Thank you to Kensington Books for the ARC of A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd. All opinions are my own. 

A Daughter of Fair Verona follows Rosie Montague, the daughter of Romeo and Juliet (if they hadn’t died). She’s considered a spinster at the ripe old age of twenty years old, and her parents have found her yet another man they think she should marry. Unfortunately, this man’s previous wives have all died suspicious deaths, and Rosie doesn’t want to be next in line. 

The premise for this story sounded so fun and interesting. I haven’t read Romeo and Juliet in fifteen years, but it felt like being right back in that world. 

I enjoyed the writing style; although, it did feel a bit juvenile at times. The author did a great job making Romeo and Juliet sound just as annoying as they were in the original story.  I also appreciated some of the humor throughout. 

Unfortunately, that’s all I enjoyed about this story. There were so many issues that I had that overshadowed the fun parts. 

First, the pacing of this story is very slow considering that it’s a pretty short book. It felt like nothing was happening for most of the story except for the few exciting parts that only took up a couple pages. 

Second, the romance was so weird. The fact that Rosie had never been in love and then was instantly in love with some stranger seemed so out of character for her. Also, I didn’t enjoy the love triangle nor how that played out. 

Third, the ending was terrible! I won’t give spoilers, but the ending made no sense at all. It completely undid so much of what had happened in the story and how Rosie was as a character. Also, it left so much unsaid. It wasn’t a good open-ended story but rather a confusing and infuriating conclusion. 

Overall, I would not recommend this story because I just had too many issues with it.