I have so many mixed feelings about this book! Because I'm so conflicted, there's no way I'd be able to write a coherent review. So instead I listed a bunch of things that I liked and disliked about this book

Things I loved:
▪ James. James is literally the only character I enjoyed reading about in this book. For me, James carried this whole book and made up for all of the other unlikable characters. Other than Wren maybe, I liked her as well.
▪ I really enjoyed the last 50 or so pages of this book. These last few pages were very intriguing and had finally captured my attention. I couldn't put the book down during those last couple pages.
▪ I appreciate what the author was trying to do. This book is an ode to Shakespeare. Through incorporating his plays, and having the events in Shakespeare's plays correlate with the actors lives (the characters are studying drama and so are "actors") is a very original and interesting concept which I enjoyed.
▪ Super quick read

Things I disliked:
▪ Almost all the characters were irritating. Not just unlikable, but irritating. (I know that they're supposed to be unlikable, but they just pissed me off, I'm sorry)
▪ I guessed all of the "plot twists". I thought the plot twists were weak and not surprising at all.
▪ There's a specific storyline in this book that I didn't care for at all (*SPOILER* I couldn't care less about Meredith + Oliver getting together. That whole plot point was just dull and bland in my opinion. It could've been great, but it wasn't and I found myself not caring at all about their relationship).
▪ imagine writing a story where the characters are obsessed with Shakespeare..... only for them to quote Shakespeare incorrectly multiple times. Embarrassing.
▪ cliché