Cupid's Revenge

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It was never Tilly’s intention to fall in love, but Cupid will get you when you least expect it. That’s exactly what happens when Tilly’s best friend, Teddy, ropes Tilly into a plan to woo his dream girl, aspiring actress Katherine Cooper-Bunting. It turns out Teddy’s not the only one who finds her dreamy. Thanks to NetGalley and Farrar, Straus, and Giroux for an advanced copy of Cupid’s Revenge by Wibke Brueggemann to review! I am officially into reviewing 2024 books, which feels both weird and exciting. And it looks like there are some great books coming out this January you’ll want to keep your eyes on! Because, seeing me with another woman will make me immediately more desirable. Especially if that woman is clearly appreciating my company, hence why you’re going to LOL.” I absolutely adore the humor and the overall writing style of this book. The pace was great, the plot was entertaining, the characters had good personalities, and the setting was portrayed quite nicely. Would I recommend this? Yes. If you love platonic friendships and friends to lovers, this is definitely for you!

I was going to stay way away from all that, even after what happened in church. And maybe even after that, but you know Cupid: He’ll get you when you least expect it. Cupid's Revenge follows Tilly, a high school girl who is so not looking for a deep, romantic connection with anyone. Her life has been turned upside down in the aftermath of the pandemic, with the death of her grandma and her grandpa now dealing with dementia, and being forced to move in with Tilly and her parents. Lastly, I loved all the fanfiction talk. It was so funny when Teddy mentioned about how fanfiction dynamics worked and also his love for Care Bears. The play portrays Leontius, the Duke of Lycia, suppressing the customary worship of the god Cupid, the patron deity of the land, in response to the pleadings of his son and daughter, Leucippus and Hisdaspes. In revenge, Cupid (who functions as a chorus in the play, comparable to the choric figures in the tragedies of Seneca or the personification of Revenge in Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy) oversees the ruin and death of the royal family and their retainers through some very unwise amorous entanglements. As he is dying in the play's bloody final scene, Leucippus reverses his father's edict against Cupid. Right, go and sit in the chair. I’m getting Rachmaninoff. You’ll be holding him. I’ll also grab a hoodie or something.”There was so much character development that happened within this book. All the side characters were detailed and really made the experience all the more entertaining. He cradled his violin like a doll and slowly slid down the doorframe until he was sitting on the floor. If Shakespeare had never been born, the most famous evil character to have come out of Elizabethan Drama might have been Bacha, the despicable widow and duchess of Beaumont and Fletcher’s Cupid’s Revenge, rather than Iago or Richard III. The primary lesson of this straight-forward tragedy, however, is never neglect the gods, for when the gods get angry, humanity is helpless.

I opened my mouth, and she did the same, and then we were properly kissing with tongues and everything, and I thought how she tasted of strawberries, and that I hadn't been that physically hot in all my life. Like, my skin was on fire. And I wanted to get inside her, like, deeper and deeper, and she seemed to want the same, because she was pulling me closer and closer and closer, and I thought my head would explode. Or I would faint. Or just die." there is also some amazing queer rep in this, from tilly who has always known she’s a lesbian, and katherine who has recently discovered her sexuality. there is also an older gay couple which i loved, a gay immigrant who’s family moved for his safety, and a non binary character who is easily accepted. This book handles a very important and serious topic, Alzheimer’s disease. Tilly’s grandfather is diagnosed with it and he moves in with Tilly due to her grandmother no longer around. It’s handled well and it shows the readers how this disease can not only worry a family but bring a family together by working with one another to try and get a hold of it. Everything used to be on paper before the internet. Bills, bank statements—you wouldn’t remember,” Dad said, and started ripping up A4 sheets and putting them in the recycling bag.

We’d been neighbors all our lives; our parents are—well, were—literally BFFs, and Teddy and I were born only four months apart. And even though our mothers insist this was merely a coincidence rather than the result of meticulous reproductive planning, we knew the truth. I am 30+ years old but I enjoy teen novels as a form of nostalgia. I was not a drama school kid when i was a teenager, but I had a lot of friends who were. It felt like I was in high school again! Who the hell is Katherine Cooper-Bunting? And why have you literally never mentioned this fierce love?” I asked. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and Wibke Brueggmann is certainly earning her new spot on my 'must read everything she ever publishes' list!

The relationships, be them romantic, familial or platonic, were the real highlight of Cupid's Revenge, and it showed so much throughout the story just how important these connections are, especially during the hardest moments. Teds, why this setup?” I asked, still wrestling with Rachmaninoff, who was trying to full-body launch himself off my lap.Here’s the story,” he said, and looked at his phone. “It is now sixteen forty-seven. At seventeen hundred hours, Katherine Cooper-Bunting is going to arrive for her last piano lesson before taking a summer break, and we have to find out what she’s doing for said break, so we can accidentally on purpose run into her, so I can ask her out, because I’m fiercely in love with her.” I usually enjoy a story surrounding theater, especially if it's sapphic. This one was...a journey. The best aspect was Tilly's grandfather and the way the author handled his dementia. Tilly's obsession with Katherine is weird throughout most of the book. I didn't understand the attraction between them at all. It literally felt like Tilly wanted her just because Teddy did. I liked the rest of the theater group, especially Robin, but it was weird that Tilly only referred to two of the actors based on their audition piece even after she definitely should have learned their names. I did appreciate the dynamic between Tilly and her parents and the struggle she goes through to have them be present. It was a silent kind of fierce love. Plus, I haven’t really seen her in person for a couple of years, and let’s just say there’s an almost ethereal difference between fourteen-year-old her and the now-sixteen-year-old her.” The story has some cute moments, especially the found family aspect of the theatre group. I loved how they all loved Tilly's Granddad when she brought him along to rehearsals. The relationship between Tilly and Katherine was also cute, but the one thing I didn't like about it, which is why I am only giving it 3 and a half stars, is the way Tilly handled it with Teddy, and what she told Robin. Katherine had every right to be upset, and I wish it was dealt with a little more than just saying it and then moving on like nothing happened.