When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle

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THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED ROSALINE- NOW A HULU MOVIE From the New York Times bestselling author of One Italian Summer and In Five Years comes an intensely romantic modern recounting of the greatest love story ever told- narrated by the girl Romeo was supposed to love. What's in a name, Shakespeare? I'll tell you: everything. Rosaline knows that she and Rob are destined to be together. Rose has been waiting for years for Rob to kiss her- and when he finally does, it's perfect. But then Juliet moves back to town. Juliet, who used to be Rose's best friend. Juliet, who now inexplicably hates her. Juliet, who is gorgeous, vindictive, and a little bit wild...and who has set her sights on Rob. He doesn't even stand a chance. Rose is devastated over losing Rob to Juliet. This is not how the story was supposed to go. And when rumors start swirling about Juliet's instability, her neediness, and her threats of suicide, Rose starts to fear not only for Rob's heart, but also for his life. Because Shakespeare may have gotten the story wrong, but we all still know how it ends.

  • Product Features

    • Suggested age range - 14-18 Years
    • Format - Paperback
    • Product dimensions - 5.5" W x 8.38" H x 0.9" D
    • Genre - Fiction
    • Publisher - Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, Publication date - 11-10-2020
    • Page count - 352
    • ISBN - 9781534486089

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4 years ago

Missed the mark

Ever wonder what happened to Rosaline after Romeo abruptly left her for Juliet? In this modern day reimagining of Shakespeare's classic, we get to find out what one of the most forgotten characters in literature thought when the boy she was destined to love fell in love with someone else. Rosaline and Rob have been next door neighbors their entire life growing up inseparable, sharing all of life's ups and downs. Recently she has spent all her time imagining what it would be like to not only be Rob's best friend but his everything. Then the night before he left for the summer the stars aligned and the two shared their first kiss. Now he's back and Rob and Rose quickly become a couple...until Rose's cousin Juliet moves back to town. Now all of the plans Rose thought they had made for their future are disappearing one by one as Juliet replaces Rose in Rob's life. When Rob's entire personality begins to change and Juliet grows more unstable and needy by the day Rose begins to fear not only for her relationship with her best friend but for Rob's safety and even his life. I so wanted to love this book like I did "In Five Years" but alas, it was not to be. (See what I did there?) The high school snark and banter proved to be too much for me and some of the dialog was at times shaming. I find forgiveness for Serle's writing as this was her debut from 2010 with her favorite of mine being published 10 years later - clearly the author had some growth. "When You Were Mine" had such a cute and promising concept but for me this missed the mark a bit.

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