Romeo & What's Her Name (Swoon Novels)

by Shani Petroff

Understudies never get to perform, which is why being Juliet's understudy in the school's yearly "Evening with Shakespeare" is the perfect role for Emily. She can earn some much needed extra credit while pursuing her main goal of spending time with Wes, aka Romeo, aka the hottest, nicest guy in school (in her completely unbiased opinion). And she meant to learn her lines, really, it's just: a) Shakespeare is HARD, b) Amanda, aka the "real" Juliet, makes her run errands instead of lines, and c) there's no point because Amanda would never miss the chance to be the star of the show. Then, Amanda ends up in the hospital and Emily, as the (completely unprepared!) understudy, has to star opposite the guy of her dreams. Oops?

• ISBN10: 1250111145
• ISBN13: 9781250111142
• Publish Date: 7 February 2017
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 4 April 2022
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Swoon Reads
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 224
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

Wes became Emily's Romeo the day he helped her learn to rider a bike, and he was finally unattached! The time had arrived for Emily to make her move and show him who his Juliet really was.

Warning: This book may cause your face to ache from smiling too much. Romeo and What's Her Name was one really cute and fun little rom-com.

First we had Emily, who had a very I-Love-Lucy-esque manner about her. Whenever she got into things, one thing always seemed to lead to another, which usually left me giggling. She was adorably awkward, and suffered from misreading signals and jumping to conclusions, but MAN! When she finally decided to just go for it, she went BIG.

Not only was Emily fabulous, she had two fantastic friends, who were always encouraging her and helping her pick herself up when she stumbled. These girls had a wonderful habit of putting each other first, and I thought they were all really fortunate to have each other.

I sort of enjoyed all the Shakespeare. I liked how the various scenes were woven into the story, and the teenage commentary on the plays was fun as well. The Romeo & Juliet scene was quite amusing and heartwarming too.

And then there was Wes. I was sold on Wes immediately. He was kind and sweet and the way he looked out for his little brother, it all just tugged at my heartstrings.

There was also the friends-to-more romance, which was too adorable. I had so much fun watching their relationship grow. It was obvious, that each of them were into the other, and at times, I just shook my head, wondering how they couldn't see it too, but I still enjoyed seeing it all unfold.

Overall: A super fun, super cute, fluffy read, which made me giggle, laugh, and smile.

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