Libby's Lit

“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.” Anthologies are a great way to become familiar with new authors and see authors you know and love try their hand at something entirely new; Because You Love to Hate Me was no exception. I think “villain origin stories” is such an interesting concept for a short story collection because we get to see all the different ways villains come about. Some are born evil, some are created through no fault of their own, and many others fall somewhere in between. Each author plays on the readers’ attraction to villains as characters, as Ameriie says in the introduction, “It’s why we secretly root for them, why we find ourselves hoping they make their grand escape, and it’s why our shoulders sag with equal parts