Book Synopsis: 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?
My Review: 3.75/4 stars. This was a fairly short book so it was easy to get through. It was nice and wholesome and a little cheesy. I thought that some of the things the main character, Emily, did were petty and that she didn’t have good emotional intelligence. I get that some high schoolers act like that, but to me it just felt a little unrealistic. She would jump to conclusions and then get mad or upset without knowing all the information and that really annoyed me at times.
As for the plot, it went by really fast at the beginning. There was a point where it seemed like the story was finished already and had a happy ending, and it could've been the ending for some much shorter story, but then another problem came into the mix and the plot kept going. A lot of the middle of the story didn't even have much to do with Emily doing the school play, which is what the book is supposed to be centered around.
This book is fine for a younger audience, despite being about high school students. The writing is pretty juvenile and easy to understand. There is nothing more than a wholesome kiss and light flirting throughout, and there's no bad language at all. While this book is technically young adult, it feels closer to middle grade and all ages could enjoy it.
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