Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy
Published July 11th 2017
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, Ameriie, 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).
I really love the idea of this book. To pair up people in the book community with bestselling authors is such a cool idea. I really appreciated the recognition of vloggers/reviewers as important contributors in the book world. I’ve seen some people have issues with the Booktubers being involved in the book but I personally have no hard feelings towards them. I think it’s really cool for them and it’s too bad that others are holding negative feelings towards them just because they’re successful in an unconventional way.
The stories themselves are pretty hit and miss with me. There was a few that I really loved but others I didn’t like and skimmed over them. My favorite stories were Beautiful Venomby Cindy Pon and Benjamin Alderson and Death Knell by Victoria Schwab and Jesse George. I think this book is worth reading just for those two stories, especially Cindy and Ben’s story.
Overall, this book was pretty much what I was expecting. I feel like a lot of short story collections are hit and miss with most people so it didn’t surprise me that Because You Love to Hate Me was no exception to that for me. If you’re really excited about this book and love the authors and Booktubers, I think this is worth buying. If you’re a very casual fan, like myself, you might want to go to your local library or borrow it from a friend before spending your money.
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