i'm a sucker for a shakespeare retelling (maybe it's the shakespeare class i took in school and all the deep dives i did into his plays?!) and was THRILLED that chloe wrote another one, this one spinning off of the taming of the shrew. i LOOOOOVED the first wilmot sisters book and read it recently, so i jumped right into this one, but it makes me sad to say it took a while for me to get in the groove with this one! the second half was wonderful, but it had a slow start and didn't hook me right away, and it didn't end up being the five star favorite i was hoping it would be. i'm still sticking with a solid four stars, and i truly enjoyed it, but it didn't blow me away like i anticipated it would. i just love a katerina story and wanted a liiiiiittle more from this one!