slut is ok, but I do think it's a typical part of high school and felt true to the story. I also don't think all the blame can be put on Juliet, I felt equally annoyed at her as I did Rob.

There's also another love interest for Rose in the form of Len. I picked it as soon as we were introduced to mysterious, scruffy, piano-playing Len and I was definitely happy that he was in the picture and kept hoping Rose would start treating him better than she did.

Even though the ending might seem quite obvious as this is a modern take on Romeo and Juliet, I was still wondering throughout the story about how it would come about and so I was still surprised when the ending hit. It was sad and I felt for Rose who took on some of the blame even though it wasn't her fault.

When You Were Mine is a beautiful, sad and bittersweet story of teenagers and first loves. I know it will be a hit for fans of contemporary YA and YA romance. It's available online and in local book stores.

My copy of When You Were Mine was sent to me for review from the lovely people at Simon and Schuster Australia.
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Jun 17, 2012 Sophie rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Airheads

Shelves: contemporary-ya, did-not-live-up-to-potential, give-the-melodrama-a-break, i-yawned, lacking-something-crucial, mc-with-a-death-wish, mega-eyeroll, they-see-me-angstin, useless-heroine, what-the-actual-fuck, cry-about-it

Have you ever had one of those out of body experiences where you can see yourself stabbing yourself repeatedly, but you can’t stop it? Okay, maybe not stabbing, but a situation in which you can't seem to stop yourself from doing something self-destructive. That was how I felt while reading When You Were Mine. I knew it wouldn’t turn out well, I had no idea why I was reading it, but I did it anyway. It’s the lackluster story of Rosaline, who, if you remember your Shakespeare well enough, was the...more Have you ever had one of those out of body experiences where you can see yourself stabbing yourself repeatedly, but you can’t stop it? Okay, maybe not stabbing, but a situation in which you can't seem to stop yourself from doing something self-destructive. That was how I felt while reading When You Were Mine. I knew it wouldn’t turn out well, I had no idea why I was reading it, but I did it anyway. It’s the lackluster story of Rosaline, who, if you remember your Shakespeare well enough, was the chick Romeo had the hots for before he got spellbound by Juliet’s mask. This story is told from her point of view, and I suppose the point is to make Rosaline seem like the victim of Romeo and Juliet’s all-consuming love.

There are a couple problems with this scenario. One, I never really felt that bad for Rosaline. She pissed me off with how obsessed she was with “Rob” (AKA Romeo). In fact, there were many times when I could not deal with how pathetic she acted towards the entire situation. I guess this is a high school thing, but I’m in high school, and it was nauseating even for me. She claims to be smart and a shoo-in for Stanford, and there are frequent mentions of the SATs. Funnily enough, I never get that feeling. Rosaline is incredibly shallow, and though she is heralded to be smart, she never really lives up to it. She’s a complete bitch to Len—I still don’t get why everyone hated on him so much—and she seems like a complete pushover with a lack of personality. Her friends are equally annoying: when Rosaline actually gets in a sticky situation (when she’s looking for a reason to prevent Rob from going to the dance with Juliet), Olivia and Charlie are completely distracted. Maybe it wasn’t supposed to be a big deal, but I think that friends who aren’t paying attention at one of your most embarrassing and helpless moments aren’t very good friends at all. An example: “You smell like a burger,” I hear her say, before they start making out.

Real deep, guys. This book is real deep.

Though I did feel sorry for Rosaline, I also wanted to slap her around a bit and scream at her to get a grip and stop crying. I get it, Rob was her best friend, but if he went drooling after the first pretty girl to come along, he didn’t really deserve any of her endless crying and moping. Yeah. Rob. Perhaps even more pathetic than Rosaline. Also the second problem with this scenario. The original play already has the fault that Romeo and Juliet’s love at first sight thing built itself on extremely shaky foundations. By incorporating this into a high school contemporary, Serle has made it even more ridiculous. I mean, one minute Rob is all over Rosaline, and the next he’s swaying with some random girl, kissing her, and forgetting his best friend? What a dipshit. I have a hard time believing that someone who Rosaline wasted so much time gushing about and reliving childhood memories with would be such an incredible ass. Also, he starts applying early to USC instead of Stanford! He’s definitely a public menace now! Rosaline says at one point, “Stanford is already outdated.” No. NO. Stanford will never be OUTDATED. Stanford is one of the best universities in the entire flipping WORLD. It will NEVER be outdated. Rosaline is such an annoying twit. She doesn’t deserve to go there, not if she’s more worried about the application of a guy who apparently doesn’t care about her at all. This entire book is so simplistic, with its predictable plot and annoying characters. Even Serle’s attempt to make Juliet the good guy is pitiful. The only character I liked was Len, although why he would be attracted to someone as pathetic as Rosaline, I have no idea. Maybe towards the end, Charlie began endearing herself to me more, especially with her reaction to the anticlimactic climax, but that doesn't help the fact that this book is a complete, utter cliche. I would have been an interesting story if it hadn't come off sounding like a poorly written soap opera script.

Maybe I should stop reading these attempts at contemporary young adult and stick to paranormal. But that would be wrong, because there are still little gems like Wanderlove and Anna and the French Kiss, not to mention Sarah Dessen’s books, which give me a little faith that not all high school girls are airheads where boys and life are concerned.
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Jun 06, 2012 Nicky rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle-reads, read-in-2012, ya, rubbish

The first time I heard about this book my imagination ran wild with possibilities, a retelling of Romeo and Juliet from the point of view of Rosaline in a contemporary setting, you say? How intriguing. Will there be a controversial age difference between Romeo and Juliet? What kind of party will serve as the setting for Romeo and Juliet's first meeting? I was looking forward to re-visiting characters like Mercutio and Tybalt. Then I read a review on Forever Young Adult that compared it (in passi...more The first time I heard about this book my imagination ran wild with possibilities, a retelling of Romeo and Juliet from the point of view of Rosaline in a contemporary setting, you say? How intriguing. Will there be a controversial age difference between Romeo and Juliet? What kind of party will serve as the setting for Romeo and Juliet's first meeting? I was looking forward to re-visiting characters like Mercutio and Tybalt. Then I read a review on Forever Young Adult that compared it (in passing, but still) to YA masterpiece Before I Fall so that gave me the idea that Rosaline would be popular, mildly bitchy but basically decent, that the novel would be completely engrossing and awesome.

HA!

It totally sucked.

Rosaline is the absolute worst. She's a complete pussy, her cod-insecurity makes me ill (I'm beautiful you say? No...not me. Not brown-haired Rosaline!). None of the interesting, fun characters are in the book and if they are I guess they've been white-washed and bore-ified beyond recognition. None of the plot points from the play are included, even in an updated, overhauled form. I was so interested to find out how this story would be updated and twisted around but it kind of hasn't been. The basic details are there, Boy and girl from feuding families meet, fall in love, die, but where's the wedding? Mercutio's death? Where's the big party where they meet? That should have been the easiest detail to include and make fun and exciting but it's not. Rob and Juliet meet before the party and the party is a lame-ass dance where Rosaline goes off to the toilet or whatever and comes back to see the tragic pair slow-dancing on a balcony and that's it. The lack of faithfulness to the original play isn't even that big of a deal but the novel lacks any other redeeming feature to make up for it, honest characters, new plot twists, God even an interesting setting might have livened it up.

There's some pretty heavy-handed foreshadowing near the beginning of the book so the reader knows all along how Rob and Juliet are going to bite it. Romeo and Juliet's famous tragic death occurs about 80% into the book, leaving us with 20% of the novel left for Rosaline's tedious philosophising.

I've read a few reviews on here that decry the book for being sexist. It is sexist. The women hate each other and think of nothing but men, the men are lunking halfwits especially the Romeo character Cardboard Rob. The most offensive thing about this book though, is how unutterably crap and disappointing it is. Avoid at all costs.(less)

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Apr 11, 2012 Mitchii rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc-or-galley, young-adult, realistic-fiction, romance, retelling, 2012-reads

** Got it from Simon & Schuster Galley Grab. Thanks!**

I have yet to read Romeo and Juliet. I know, I know, it’s inexcusable that I still haven't read the book yet. But I saw other—several adaptations, maybe that count for something. I remember every time our English teacher asks us to choose a classic book; I always end up picking anything from Mark Twain and Frances Hodgson Burnett or any classic children book. The tragic love story doesn’t appeal to me.

So why the heck am I here reading (re...more ** Got it from Simon & Schuster Galley Grab. Thanks!**

I have yet to read Romeo and Juliet. I know, I know, it’s inexcusable that I still haven't read the book yet. But I saw other—several adaptations, maybe that count for something. I remember every time our English teacher asks us to choose a classic book; I always end up picking anything from Mark Twain and Frances Hodgson Burnett or any classic children book. The tragic love story doesn’t appeal to me.

So why the heck am I here reading (read) this book? One, I miss galley grab. No seriously, I do. Saw the link floating around and I just downloaded it. No qualms whatsoever. Two, in 13 to Life, I recall Pietr told Jessie that he hates Romeo and Juliet, one of the characters there told Jessie this—“Hardly a romantic hero (Romeo). He was head over heels for Rosaline, and then—poof! She’s out-of-sight-out-of-mind as soon as Juliet comes into view.” And she added that only reason Romeo wanted Juliet because she’s unattainable and they were blinded by hormones. So obviously that argument was an eyebrow-raising moment. Interesting how she put it that way. Anyway, there’s a copy of Romeo and Juliet in our house, maybe one of these days (not soon though) I might read it.

I have yet to encounter books—retelling on Rosaline’s account. So I decided to go ahead and read it. It was a typical Romeo and Juliet. Modern twist and whatnots. But I enjoyed it. Most of it. Rob and Rosie are friends, then they decided to risk their friendship by dating. But when her cousin Juliet showed up, things changed. Plus, the complicated matters between their parents made this simple, completely mundane teen relationship into a messy family, romantically inclined problem.

I did not like Rob—Romeo or whatever. Maybe because I have some bias against his character and I know how their relationship will end up. Though I’m sad of what had happened to him (and Juliet). Len, the real main guy was ok. I knew he is the guy for Rosaline. Even if they described him as an ass, bad guy, sarcastic or whatever, I know he’s not all that. Though he didn’t totally catch my interest, he’s definitely a better character than Rob. And Rosaline? Yeah, she’s ok too.

It’s was another ok read. Maybe since…you know, I haven’t read the original that I find the story refreshing. It’s rare for a retelling of this book that focuses on Juliet’s cousin. And at least in this one, (except for Rob and Juliet) the story did not end up in catastrophe. Rosaline’s ending was a nice one. Things happen for a reason. She’s now with a better guy.(less)

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May 03, 2012 Giselle at Book Nerd Canada rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: from-publishers, own

Reading the description off the back of this book made me think it was about Romeo and Juliet, but it wasn't. It was better. The story follows Rosaline, Rob's best friend and next-door neighbour. Following a long summer without Rob, Rosaline develops real feelings for Rob, and without any explanation, Rob finally makes a move, and the two start dating. Their senior year of high school start and with that comes the privilege of hanging out in the lounge where it’s exclusive to seniors only.

Now I...more Reading the description off the back of this book made me think it was about Romeo and Juliet, but it wasn't. It was better. The story follows Rosaline, Rob's best friend and next-door neighbour. Following a long summer without Rob, Rosaline develops real feelings for Rob, and without any explanation, Rob finally makes a move, and the two start dating. Their senior year of high school start and with that comes the privilege of hanging out in the lounge where it’s exclusive to seniors only.

Now I have no idea if I was blind and ignorant in high school, but why in the world are popular people considered to be rulers of the school? Take the character of Rosaline’s best friend Charlie. Beautiful, and absolutely annoying. She’s also quite mean! I wished Rosie had the backbone and the strength to stand up for herself. Why compare yourself to your best friends? What does it do to you? It makes you feel inferior and I felt Rosaline felt inferior to Charlie and Olivia. Her whining about how beautiful and smart her best friends were annoyed me to no end. Can I just give Rosaline proof that she is also those things? Rob loves her. He loves her, and not just because of her looks but because she’s an amazing person. Sometimes, characters like Rosie make me want to coddle her so she can realize she should be confident. Screw low self-esteem!

Now to the retelling of the story, I thought it was done well. Capulet and Monteg families feuding as usual, but I loved the spin that Rosaline was Juliet’s cousin. Wonderful twist, to a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, When You Were Mine is a delightful read!

Quotes

“It's not that most girls are delusional, per se. It's just that they have this subtle ability to warp actual circumstances into something different.”—Rosie (10)

“I guess that's the thing about getting older. You realize differences can be good things. Not just bad ones.”—Rosie (238)

“So I guess Shakespeare didn't get it wrong, after all. The truth is that there are many different endings to the same story. This one is mine.”—Rosie (334)
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Feb 19, 2012 Becca rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc-s, books-read-in-2012, contemporary-ya, young-adult, e-book

The classic tale of Romeo and Juliet is thrown on it's side with When You Were Mine. In this telling of the classic tale Rosaline is the main voice in the book, she is the one who was with Rob (Romeo) first. They have been best friends their entire lives and have just started to move into something new and exciting and deeper when Rose's cousin Juliet comes back to town. Juliet has been gone twelve years and she and Rose are no longer friends. Though this is not the Juliet that everyone has come...more The classic tale of Romeo and Juliet is thrown on it's side with When You Were Mine. In this telling of the classic tale Rosaline is the main voice in the book, she is the one who was with Rob (Romeo) first. They have been best friends their entire lives and have just started to move into something new and exciting and deeper when Rose's cousin Juliet comes back to town. Juliet has been gone twelve years and she and Rose are no longer friends. Though this is not the Juliet that everyone has come to know and love from Shakespeare, this Juliet is mean and vindictive and not mentally sound. Juliet steals Rob away from Rose and Rose looses her best friend in Rob.

This story is about how when the one you thought you were destined to be with decides they are destined to be with another and how you are left to deal by yourself. I really liked Rose in this story she was strong and so caring that she didn't deserve her best friend Rob treating her the way he did. All along you knew how the story was going to end but it still look me by surprise and made me upset all over again. Juliet was sad and depressed and you begin to understand why she is the way she is but that still doesn't excuse her behavior. Rose's friends were great at times but at others they were way too superficial for my liking.

I liked this story and thought it was an interesting new take to the Romeo and Juliet love story, because I believe Rose was right. These were two kids who only had each other Rob (Romeo) left everyone behind and changed when he met Juliet. Juliet had no friends and their families hated each other, they had no where to go and nothing in common. It did seem as if he was meant to be with Rose and I was upset and angry for her at the way she was cast aside. This author definitely made me feel compassion for a character that while is part of a great love story, but not the one the gets chosen. I liked the ending of the book it brought closure to the story, but I couldn't help but dislike (quite irrationally too) how Rob died and Rose never got closure to their relationship. I knew he was going to die all along, but I couldn't help but want a different ending, no matter how irrational that is. (less)

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Mar 04, 2012 Kirsty (overflowing library) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: review-books

I really loved this book and the main character Rose.

Rose is meant to be with Rob. They've grown up together as best friends but lately things have started to change and it seems like their friendship is going to develop into something more. They've been on one almost perfect date and kissed andRose is just waiting for Rob is ask her to be his girlfriend. That is until Juliet arrives.

Juliet is Rose's cousin whom she hasn't seen in 10 years. She sweeps in and takes Rob from Rose before Rose even...more I really loved this book and the main character Rose.

Rose is meant to be with Rob. They've grown up together as best friends but lately things have started to change and it seems like their friendship is going to develop into something more. They've been on one almost perfect date and kissed andRose is just waiting for Rob is ask her to be his girlfriend. That is until Juliet arrives.

Juliet is Rose's cousin whom she hasn't seen in 10 years. She sweeps in and takes Rob from Rose before Rose even realises what is happening. As you can imagination Rose is angry and devastated at the same time and doesn't know what she should be doing next. How should you react when the boy you are meant to be with suddenly isn't yours anymore.

Without spoiling the story I'll say that I really enjoyed seeing how this book played out for several different reasons.

I really loved the relationship between Rose and her best friends Charlie and Olivia. They have the kind of friendship I longed for as a teen where they depend on one another completely and are there for one another no matter what.

I loved how the author really made you root for Rob and Rose as a couple which made it all the more heartbreaking when things went wrong between the two of them as soon as Juliet arrived on the scene. I was rooting for them so badly that it made me want to stab Juliet and her man-stealing ways and give Rob a good slap to teach him to think with his brain and not his trousers

Once Rob and Juliet the story twists slightly as you see how Rose goes about living her life without him and as you get to see her question whether she was meant to be with him. The addition of a character who was very much secondary at the start of the book into her life and the change you see in him now that Rose isn't blinded by Rob is really interesting to see

The ending is but devastating and uplifting at the same time which I thought was really unusual and not something I saw coming.

All in all a book I really enjoyed and not at all like I expected it would be.(less)

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Feb 13, 2012 Mrs.Heise rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: dac2012-debut-author, classics-retold, conf-ncte-alan-2011

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I was really excited to see an advanced reader copy of this book at the convention because I had heard about it/seen the summary, and it sounded really good. It ended up not being exactly what I was expecting from the summary that I had read, but I did like it; although, I was a little bit unsure in the beginning. We all know Shakespeare's version of Romeo & Juliet, but this book says Shakespeare may have gotten it all wrong because it'...more Review originally posted on Heise Reads & Recommends

I was really excited to see an advanced reader copy of this book at the convention because I had heard about it/seen the summary, and it sounded really good. It ended up not being exactly what I was expecting from the summary that I had read, but I did like it; although, I was a little bit unsure in the beginning. We all know Shakespeare's version of Romeo & Juliet, but this book says Shakespeare may have gotten it all wrong because it's really a drama, and Rosaline who loved Romeo is kind of an overlooked character once Juliet shows up - in fact, she may be the wronged party in this whole equation. So in this book, we get Rosaline's side of the story. Intriguing, right? But, what I didn't realize, was that this book would be told as a completely contemporary story.

In Act I, I was a little unsure because it was feeling a little bit like a generic high school drama/popularity book, but once we got into the later acts, I started to feel the need to keep reading and not stop until I finished four hours later. I almost put it down after Act I, but still felt there was something about this book that I was really going to like, and needed to keep reading to find it. So, what I'm saying is, if you aren't sure of it in the beginning, keep going because it gets really good.

This very contemporary high school romance book has the obvious (and some more subtle) references to Romeo & Juliet which makes it a great tie-in to hand to students to compare and spot the connections. I can see it being very popular in high schools. It was a fun read, a little angsty, but it's Romeo & Juliet, so that's expected. However, Juliet in this book, is not the same Juliet you remember from the original version! And, this is actually a good story on friendship and family, which at the start I didn't think it would be, but ended up being my favorite part of the story.

Overall, it was feeling a little surface level to me in the characters - maybe because there were so many secondary people (and I found it jarring to my reading each time they used the first and last names of all these people), but as the book continued, we got to delve deeper into the motivations of these characters later in the book. That's when it turned really good to me. When we found out more about Len, and some of the reasons the girls were acting how they were, it started to get way more interesting to me.

Towards the end, there were some really strong themes and messages as Rosaline starts to move beyond her feeling that Rob is "the one" for her. It talks about reacting to what happens in life because we can't control it and having choices and needing to make them and that is what determines how we look at life. By the end, in Acts 4 and 5, I was really into it and felt it evolved beyond the typical and was something deeper that I was really enjoying reading. So, give this one a shot in May, you'll find a fun read with a sweet boy and a girl who has to go through some deep looking at herself to come out on the other side realizing what's really important in life and how to make the most of it.(less)

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Aug 20, 2012 Vickie rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: book-club

I finished it about two hours ago. And my head still kinda hurts... I think I'm leaning towards dropping my rating to 1 star. Maybe 1.5? Ugh. My feelings can only be articulated via gif at this time...

Edit 08/21/12: Now that I've slept on it, I'm going with 1.5/5 stars.

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Apr 29, 2012 Shanyn (Chick Loves Lit) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: dac12

I'm always slightly hesitant to read books based on other events or stories because it takes away a bit of the allure when I already know the major plot points. Thankfully(?) I have been negligent with my study of Shakespeare, so while I knew the really really basic story of Romeo and Juliet, I didn't know much else. After I finished the book I was pretty sure I would have enjoyed it just as much had I known the story because it's told from a different point of view, so that's good too.

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Apr 26, 2012 Kate (Nomalicious Reads) marked it as owned-to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: to-be-reviewed, own, arc

ahhh this Romeo x Juliet twist sounds so intriguing! Can't wait to start it!!

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Jun 13, 2013 Allison rated it 2 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book first caught my attention when I was looking around the shelves at my local library. I read the references to Romeo and Juliet, and I was instantly intrigued. However, I found myself very dissatisfied with the way that this book played out. To begin with, the character of Charlie ruined any kind of friendship I really understood in this novel. She did, in fact, have a soft side, but at the same time she was rude and inconsiderate. I always got the feeling that she truly did not care fo...more This book first caught my attention when I was looking around the shelves at my local library. I read the references to Romeo and Juliet, and I was instantly intrigued. However, I found myself very dissatisfied with the way that this book played out. To begin with, the character of Charlie ruined any kind of friendship I really understood in this novel. She did, in fact, have a soft side, but at the same time she was rude and inconsiderate. I always got the feeling that she truly did not care for Rosaline, and was only using her so that she had her "best friends". Olivia was simply a minor character, with no real depth that I think would've helped add to the story. Rosie's character was also very confusing. While Rebecca Serle portrayed her heartbreak very well, Rosie's reliance on men made her seem needy. It seemed like her whole world revolved around having a man in her life. The character of Rob was the only one who seemed genuinely real to me. He seemed to truly be swept off his feet by lust, as many people are, and then finally realized who he wanted to be with. My major dissatisfaction was the ending, as I mentioned before. I understand having a non-cliché ending that does not fit many common teen novels, but this ending was a bit much. I was angry about how they died, and how everyone else seemed to handle it. I never even understood Rob and Juliet's relationship- it just seemed like they were both insane. I'm still trying to figure out why this had happened. Juliet seemed like a much more interesting character then Rosaline, and without giving any insight to her side of the story or what was TRULY going on with her and Rob, the story was confusing and hard to take in. After their death, Rosaline simply moped around until the very last bit of the book, where she freaked out at the movie theatre and all of a sudden, her and Len were a thing? All of a sudden, she was happy, thinking about changing her dream school and not even opening the acceptance letter, and in love? What happened to her friendships after she ignored them for several weeks? What happened to that "extreme agony" that made you isolate yourself? Just because Len talks to her again, she forgets her dead friend and cousin and life is happy because YOU CAN'T CHOOSE FATE. It simply did not make any sense to me- there was no true startling realization, and no true point in the ending where everything made sense. The book had some true potential, the ending just needed a lot of work. I personally WOULD NOT recommend this book to anyone, but that's just my opinion. (less)

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Jun 12, 2013 Trish rated it 4 of 5 stars

I would recommend this book to high school girls who have read Romeo and Juliet. It is fun to see the connections Rebecca Serle makes between the play and her book. In the play, Rosaline dumps Romeo before he meets Juliet, but in the book, Rob (Romeo) dumps Rosaline after he meets her cousin, Juliet. The book is told from Rosaline's perspective.

While reading the beginning of the book, I almost abandoned it because there was so much high-school-girl dialog about the first day of their senior yea...more

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Jun 04, 2013 Joy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, june, romance, tragic

Rosaline loves Rob and Rob loves her or at least that's the way it was supposed to go. Rosie has been in love with Rob since forever and he's finally liking her back but then Juliet enters the picture. Juliet's Rosie's cousin and she used to hang out with Rob as well; her family and Rosie's family hasn't been talking to each other because of some reason (unknown to Rosie). When Juliet transfers to Rosie's school, Rob instantly falls in love with her but he falls too deep. When Rosie's family sec...more

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Apr 17, 2013 Paula HG rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: huge-letdown

Let's start from the beginning when I I HATED EVERY CHARACTER, with the exception of LEN... and I thought:

And then, Juliet enters the picture and I think:

So, this book ss a re-telling of Romeo & Juliet, I cannot say I didn't like the plot, although I didn't like HOW Serle made it all work, all the little changes she did... I felt like:

Also, I was expecting a Shakespeare to be here... right? Like, Rose complains that Shakespeare got it wrong, but if he did, WHERE IS HE IN THE STORY? WHERE IS...more

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Jan 26, 2013 BookHookup rated it 3 of 5 stars

The original review for this title can be found HERE on The Book Hookup.

Christina's Review:

The Lowdown: Growing up, all Rosaline (Rosie) knew was happiness and days spent with her best friends Rob Monteg and her cousin Juliet Caplet. They were close as any trio could be. That is until around age seven when suddenly Juliet’s parents whisked her away to LA because there was bad blood brewing within the family. Rosaline never quite filled the void that Juliet’s absence left, but Rob and she defini...more

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Dec 30, 2012 Amanda rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-lit-kids-books

This only gets two stars because I feel bad for giving any book one star.

I was so excited to read this book. The girls over at Forever Young Adult, who I agree with about 90% of the time on their reviews, said it was awesome. I had it on my Amazon wish list for a few months and last night, as I'm on winter break, I finally decided to buy it and read it.

I wish I hadn't.

I have a love/hate relationship with Romeo and Juliet. I think it's a fascinating, yet super annoying story. It's even more annoy...more

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