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Star-Crossed
By Rachael Wing
Published January, 2007
Reviewed by Charlotte Brindley

“Who doesn’t want to star in the world’s greatest romance?”

I picked this book up a while back, and when I read it I did enjoy it – so I thought I’d review it.

Star-crossed is about Jen Anderson who auditions for the role of Juliet in the school’s rendition of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, however Chris Banner gets in the way.

It’s a modern day Romeo and Juliet story, as the Andersons’ and Banners’ hate each other, but Jen and Chris fight against their parents’ feud to be together. All together, it’s a cute short romance novel written by Wing, who wrote it as a teenager, which is very inspirational.

Even though the plot line was cliché, and the romance became a little too sickly at times, I did enjoy it as it was short and sweet. My favourite character was definitely Reuben, or Rubes. I enjoyed the relationship between him and Jen, and how he was portrayed – I’d definitely like him as a best friend.

Overall, if you want something light and fluffy to read, this is definitely the novel to read!