Romeo & Juliet • ASOUE Prequel

Dear reader,

If you have stumbled upon this book and are hoping for a fun prequel to the tragic lives of the Baudelaire orphans full of love and friendship, you are sorely mistaken. This early tale is no less hurtful nor unfortunate than the books you know, hate, and hopefully avoid.

Therefore if you deny my advice and read on, you will encounter such tragedies as a familiar sorrowful school, the murder of a much-loved teenager, detention, a piano and the true origin of a divided organisation.

My job, however, is to research these horrible villains and their childish childhood antics, so I am burdened with the task of writing it down.

So I beg of you, please don't read this.

Just look away.

You'll come to regret not doing so.