My Rating: 1.5 
 When I clicked on the request button on netGalley, this little voice inside my head (I think it might have been my brain) started whispering: "Dear Clod, you're such a stupid, stupid girl." 
 Guess what? I should probably listen to my brain every now and then. 
 On the basis that, unlike the majority of people, I consider Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet tragic, foolish and plain dumb (because seriously, how old are they, fifteen?), how was I supposed to like a book that was basically a retelling of that story plus a slightly hornier Romeo minus the incomparable talent of the Bard? 
 Yes, brain. You were right. Happy, now? 
 Anyway, that's not the only reason I didn't enjoy this book. I would have put up with a dramatic ending if the rest of the novel was good enough, but in my opinion, it was everything but. 
 I didn't mind the beginning, I like some magic every now and then, but things got down fast from there. I found the characters extremely flat and cliched, and the love story was more a joke than anything else. Also, I couldn't really get interested in the preparation of the play, nor in anything else. 
 And what about the sci-fi part? That felt so random and unbelievable that I started skipping pages just to get to the end. 
 Lots of people found this book funny, or at least cute. I guess it wasn't my cup of tea. 
 (The half star is because there were some parts who actually made me laugh. But that's it.)