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    Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy
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    Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy

    By Amerie

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    About this ebook

    A New York Times Bestseller

    This edgy anthology teams up acclaimed YA authors and popular YouTubers to create 13 fairy tales and 13 inspired works--all from a "villain's" perspective, in the vein of Maleficent or Wicked.

    Leave it to the heroes to save the world--villains just want to rule the world.

    In this unique YA anthology, thirteen acclaimed, bestselling authors team up with thirteen influential BookTubers to reimagine fairy tales from the oft-misunderstood villains' points of view.

    These fractured, unconventional spins on classics like "Medusa," Sherlock Holmes, and "Jack and the Beanstalk" provide a behind-the-curtain look at villains' acts of vengeance, defiance, and rage--and the pain, heartbreak, and sorrow that spurned them on. No fairy tale will ever seem quite the same again!

    Featuring writing from . . .

    Authors: Renée Ahdieh, Amerie, Soman Chainani, Susan Dennard, Sarah Enni, Marissa Meyer, Cindy Pon, Victoria Schwab, Samantha Shannon, Adam Silvera, Andrew Smith, April Genevieve Tucholke, and Nicola Yoon.

    BookTubers: Benjamin Alderson (Benjaminoftomes), Sasha Alsberg (abookutopia), Whitney Atkinson (WhittyNovels), Tina Burke (ChristinaReadsYA blog and TheLushables), Catriona Feeney (LittleBookOwl), Jesse George (JessetheReader), Zoë Herdt (readbyzoe), Samantha Lane (Thoughts on Tomes), Sophia Lee (thebookbasement), Raeleen Lemay (padfootandprongs07), Regan Perusse (PeruseProject), Christine Riccio (polandbananasBOOKS), and Steph Sinclair & Kat Kennedy (Cuddlebuggery blog and channel).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateJul 11, 2017
    ISBN9781681193656
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    Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy
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    Amerie

    Amerie is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, producer, and writer. The daughter of a Korean artist and an African-American military officer, Amerie was born in Massachusetts, raised all over the world, and graduated from Georgetown University with a bachelor’s in English. She is the editor of New York Times bestseller Because You Love to Hate Me (a Junior Library Guild Selection), and recently founded Amerie’s Book Club, a book club that highlights diverse and unique perspectives and voices. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.

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    • 2/5
      This is 13 short stories not anthologies by 13 various writers and 13 BookYoutubers - in one book.I chose to read as I saw it being picked up by many reviewers and gaining various reviews and it was highly marketed read. I was interested to read the short stories and see how the co-operation took place - not because those were created by well known BookTubers, but because, i was genuinely interested to read some short stories and read the writing. I don't have an exact explanation - I got stuck by the first few stories as they were slow and I felt bored and I have been dragging the reading for a month. There are some good stories inside and as these 13 are all written by various writers I am sorry to admit - enjoyed only 4 of them, less than a half, not counting the BookTubers tales: *The Blood of Imuriv by Renee Ahdieh;*Gwen and Art and Lance by Soman Chainani;*Julian Breaks Every Rule by Andrew Smith;*Sera by Nicola Yoon;Having read the stories I am interested to find more books written by Andrew Smith and Soman Chainani - these are new to me. I am surprised to like the story by Nicola Yoon as her other novels I didn't enjoy and would have probably not picked up next book, well, now I am not so sure, which is great! Renee Ahdieh - I started but didn't finish one of the last series written by her, but not because I wasn't interested but because I could not extend my library loan :D Give a try to read the stories yourself, you may like them!
    • 3/5
      I wanted to love this book so freaking much, you have no idea how much i wanted to love itThis is breaking my poor villainish heart into million piecesThe title is so beautiful , the cover is so beautiful , the concept is so beautiful , the pages inside are so beautiful ....Some are stories, the others are more villain discussion, the discussions are pretty spot on and more entertaining than the stories, but not that great to be honest.The ones that stood up for me the most are: The Evil Vaccine by Christine Riccio, It made me laugh too much, it's perfect.Dear Death by Jesse George, so beautifully written! I enjoyed every heartbreaking moment i had while reading it, it's my favorite in this book.So I only liked two stories, But the other ones had nice passages, yet that's not an excuse.This isn't very bad to be honest, but I'm very disappointed because i expected waaay more. I was expecting more evil things perhapswould i recommend it? no (maybe yes if you really like pretty covers)
    • 1/5
      In theory I should have at least liked this book. A collection of short stories written in the POV of a villain as they commit acts of villainy. In the wise words of Moriarty: "Every story needs a good old fashioned villain." I agree but the added commentary from the bootubers, book bloggers etc. did nothing for me.What shocked me the most were little inconsistencies with the actual short story of some authors. I get that it was a fun little exercise but that's no excuse for skimping out on a few readings before handing it in to the publisher. But the two that I actually liked were Nicola Yoon's and Marissa Meyer's challenge stories. It's not just because I like the two authors but both the challenge and writing styles they had worked perfectly for what I know they are capable of. Others were obviously hindered by the weird AF stories the "book influencer" wanted them to write. Sadly this collection was not for me but maybe it'll be entertaining for someone else.