This time, Juliet finds herself in the body of a teenage girl named Ariel – a girl with low self-esteem, only one friend, and an overbearing, critical mother.

Their latest assignment, however, is different than the countless others. Unfortunately, Romeo always seems to prevail. The pair are thrown into the bodies of mortals and are locked in a never-ending battle against each other: Romeo tries to convince soul mates to kill one another thus winning their souls for his cause, while Juliet does everything in her power to keep the soulmates safe and in love. While Romeo willfully killed his bride in order to achieve immortality and entrance into the Mercenary ranks as an emissary of darkness, Juliet was also enlisted to the Ambassadors, those guardians of light diametrically opposed to the Mercenary cause. But what if the love that claimed the lives of these young lovers was actually a lie? What if, instead of killing themselves for love, there was a more sinister, supernatural plot afoot? What if Juliet was actually betrayed by her beloved and slain by his hand, an innocent sacrificed so that Romeo could achieve immortality? For the past seven hundred years, Juliet Capulet has fought against her former husband for the souls of pairs of lovers, because Romeo’s plan didn’t quite go as smoothly as expected. So, when I read the synopsis of this book – with the intriguing premise that one of our most iconic love stories is actually a lie, and Juliet and Romeo are immortals locked in a centuries-spanning war – I was instantly hooked.įor centuries, Romeo and Juliet have been the ultimate symbol of tragic romance the embodiment of love at any cost, the couple has been a touchstone for star-crossed lovers across countless generations. Why did I read this book: I am not one for passionate paranormal romance, adult or YA, and reading another Romeo and Juliet retelling in the vein of Twilight/Hush Hush/Shiver whatever makes me want to throw up in my mouth.

Until the day she meets someone she’s forbidden to love, and Romeo, oh Romeo, will do everything in his power to destroy that love. For 700 years, she’s fought Romeo for the souls of true lovers, struggling to preserve romantic love and the lives of the innocent. But what Romeo didn’t anticipate was that Juliet would be granted eternity, as well, and would become an agent for the Ambassadors of Light. She was murdered by the person she trusted most, her new husband, Romeo Montague, a sacrifice made to ensure his own immortality. “These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,

Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Retelling, Young Adult

Juliet immortal by stacey jay