Waking Romeo

Title: Waking Romeo Author: Kathryn Barker Publisher: Flatiron Books

Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Romance

Format: eBook

Duration: 384

Date of Publication: January 4th, 2022 My Rating: 4/5

Spice Level: 0.5/5

Synopsis (From Goodreads): 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?

Thoughts:

Okay, there is a lot going on with this story. I thought it was supposed to be a re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet, which it is kind of, but the author mashed up Wuthering Heights and a lot of Sci-Fi into the mix as well. Which was somewhat of a turn off for me, because if you know me, I absolutely HATED Wuthering Heights and I might have not picked this story if I had known that.

The good news though, is that I did choose to read this story and as weird as all that sounds it actually kind of works out. The plot is very original, and while I did get confused at some parts because there was so much going on, I actually liked the ride for the most part. The ending was my absolute favorite because it made you go, oh dang this all makes sense now and at the end of the day, the Wuthering Heights part didn't bother me at all. Still don't like that story, but it worked well with this book.