![]() I could see this being a great young adult or contemporary read, while having plenty of suspense and references to Shakespeare. I found it hard to classify this complex novel into any one category. In the beginning, we see how incredibly tight-knit (and sometimes uncomfortably so) this small group of friends is and how it all slowly starts to unravel, leading towards the murder of one of the seven and its aftermath. ![]() ![]() The blurring of lines amongst these roles in the first part of the novel is the trigger by which their own Shakespeare-like tragedy unfolds. Oliver, along with six of his friends, was a theater student living and breathing Shakespeare – each one of the seven consistently cast in defining roles: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingenue, and extra. ![]() The novel transitions between the day Oliver Marks is released from jail and ten years previous, when he was a student at Dellecher Classical Conservatory. Rio’s debut novel, it’s impressive how she brought together so many intriguing elements into If We Were Villains. ![]()
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