If We Were Villains is entertaining enough, I’ll give it that. But at the end of the day, it's a pretentious, overhyped mess with bland characters and a “twist” that is neither exciting nor shocking. The blurb says there’s a shocking twist and IWWV certainly didn’t live up to it. Unlike with other works that are simply not my cup of tea, I truly don’t understand why so many people seem to love this book. Weaving Shakespeare into your story is all well and good (Purcell does a great job in The Whispering Muse) but come one, give me a break!