by Jenny Trout
Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet mash up!If you've read [or know of] these Shakespeare stories, you know they end in tragedy. As most of his plays do I suppose. Anyway, get ready to see a whole new twist to these stories.Such Sweet Sorrow is one of those books that reel you in with such a great and uniq...
I was really excited to get reading Such Sweet Sorrow by author Jenny Trout once I read the premise of the novel: what happens to Romeo and Juliet after their story ends with Hamlet thrown into the mix. While I haven’t read Hamlet yet but I have read Romeo & Juliet, I was interested in seeing this n...
Such Sweet Sorrow Review to come! Edit Review is here*** REVIEWSuch Sweet Sorrow is a Retelling of Shakespeare's Rome and Juliet and Hamlet.I'm really into retellings right now so when this book went on Netgalley I knew I had to get my hands on it. I'll admit I had high expectations.Unfortunately so...
When I read the synopsis of this, I thought to myself "awesome!". I wasn't a big English lover in high school but when we would read Shakespeare I was all up in that stuff. I loved it. I loved the way the dialogue was, the descriptions, the characters.....all of it. It was my thing. I think that was...
There is so much going on in this book. You have your main cast of leading Shakespearean characters (Hamlet, Juliet, Romeo to name a few), throw them into a bizarre underworld filled with Norse mythology, Greek mythology, and elements of Celtic mythology and Jewish mythology and what you have is a m...
I've never liked Romeo and Juliet much. Though I have a huge likeness for romance books, but the story of Romeo and Juliet wasn't really for me. Unlike that though, this one was far better. The story started off quite well. Romeo's determination to find Juliet was really described very nively. Alt...
Review to come! Edit Review is here*** REVIEW Such Sweet Sorrow is a Retelling of Shakespeare's Rome and Juliet and Hamlet. I'm really into retellings right now so when this book went on Netgalley I knew I had to get my hands on it. I'll admit I had high expectations. Unfortunately some of thos...
For this review and more, visit Such a Novel Idea.*I received this book in exchange for an honest review.*Take Romeo & Juliet, add Hamlet, and mix in some Greek and Norse mythology and you'll get Such Sweet Sorrow.A couple of months ago, I really wasn't a fan of Shakespeare. (Yes, I know, I know tha...
My Thoughts - 4 out of 5 Unicorns - I really liked it!!! What if Romeo lived and met Hamlet??? Great story, I hope there's a book 2!!***Received ebook from Entangled Publishing for an honest reviewThe cover is hauntingly beautiful, and it really attracts you to the book.If it wasn’t for Entangled,...
Imagine what would happen if Romeo survived (physically, anyway) the double suicide that took away Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers. Imagine what might happen if a certain Danish prince with his own family problems steps in to assist the mourning Italian, all the while hoping to accomplish r...