This book's cover definitely gives one a clue that this is a Shakespeare-based publication.The author certainly deserves credit for writing her poetic retelling of Shakepeare stories. The plot details are correct (again- credit to the author for knowing Shakespeare). For example, Susan is the dead daughter of Juliet's nursemaid. Juliet's mother was married young and is in a love-less marriage. On and on with the correct character attributes. I hate to seem overly critical, especially since I have to base my impression on just a few pages. However, this just seems like a condensed re-telling of Shakespeare.