Romeo Redeemed, by Stacey Jay (Juliet Immortal #2)

Romeo has agreed to change sides in the epic battle of Mercenaries vs. Ambassadors and has been tasked, by Juliet's nurse, to get Ariel Dragland, Juliet's host from the previous novel, to fall in love with him. The reason why, he is told, is because Ariel has the potential for great evil and falling in love will prevent it. What Romeo doesn't count on, is falling in love with Ariel himself. However, everything is turned upside down when Mercenaries start getting into Ariel's head and Romeo can't be sure what side anyone is on. Who is good? Who is evil?

This was a great sequel, but what confused me was how I had assumed Juliet had her happy ending after Juliet Immortal. Wasn't the last chapter about her and Ben meeting again in an alternate universe? I remember complaining about how I thought it was a cop-out. I still think it was, but I like how Stacey Jay incorporated her cop-out into the sequel to make it seem like it was intended the entire time. For all I know it might have been intended from the beginning, but in Juliet Immortal it looked like an easy way out.

Ariel is the most disturbed character I have ever read about. Her anger and insanity is not "cute" or "imbalanced"-it's freaking nuts!!!!!! Sorry Romeo, you may have been on the side of evil for centuries, but you really should run far far away from this nutjob. Her insanities aren't a part of her that you should love, they're a part of her you should be very very scared of. This girl would totally murder you in your sleep if you asked a random girl on the street for the time! While I did like the happy ending, Ariel's insanity was a little too much for me.

5 stars.

 Seductive companion to the popular Juliet Immortal, in which former lovers—Romeo and Juliet—meet, not as true lovers, but truly as enemies.

Cursed to live out eternity in his rotted corpse, Romeo, known for his ruthless, cutthroat ways, is given the chance to redeem himself by traveling back in time to save the life of Ariel Dragland. Unbeknownst to her, Ariel is important to both the evil Mercenaries and the love-promoting Ambassadors and holds the fate of the world in her hands. Romeo must win her heart and make her believe in love, turning her away from her darker potential before his work is discovered by the Mercenaries. While his seduction begins as yet another lie, it soon becomes his only truth. Romeo vows to protect Ariel from harm, and do whatever it takes to win her heart and soul. But when Ariel is led to believe his love is a deception, she becomes vulnerable to Mercenary manipulation, and her own inner darkness may ultimately rip them apart.