a book review

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


At an elite graduate school of the arts 7 final year students in the Shakespearean Acting Program embody each of the theatrical tropes - the hero/leading man, the side kick, the villain, the temptress/sex kitten, the ingenue, the girl next door, and the extra. They are all looking forward to graduation and taking their Shakespearean education to the big stage.

But when the parts for one of the plays comes out and the roles have been shaken up, many members of the company do not take it well. Then at an after party, the "leading man" is found dead. The remaining friends find their support system of each other crumbling.

Mean while the local law enforcement work to figure out who really did kill Ceasar?

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I was iffy going into this audiobook. But the narration of Robert Petkoff kept my attention even when the characters spoke to each other at times in long running Shakespeare quotes. I actually guessed who did it, fairly early on, but having guessed it, I was still intrigued enough to continue.

Overall, I"d recommend.



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