The Hundred Loves of Juliet
A woman moves to a small town to rebuild her life—and discovers that she is part of a legendary love story that spans lives, years, and continents in this modern-day reimagining of Romeo and Juliet.
“For anyone who’s ever swooned over Romeo and Juliet: this novel cleverly imagines the epilogue the lovers didn’t get to have, and how curses can be blessings in disguise.”
—Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author
I may go by Sebastien now, but my name was originally Romeo. And hers was Juliet.
It’s a frosty fairytale of an evening in small-town Alaska when Helene and Sebastien meet for the first time. Except it isn’t the first time. You already know that story, though it didn’t happen quite as Shakespeare told it.
To Helene, Sebastien is the flesh-and-blood hero of the love stories she’s spent her life writing. But Sebastien knows better – Helene is his Juliet, and their story has always been the same. He is doomed to find brief happiness with her over and over, before she dies, and he is left to mourn.
Albrecht and Brigitta. Matteo and Amélie. Jack and Rachel. Marius and Cosmina. By any name, no matter where and when in time, the two of them are drawn together, and it always ends in tragedy.
This time, Helene is determined that things will be different. But can these star-cross’d lovers forge a new ending to the greatest love story of all time?
Praise for The Hundred Loves of Juliet
A swoony, Shakespeare-inspired fantasy romance that seamlessly imbues the Bard’s star-crossed lovers with a contemporary feel… A rich, heartfelt tale of love and loss and love again.
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Veteran author Skye invokes flavors of Audrey Niffenegger’s The Time Traveler’s Wife or Alix E. Harrow’s The Ten Thousand Doors of January in this new novel. A new twist on a classic love story, The Hundred Loves of Juliet will appeal to readers of contemporary fantasy or historical romance with its time- and place-bending take on some of literature’s most enduring lovers.
— Booklist review
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“For anyone who’s ever swooned over Romeo and Juliet: this novel cleverly imagines the epilogue the lovers didn’t get to have, and how curses can be blessings in disguise.”
—Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author
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“The Hundred Loves of Juliet is romantic, realistic, and fanciful, a love-for-all-times story. I couldn’t put this book down and I really wanted Helene and Sebastien to have a happy ending. . . and I’ll just say I was very surprised!
—Nancy Thayer, New York Times bestselling author of All the Days of Summer
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“Fresh, magical and hopelessly romantic, Evelyn Skye’s The Hundred Loves of Juliet is a book for lovers. I was swept away. It’s an atmospheric, tug-at-your-heartstrings winner, showing us that true love never dies.”
—Sarah Addison Allen, New York Times bestselling author of Other Birds
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“A rare and charming retelling that asks the question: what if Romeo and Juliet had another chance? What if they had a hundred? The Hundred Loves of Juliet is a celebration of life as it comes, and love as we find it.”
—Ashley Poston, New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics
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“Beautifully spun and achingly romantic, a gorgeous reimagining that is every bit as hopeful as it is haunting. I have never loved Romeo and Juliet more.”
—M. A. Kuzniar, Sunday Times bestselling author
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“Evelyn Skye expertly crafts the story of Romeo and Juliet into a moving romance that explores what it means to love boldly in the face of tragedy and loss. Hopeful and triumphant, The Hundred Loves of Juliet is like a bright warm sunbeam in the form of a book, one you’ll want to revisit again and again.”
— Alyssa Wees, author of Nocturne