A review by aidian
Romeo Redeemed, by Stacey Jay
2.0
What happened to book 1 Romeo?
In Juliet Immortal he was an intriguing character. He was a coward, often out for himself. He was foolish for believing love can be something as easily given as chocolate. Despite that he was determined to fight the system and find a way out from Juliet and himself. It was the all too human flaws made me want to find out more about his character.
In theory this should be an exciting book. But from the very beginning it was a very toned down Romeo. The making of a redemption story is suppose to start off with a character not too eager to be good, but throughout the course of the story change and learn. It's almost like in Buffy, by the virtue of having a soul makes a character instantly more moral. Here, when Romeo is aligned with the Ambassadors that makes him instantly good? It's hard to buy especially when this story ends with the message that there is little to no difference between the Mercenaries and Ambassadors.
Ariel had the potential makings of an interesting character, if her narrations played her more as a potential destroyer of worlds instead of victim and girl falling in love.
I did admire how this story had the premise of The Little Mermaid story gender-swapped. It was an interesting touch. Nice to know that Romeo still retained his conviction to live by his own rules, and find a way out of the hands of the Ambassadors/Mercenaries.
In Juliet Immortal he was an intriguing character. He was a coward, often out for himself. He was foolish for believing love can be something as easily given as chocolate. Despite that he was determined to fight the system and find a way out from Juliet and himself. It was the all too human flaws made me want to find out more about his character.
In theory this should be an exciting book. But from the very beginning it was a very toned down Romeo. The making of a redemption story is suppose to start off with a character not too eager to be good, but throughout the course of the story change and learn. It's almost like in Buffy, by the virtue of having a soul makes a character instantly more moral. Here, when Romeo is aligned with the Ambassadors that makes him instantly good? It's hard to buy especially when this story ends with the message that there is little to no difference between the Mercenaries and Ambassadors.
Ariel had the potential makings of an interesting character, if her narrations played her more as a potential destroyer of worlds instead of victim and girl falling in love.
I did admire how this story had the premise of The Little Mermaid story gender-swapped. It was an interesting touch. Nice to know that Romeo still retained his conviction to live by his own rules, and find a way out of the hands of the Ambassadors/Mercenaries.