In this past summer I read the book The Juliet Club by Suzanne Harper. The Juliet Club is filled with romance, history, and literary expertise. In the book The Juliet Club a girl named Katie Sanderson is stuck in the middle of her highly different parent’s divorce, as she herself tries to recover from her misfortunate heart-brake. But, her father’s obsession with Shakespeare has lead to Katie sending in many essays for Shakespeare contests. After writing essays about Shakespeare for years, her practice has finally paid off. Katie was one of the winners in a Shakespeare contest taking place in Verona over the summer. But, Katie’s summer turned out to be more eventful then she had planned.
When Katie arrives at her dream summer, she has been given more work then expected. Katie studies are interrupted by her new friends being tricked by an over- judge mental classmate who lets Katie’s friend apprehend that by tricking her they are doing something nice fore her. The trick was to make everyone believe that Kate and Giacomo have fallen in love, to bad for them that Kate found out about it. To counteract their work in progress Giacomo and Kate brainstorm for a plan to backfire. Giacomo had the idea that they should play along with it, pretend they had fallen in love so they wouldn’t receive any satisfaction. Pretending to fall in love with Giacomo is not the only play they are starring in together.
As one of Kate’s assignments she and Giacomo have to star in a public scene of Romeo and Juliet at the end of her stay in Verona. While Kate juggles with tricking her friends, and learning her lines she starts to pour each drink into the other hand. Now Kate’s mind is absorbed with the thought of Giacomo; how will we trick everyone with thinking that we are in love? Do I really have feelings for Giacomo, or am I taking my role to literal? As all of this is revolving around Kate all her friends have love issues of their own.
In the book The Juliet Club by Suzanne Harper, she originally twists romance, history, and literary tips all into one book. Katie Sanderson found her true self in Verona, found a true love, and discovered hiding yourself won’t hide you from your destiny. The Juliet Club is an intriguing book that continues to revolve around a new Romeo and Juliet in modern times without any death being involved. The Juliet Club is a titillate read, that will keep you wanting for more.
By Caitlin Smith
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