The Taming of the Drew
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Cass McKay has been called stubborn, temperamental, difficult, and that word that rhymes with “witch” more times than she cares to count. But that’s all about to pay off. She has finally landed the role she was born to play—Kate, in The Taming of the Shrew—in the summer apprentice program of a renowned Shakespeare theater company in the forests of Vermont.
But Cass can barely lace up her corset before her troubles begin. Her leading man, Drew, is a complete troll, and he’s going to ruin Cass’s summer. Even worse, Cass’s bunkmate Amy has somehow fallen head over heels for Drew. Cass can’t let Amy throw herself at a total jerk, so she comes up with a genius plan to give Drew the personality makeover he so desperately needs: they’ll tame Drew just as Petruchio tames Kate! But as Shakespeare’s classic plays out offstage, Cass finds it harder and harder to resist falling for Drew herself.
The best kind of entertainment, The Taming of the Drew is smart, funny, fresh, and original. You’re going to love this badass heroine and her friends. You might even end up liking Drew, too.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's a theater geek's dream come true: playing Kate in The Taming of the Shrew in a summer stock theater production. Cass loves Shakespeare, she's perfectly cast as the ornery and stubborn Kate, and disliking her Petruchio is no problem: Drew is arrogant and pedantic, and their first meeting involves a car crash. Anyone who knows the play or has read a hate-at-first-sight romance knows where this is going. Cass 18, and fully in touch with her inner brat enlists her roommates (cute-as-pie Amy and hippyish Heidi) in a campaign to do to Drew what Petruchio does to Kate. Strohm (Confederates Don't Wear Couture) can be funny, but her supporting characters are one-note and often seem to be eccentric for eccentricity's sake not just the theater directors, but also an unlikely band of hunky skateboarders who work at a nearby skate camp and speak in semi-incomprehensible slang. Although predictable, the happy ending is satisfying, as are the moments when Cass and Drew start to see beneath their prickly exteriors. Ages 12 up.
