Waking Romeo Published by Flatiron Books by Kathryn Barker
on January 4, 2022
Genres: Dystopian, Fiction, Retellings, Romance, Science Fiction, Time Travel, YA
Pages: 384
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ISBN: 1250174104
Kathryn Barker's Waking Romeo is a spectacularly genre-bending retelling of Romeo & Juliet asking the big questions about true love, fate, and time travel.
Year: 2083. Location: London. Mission: Wake Romeo.
It’s the end of the world. Literally. Time travel is possible, but only forward. And only a handful of families choose to remain in the “now,” living off of the scraps left behind.
Among them are eighteen-year-old Juliet and the love of her life, Romeo. But things are far from rosy for Jules. Romeo lies in a coma and Jules is estranged from her friends and family, dealing with the very real fallout of their wild romance.
Then a mysterious time traveler, Ellis, impossibly arrives from the future with a mission that makes Juliet question everything she knows about life and love.
Can Jules wake Romeo—and rewrite her future?
This one has been on my radar for a while now–with comparisons to Jane Eyre and a Romeo and Juliet theme–this one is going to be a preorder for me!
ooh a romeo and juliet retelling? I love those especially if they contain a HEA!!
I am LOVING the synopsis of this book. The fact that it’s a Romeo & Juliet retelling set in the future is just such a great sounding concept. The cover also doesn’t hurt to look at.
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I love retellings, and this time travel one sounds very interesting! Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks! 🙂