#I think the only thing mentioned is at one point Ophelia is chanting latin to do magic but like….that’s it. please tell me how magic works.
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2024 reads / storygraph
Smile And Be A Villain
queer character-driven historical fantasy, reimagining Hamlet before the events of the play
follows prince Hamlet who has been sent away to Wittenberg after being caught in a compromising position, meeting new people and discovering magic
and Ophelia, back in Denmark, dealing with the rise of the corrupting by-product of magic
while a war is brewing, and they have to figure out how much they are willing to sacrifice to save their country
duology
bi hamlet, aspec ophelia
#Smile And Be A Villain#yves donlon#aroaessidhe 2024 reads#I thought this was pretty good! a really interesting character-driven historical fantasy.#I have some familiarity with hamlet but not enough to have specific opinions on this as an adaptation#other than it’s interesting to explore it outside of just the events of the play.#I thought the prose was easy to read and I liked how it explored various elements of society politics and identity in the time period#It fleshes out some of the side characters a bit - though it’s ultimately still focused on Hamlet and Ophelia#With the 17yo MCs; the coming-of-age kind of character development & the way it explores magic/politics#it felt a lot more YA than I was expecting? Not necessarily a bad thing (I love YA) and I do assume book two might be less so#Considering how central magic is to the story I would have liked a bit more explanation of it. I have no clue how it works at all?#I think the only thing mentioned is at one point Ophelia is chanting latin to do magic but like….that’s it. please tell me how magic works.#do love the cover but with the title was more legible. looks like it says wiccains to me#bisexual books#I guess arguably the fact that her priorities are elsewhere are a hint to the fact that Ophelia’s ace; but otherwise it's only hinted at
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