This was such a fun read Romeo and What s Her Name made me laugh so hard I think I had such a great time reading it because I didn t have any expectations The story was quick It never dragged and there was no extra drama Everything revolved around Emily and her crush on Wes The fun really starts when Emily s understudy plan backfires She s thrust into the spotlight to perform some Shakespeare with the boy of her dreams all while not having memorized a single line of the play Romantic Not so much Laugh out loud funny Absolutely Emily is a hilariously comical character I admire all the effort she put into finding ways to spend time around with Wes in the hopes he might like her back She goofs around a lot but she has some of the most honest and down to earth reactions I ve seen in contemporary books Emily might be a little over the top but I love how much she owns her silliness Her botched up Juliet performance earned her plenty of mockery but she bravely weathers all the sarcastic remarks Of course.

Shani Petroff is the author of the YA novels Romeo and Whats Her Name Macmillan Feb 2017 and My New Crush Gave to Me Macmillan Oct 2017 and the tween series Bedeviled Penguin She is also the co author of Ash Shani Petroff is the author of the YA novels Romeo and What s Her Name Macmillan Feb 2017 and My New Crush Gave to Me Macmillan Oct 2017 and the tween series Bedeviled Penguin She is also the co author of Ash site_link 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 HARDb Amanda aka the real Juliet makes her run errands instead of lines andc 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 Romeo u0026 What s Her NameWes 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. 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. There was also the friends to 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 BLOG INSTAGRAM TWITTER BLOGLOVIN FRIEND ME ON GOODREADS Childrens Books Young Adult This was super cute funny and sweet I m not going to lie I was probably like Em in high school about boys Full review on my blog Childrens Books Young Adult 2. Emily s inner monologue came across as super young I would have never guessed she was a junior in high school if it wasn t stated I really liked her friends and their relationship but all they ever talked about was boys It would have been nice to see something else Wes has a lot of potential but Emily has this idea of him in her head it s like we only know the idolized version him. The plot had some cute scenes but everything was tempered with the characters mainly Emily being overdramatic I m sure a lot of people will love it but it wasn t for me Huge thanks to Swoon Reads for providing the arc free of charge Childrens Books Young Adult Is this the most original book that I will read this year No But was it so ridiculously cute YES SO ADORABLE OMG I HAVE A FEELING THIS REVIEW WILL BE A LOT OF CAPS ACTION. Okay this book It s only 200 pages or so but goodness it was adorable I was like no way can they actually complete a successful story in that time period but it was just the right amount for this cute little book. I m not really sure what to say about this book because with adorable fluffy little books I have a hard time getting too in depth with them This had some actual laugh out loud moment like I actually cracked up and got a glance from the person in the room with me like why are you laughing out loud why reading that random book XD It had the expected funny fluffy moments It had the adorable swoony moments It had the clear cut mean girl the supporting best friends the unattainable and popular love interest and So yes it s cliche predictable but ADORABLE I just had a smile on my face when I was reading it and I got so many feels I liked the plot I liked the cheese I liked the characters I liked the inclusion of the play atmosphere and I liked the pacing Did I want a bit from this Probably Did I want a bit mixing things up It probably would have been good Did I totally secondguess who the end result of the love interest was Yes because I m clearly looking for the nerdy guy in everything now that I ve totally forgotten the popular hot guy can be a love interest XD Overall this was just a cute novel It was adorable full of heart and feels and funnies It s fluffy adorable goodness Could it have been a Yes but if you re okay with fluff and cliches then you will enjoy Four crowns and an Ariel rating because she too would have a hard time being an actress seeing as she couldn t talk for like 3 4 of her movie Oops I forgot all my CAPS action Um here SO CUTE SO GOOD PLEASE READ IF YOU ENJOY CUTENESS THE END Childrens Books Young Adult I DNFed Romeo What s Her Name earlier this year scroll down for quotes but I wanted to snark it for a friend because I hate myself and my friend apparently so I found myself in the unfortunate position of having to finish It s not good In fact it s atrocious. One thing I will absolutely never understand is why someone would write a story inspired by the work of another author only to constantly rip on that author Like the Shakespeare reference is clear in the title This means that many people who pick this book up like myself are hoping for a cute Shakespeare retelling or at least some clever references Instead it s just Emily talking about how stupid and impossible Shakespeare s writing is This does not endear Emily to me. Then again Emily is absolutely the worst human ever so being hated by her is really a compliment I feel like she s meant to be charmingly obsessive and awkward but Emily is an actual stalker She notices that her crush Wes has taken down all of his photos from the Facebook stand in somewhere between the previous night and the following morning SHE CHECKS ALL OF HIS PHOTOS MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY She wishes she had a recording of his laugh so she could listen to it on repeat Like honestly if this story were realistic she would murder Wes new crush and lock him in her basement. The plot is heinous something the book even acknowledges sometimes The book s meant to be hilarious but the only thing it induces is cringing The scene where Emily inevitably needs to act in the scene she didn t bother to memorize is abjectly painful Her grand gesture to Wes in which she tries to write like Shakespeare is so There s also just know way Wes would be into this girl And no way that Emily would have friends considering that she is selfish and talks about NOTHING but Wes. The writing s also just horrific though that should come as no surprise Do not read this book It is perhaps the worst thing published by Swoon Reads thus far which is truly an accomplishment. ____________________________________________ORIGINAL DNF REVIEW Swoon Reads titles have been a mixed bag that s largely been not so great I ve tried quite a few because they always have cute sounding premises Of all the ones I ve tried Romeo What s Her Name is assuredly the worst of the bunch The writing is atrocious and the heroine is a serious creep who needs therapy not a love interest Here are some quotes from chapter one aka as far as I got and that was tough Well Kayla Nunez my other BFF said when Jill finally made it over are you going to tell us Character introductions are clunky It s bad fan fic writing up in here ham handedly telling you about everyone as they enter the frame The first three characters to appear all get this treatment and the heroine also manages to reference herself in the third person within the chapter Did Wes say something at the bus stop to make you think this Jill asked. that magical laugh you wish iTunes sold so you could play it over and overIncluded in a long list of things she loves about Wes her crush Like seriously if this girl could buy a clip of his laugh she would listen to it ALL DAY LONG Creepy af Except surely this is just a bit of exaggeration right Okay fine I wanted to see Wes If I don t get my bus time I have to wait until last period to really get a chance to be around him This sounds totally legit if she s dating Wes but in fact he has a girlfriend So this is again rather creepy It s the first day back from winter vacation he wouldn t miss it Setting aside the atrocious grammar here what the fuck is this meant to tell me about Wes She shrugged Didn t you say he was away He might not be back yet He s back home Jill raised an eyebrow at me And how do you know that Okay I know I promised I would stop stalking him online but I couldn t help it He s so cute and I found out some really important stuff this time And it s not really stalking because we re friends he follows me back So wow that s um a lot But everyone facebook stalks their crush occasionally This is okay I mean she had to promise her friends to stop but surely she s not actually a creepy stalker Well I said trying to contain my excitement so I wouldn t cause a scene sometime between when I went to bed last night and when I woke up this morning he took down all his pictures withher No wait jk she s a stalker SHE CHECKS HIS FACEBOOK LAST THING BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP AND FIRST THING IN THE MORNING THAT IS NOT NORMAL. They met at the summer camp they both worked at She lived a few towns over I never met her but I kind of felt like I had because of all my snooping We all did because I talked about her so much. WES FLY YOU FOOL Literally all of the first chapter is like this There s a crush and then there s this terrifying level of obsession I don t want Emily to find romance I want her to find a therapist Childrens Books Young Adult After my last two recent reads a tear jerker and a murder mystery I needed something light and fluffy Romeo and What s Her Name gave me exactly that With no expectations having supportive friends helped her deal with the embarrassments too. I adore stories with awesome friendship and Romeo and What s Her Name had the best one yet Emily has two besties both were understanding and encouraging They giggled with her over Wes s hotness and picked her back up when she s feeling down You couldn t ask for amazing friends. This book may be a tad silly making you cover your face from embarrassment but it will also make you cover your mouth in laughter If you re looking for a fun and easy time then I guarantee you ll find it with Romeo and What s Her Name Childrens Books Young Adult I loved this book not only is it a romance book but it had tons of cheesy funny moments Emily is a klutz and is always embarrassing herself you feel like you know what s going to happen next but sometimes the book surprises you You can find my full review here Childrens Books Young Adult Full review to come Childrens Books Young Adult A fun fast silly read that s super cute and perfect for when you need some romantic fluff It read a lot like a high school rom com almost like a mash up of The DUFF movie and Easy A Lots of tropes and pretty predictable but perfectly executed for what it is Childrens Books Young Adult This was a silly but fun YA read And when I say silly it s not an insult I really enjoyed this book and breezed right through it almost too quickly Childrens Books Young Adult.

. 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: 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, 5 stars I love all things Romeo Juliet and this synopsis sounded cute so I was excited to read it Sadly I was a bit disappointed. Speaking of telling This is on page two or three egalley idk and I cracked up Like we do not know this best friend at all You don t just do that No no no. This is my chance I mean I m totally his type I even look a little like Leora: It seemed kind of crazy to think someone would dump the hottest sweetest nicest guy in the whole state of Ohio possibly even the country but stranger things had happened, Maybe he and Leora really were still together and he just took down the pictures to protect her privacy from prying eyes like mine.She was always so practical.Wes get a restraining order.So this is some Single White Female horror movie creep level.CALM DOWN