The most exciting historical retelling of 2023: a subversive, powerful untelling of Romeo and Juliet by New York Times bestselling author Natasha SolomonsWas the greatest ever love story a lie?The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline Capulet he falls instantly in love. -- Jillian Cantor, USA Today bestselling author of Beautiful Little Fools.
I absolutely devoured this thought-provoking, female-centric take on Shakespeare.
What does Romeo truly look like through the eyes of a woman on the periphery of the original story? Natasha Solomons skillfully shows us another version of the star-crossed lovers - and the Romeo --we all think we know. --Elodie Harper, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Wolf Den A brilliant, feminist re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet, Fair Rosaline is a gorgeously written version of Verona from Juliet\'s cousin, Rosaline\'s, point of view.
I would be very surprised if everyone is not talking about it..
Fair Rosaline is a gripping, spellbinding and wonderfully immersive book - and one that truly makes you think. . . --Jennifer Saint, Sunday Times bestselling author of AriadneI have not been able to stop thinking about this book .
An excellent spin on a timeless classic.
Bold, lyrical, and chillingly relevant, Fair Rosaline reveals the dark subtext of the timeless story of star-crossed lovers: it\'s a feminist revision that will enthrall readers of bestselling literary retellings such as Hamnet by Maggie O\'Farrell and Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese.
Irresistible.
Gradually Rosaline realizes that it is not only Juliet\'s reputation at stake, but her life .
With only hours remaining before she will be banished behind the nunnery walls, will Rosaline save Juliet from her Romeo? Or can this story only ever end one way?Shattering everything we thought we knew about Romeo and Juliet, Fair Rosaline is the spellbinding prequel to Shakespeare\'s best known tale, which exposes Romeo as a predator with a long history of pursuing much younger girls.
She breaks off the match, only for Romeo\'s gaze to turn towards her cousin, thirteen-year-old Juliet.
Rosaline, headstrong and independent, is unsure of Romeo\'s attentions but with her father determined that she join a convent, this handsome and charming stranger offers her the chance of a different life.
Soon though, Rosaline begins to doubt all that Romeo has told her.
The most exciting historical retelling of 2023: a subversive, powerful untelling of Romeo and Juliet by New York Times bestselling author Natasha SolomonsWas the greatest ever love story a lie?The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline Capulet he falls instantly in love
