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Juliet Capulet didn't take her own life. She was murdered by the person she trusted most, her new husband, Romeo Montague, who made the sacrifice to ensure his own immortality. But Romeo didn't anticipate that Juliet would be granted eternal life as well, and would become an agent for the... read more
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Characters edit
- Juliet Capulet: Narrator. She is now a spirit who inhabits other people's bodies in order to serve the Ambassadors'. She is sent to help soul mates find love in each other to better the world. But her emotions get too involved and she ends up falling in love. She has taken over Ariel's body and must find a way to unite two unknown soul-mates.
- Romeo Montague: 2nd Narrator. He serves the Mercenaries, who plot against good. Violence, killing, and blood are what drive them. Romeo has taken over Dylan's body in order to complete his cause. He finds Juliet and tries to make her fall back in love with him.
- Gemma: Ariel's best friend. She needs to have a guy at her side, and she is very mean to Ariel. She does care for Ariel, but sometimes her hurtful comments prove otherwise.
- Ariel: Juliet has taken over her body. Ariel is a fragile young girl who was in an accident when she was six resulting in a scar across her face. She hates Dylan because of how he treated her.
- Ben: He falls in love with Juliet.
- Dylan Stroud: He dies in a car crash, but Romeo takes over his body in an attempt to foil Juliet's plans for good.
- Melanie: Ariel's mother. She is very critical of her daughter
- Mr. Stark: In charge of the music production, West Side Story, at the high school
- Mike: Mr. Stark's student teacher. Helps with the play.
- Jason: Dylan's best friend.
- Nancy: The nice woman who works at the bakery in town.
- Mrs. Felix: Add a description of this character.
- Mrs. Thurman
- Hannah
- Victor
Quotes edit
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“Dying is easy. It's coming back that hurts like hell.”
Juliet -
“"No, I don't care if I'm not the first." His head tilts and his lips move within a whisper of mine. "As long as I'm the last."”
Ben
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Love stays, and makes you stronger, even when the person you love is gone.
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Real love has little to do with falling. It’s a climb up the rocky face of a mountain, hard work, and most people are too selfish or scared to bother.
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What is forever worth? When love is so fragile and even one human life so long?
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“Love is not an isolated incident, Juliet. Love is everywhere. It always has been. You just have to choose to see the light in the darkness, the sun shining through the rain.”
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People who love so hard it hurts and heals and then hurts all over again?
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One human life, a human heart freely given—it’s the greatest gift anyone can give.
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“I love you. I want to do everything with you. I want to marry you and have kids with you and get old with you. And then I want to die the day before you do, so I never have to live without you.”
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“And I know you make me think the hell I’ve been through was worth it … if it’s what made me recognize heaven when it jumped into my car.”
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Most of all, I hate the hope that continues to spring to life inside me only to die again and again, as if I haven’t lived through enough misery to know that hope is for fools.
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I know exactly how he feels. How it feels to come home, to find sanctuary, to be handed that missing piece that makes life not something to be endured, but something to be celebrated.
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First Sentence edit
Tonight, he could have come through the door--the castello is quiet, even the servants asleep in their beds, and Nurse would have let him in--but he chooses the window, climbing through the tangle of night flowers, carrying petals in on his clothes.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 2 in Juliet Immortal. (standard series)
Followed by Romeo Redeemed.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Stacey Jay (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: August 9, 2011
ISBN: 9780385740166
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: August 9, 2011
ISBN: 9780385740166
Page Count: 320
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