Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Book review Cristina Dodd THUS WITH A KISS I DIE

 


Romeo and Juliet do not die in the tomb. Friar Lawrence wakes them up and they live a lovely life in “Fair Verona” where they spawn a passel of kids. The oldest one, named Rosilind or Rosie, has a love affair going with a handsome young swain named Lysander. On Midsummer’s Eve,of course, Rosie’s affair with Lysander is truncated by Prince Escalus, who has taken advantage of the darkness to impersonate Lysander.  Rosie must now marry him as her virginity has been compromised. At a celebratory dinner in the Prince’s palace, she starts hearing voices. She escapes to the top of a tower, where she runs into, of all things, the Prince’s father’s ghost. The ghost tells her he will get her Lysander back, but only if she can find out who murdered him. We are now dealing with way too much Ham; let for me. The genre is dreadful corn and it deserves to be left on the shelf while waiting for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to arrive.    

.5 out of 5 

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