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Juliet Spell (2011)

by Douglas Rees(Favorite Author)

3.33 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1459213971 (ISBN13: 9781459213975)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harlequin Teen

review 1: Miranda will do anything to win the role of Juliet in her school play, including trying a little spell (what does she have to lose?). What she does not expect is for Edmund Shakeshaft, William Shakespeare's younger brother, to materialize on her kitchen table. He's as dumbfounded as she, but soon they've both settled down, he's had a shower and some modern clothes, and Miranda realizes that he's rather dismayingly attractive. Since the school auditions are open to the community, Edmund tries out along with Miranda, and soon joins her group of friends in the cast--and allows himself to be captured by the odious but unfortunately gorgeous Vivian. Everything is at sixes and sevens, of course, as they try to get the play going, and oh yeah--just how did Edmund get here from El... moreizabethan times? And is anyone trying to get him back?I went into this with no expectations of anything more than something light and fluffy (it's a Harlequin book, after all), and that's mostly what I got. Once you accept the time travel and various other improbable circumstances, it's quite a lot of fun. Rees writes well and includes lots of sensory description, as well as lots about the experience of doing a play. What doesn't work as well is when the story turns suddenly darker in the last fifth of the book or so. I sense that Rees was trying to force her story into more resemblance of Romeo and Juliet, but it feels awkward after the general romantic fluffiness and teen angst of the rest of the story.
review 2: I don't usually read books that involve romance and time travel, for the endings are usually sad, however, I loved this. I couldn't help falling in love with Edmund, and I find Miranda is adorable with her obsessing abilities. The basic plot of the story is that Miranda casts a spell to get herself a part as Juliet in the school production of Romeo and Juliet, instead she ends up with William Shakespeare's cute younger brother. This adorable little fluffy read follows the pair as Edmund adjusts to the twenty-first century and Miranda can't help but find his awkwardness charming.I would most certainly recommend this if your looking for a quick read or something light and sweet, ending being perhaps a little bittersweet but nothing to truly kick your feels in the ass or anything.Thank you for your time and consideration. less

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