All’s Well That Ends Well
by C.E. Wilson
(Shakespeare for Everyone Else #3)
Publication date: July 15th 2014
Genres: Retelling, Young Adult
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Synopsis:
When Hannah’s world falls apart after graduation, she finds that there are only two things from her old life that she can trust: her best friend Constance, and her fascination with Constance’s cousin Benjamin. But when Benjamin snubs her advances for superficial reasons, Hannah decides that she will have him no matter what the cost. Hannah gathers a diverse group of allies to help her finally get what she’s always wanted.
In this YA retelling of William Shakespeare’s All’s Well that Ends Well, follow Hannah as she goes to the ends of the earth in her pursuit of the ungrateful Benjamin. Are there limits to love and devotion, and is all truly well that ends well?
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Shakespeare-Everyone-Else- Wilson-ebook/dp/B00HHIGLVK/ ref=la_B00998DL4G_1_5?s=books& ie=UTF8&qid=1404758577&sr=1-5 Excerpt 1“What if I want sex to mean something? What if I want to love the person I’m sleeping with?”
“Then you’re going to have to look for him, dear virgin,” Patrick said, taking a long slurp from the green can. “A girl’s virginity is like a pepper at the grocery store.”
“A pepper?”
“Or a tomato…the point is that it looks great as it ripens. You can watch the tomato fill out, the skin growing tight and plump as the curves fill in. You run your finger over the fruit and see that the flesh springs back to the touch. You pick it up, turning it about in your fingers, admiring the tightness and the shininess. You take it home, set it on the counter, and already you wonder if you grabbed the wrong fruit because it looks so different already. The skin is no longer as taut, the flesh no longer as firm. Frowning, you go to sleep, wake up the next day and the fruit is wrinkled, saggy, and wilted. If you wait for much longer…the fruit will rot and trust me…no one wants rotting fruit.”
“That’s a horrible analogy!”
Excerpt 2“You’re just lucky you’re not ugly, otherwise you’d never get away with acting the way you do.”
Patrick arched a brow and looked at her again. She was only a fraction of the girl who had been putting him in his place since the day he moved to this town. He wondered what he had ever found so intimidating about her. What a waste of a decent body.
“I don’t really know how to answer that,” he said, smiling. “All I’m saying is that you should consider going to the party. Everyone knows you loved a good party before what happened with your father. You shouldn’t live in the past, Hannah-Banana, but focus on the present and remain hopeful about the future. If you don’t start to open up again you’re going to find yourself very lonely. Why don’t you go out and make out with some guys if you’re not comfortable having sex yet? There’s no harm in kissing.” His phone buzzed again. “Agh! Dammit, I do have to go, Hannah-Banana,” he said, setting the can of pop on the kitchen counter and darting towards the door. “I hope I see you tonight. Think about what I said.”
Hannah shook her head as Patrick hastily shut the door behind him. Would it really be so terrible to go to the party? Patrick would be there, and though he was arrogant, he could occasionally be fun in small doses. He was also a link to Benjamin. She tugged on a strand of her light brown hair, the ends frizzing up as usual. What would be the harm? She was a college freshman and college freshman went to parties. Hell, Benjamin was still a high school senior and even he was going to parties.
“Screw it,” she said to no one in particular. “I’m going.”Excerpt 3“Do you know about her reputation?” Benjamin hissed, humiliation written all over his face. “Do you know about her father? Everyone would see me with her! Please don’t make me do this!”
“Her father committed the crimes, not her,” Matthew said, growing angry now. “You will not punish this girl for something that was not in her control. She’s a fine young woman and you’re lucky to have the chance to go out with her. In the short time I’ve spoken with her, I’ve found that she is young, intelligent, attractive, and kind, and more than willing to help me despite not knowing the first thing about me.” He lowered his voice again. “If you treat her well and show her a good time, then you won’t ever have to worry about finding a spot on the team next year, no matter how small. It will be yours.”
“I don’t care!” Benjamin hissed back. “I won’t take her anywhere.”
Matthew’s eyes narrowed. “Boy, if you don’t do as I say, then I’m afraid her father’s reputation will not be the only one that’s tarnished.”
“Are you threatening me, Coach?”
“I don’t make threats, Benjamin. I make promises.”Excerpt 4Is there anything else?”
“Yes,” she said, leaning forward. “Kiss me.”
He nearly cho
ked and crumbled the hundred in his hand. “W-what?”
“You heard me, Benjamin. I want to know what it’s like. I want you to know what it’s like. Just kiss me once and I swear I’ll leave you alone.”
“Go home, Hannah. You’re crazy.”
“Benjamin. One kiss never hurt anyone.”
“I’m telling you, go home. I won’t do it. Even if you somehow managed to prove to me that you’ve changed – I wouldn’t believe you. I can’t believe you.”
“There has to be something I can do.”
With a smirk, he reached into his shirt and pulled out a thin chain hanging from his neck. It wasn’t anything particularly special, just a simple silver chain with an old ring hanging from it. It looked tarnished but Hannah could see immediately how much it meant to him. “Yeah,” he said with a sarcastic grin. “When you get a hold of my great-grandmother’s necklace, I’m all yours.”AUTHOR BIO
C.E. Wilson is currently living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband and her two dogs and two cats. They are all the loves of her life.
When she’s not writing young adult fantasy novels, she enjoys writing short stories on her Deviant Art page.
She loves to write stories involving giants and little people (also known as GT) and she can't decide what she loves more: horror movies or shoujo manga.
On a side note, nothing helps her to write more than drinking some tea and watching The Twilight Zone.
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