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Rosaline, Rosie for short, is the oldest daughter of Romeo and Juliet (and no, they actually didn’t die). She has had little interest in the many suitors who have come calling and has managed to foist at least one or two fiancés off onto younger sisters. Then she met the Love of Her Life, Lysander, and finally understood what her parents had been experiencing. And then the very Prince of Verona, Escalus, meddles and she ends up engaged to him. The boring, staid guy. And as brilliant as she is and despite the talents she has shown in escaping engagements, this one is sticking.
This novella begins just after the events of A Daughter of Fair Verona, where Rosie solved the murder of the duke to whom she was briefly engaged. Her 13-year-old sister, Katharina, and Princess Isabella, the young sister of Prince Escalus, have managed to find out that Rosie has periodically dressed as a male to be able to go out and explore Verona. They both went out so disguised and got into some trouble during the night, and Rosie knows she’s going to have to clean up after them. Or else she’s going to be in trouble herself.
Our story runs for the short time (a day or so) it takes for Rosie to investigate the loss of an important item and get it returned, even as she has to deal with some dangerous people. And she ends up spending more time with Prince Escalus, who is boring but quite smart and useful.
What Dreams May Come isn’t necessary to understand what’s going on in the main set of novels, but if you love them, like me, then it’s just a delightful bonus! I’m always thrilled to listen to Rosie’s sardonic views on life around her. This series is so entertaining.
Rated: Moderate, bordering on high. Profanity includes fewer than 10 instances of moderate profanity, 5 uses of mild language, and about 5 instances of the name of Deity in vain. The young ladies go to a bordello (not to use its “services,” but there they are) and a number of sexual things are brought into the story. Descriptions of some … colorful … paintings, scantily clad women, talk about what goes on there. There is also a scene in which Rosie and the prince engage in some brief but spicy behavior, involving touching personal parts.
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