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River is desperate to get the lead role in the inter-school performance of ‘’Romeo ''Romeo and Juliet’’Juliet'', because she wants to be Juliet in real life. To know romantic love, and true passion. When she first sets eye on Flynn, who’s been cast as Romeo, she thinks this could be it. But would a boy as intense and as talented as Flynn even look twice at someone like her? As all fans of the Bard know, the path of true love never did run smooth…
This was a real rarity for me in that I didn’t particularly like either of the main characters – River is rather whiny, while Flynn is scarily intense at times – which normally causes me to completely switch off from a book, but actually found it compelling enough to read straight through in one sitting. I found the central pairing to be incredibly well drawn and while, as I said, neither of them were favourites of mine, they were cleverly fleshed out and I was very impressed by the way in which McKenzie revealed more and more of the reasons for Flynn’s behaviour, in particular, as the story progressed. Thankfully some of the supporting cast were more likeable than the main two – I absolutely adored Flynn’s mum, who plays a small part in the novel, and really liked his two sisters as well – although having said that I think perhaps the intensity of the main pairing would have been reduced if they’d been more agreeable.
