PUB. DATE: 18 FEB 20 - HISTORICAL FICTION - ROMANCE
Chasing Cassandra, by Lisa Kleypas
Chasing Cassandra is book #6 in The Ravenels series, and although it can be read as a standalone, I believe it can be better appreciated if read after the previous installments. Our thanks to PBC Library System for lending this title.
Review:
Cassandra is a younger daughter of absent parents and was raised isolated in the country together with her twin sister Pandora (Devil in Spring - book #3), and their older sister Helen (Marrying Winterborne - book #2). When their older brother Theo died, they ended up becoming wards of a distant cousin Devlin (Cold Hearted Rake - book #1), who, in spite of inheriting an earldom, kept his connection with some lower class (but higher anything else) businessmen.
During Pandora’s wedding breakfast, Cassandra was sad to face the reality of going back home without her twin, and most of all, without any prospects for herself. She is the sweeter and calmer of the two and had always dreamed of a peaceful life in the country with a loving husband and a half-dozen children. In a moment of weakness, she ends up asking her cousin West (Devil’s Daughter - book #5) to promise to marry her if she did not manage to find anyone by the age of 25, but West was having nothing of it. To her surprise and chagrin, business magnate and railroad tycoon Tom Severin overhears the conversation and offers himself for the task.
Both main characters are too wonderful for words. Cassandra has a sweet but strong personality that is very charismatic and easy to relate to, and Tom is a ruthless businessman, a mathematician, an engineer with a methodical mind and a calculating heart.
It is lovely to see how they complement each other, and how it is much more than mere attraction. Their chemistry is out of the charts (there are some very steamy scenes), but they understand each other on a deep level and it makes the relationship stronger and more believable. Add to the mix a lice-infested urchin boy, a greased pig (‘Amor est uncta porcus’), and some wonderful novel quoting/reading, including my beloved Persuasion, and what you get is a charming and delightful read. Needless to say that Tom made it into my ‘fictional crushes’ list. Those that follow me know how I love an intelligent and emotionally unavailable hero. Chasing Cassandra is a must-read and a great addition to The Ravenels series. Disclosure: I won an ARC of this book in a giveaway on Goodreads.
4 Comments
Isabella Oliveira
2/19/2020 01:29:43 am
I'm currently read this book
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Lu Reviews Books
2/22/2020 08:53:59 am
Thank you, Isa! I love Cassandra too. I'm glad you are enjoying the book ;)
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2/24/2020 05:59:49 pm
I read this the day of release and have only one thing to add to Lu’s review. A teensy bit too short!
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Lu Reviews Books
2/24/2020 07:51:18 pm
Thanks for your comment, Jill! I totally agree. I can never have enough of Lisa Kleypas. The Wallflowers are like old friends to me. I think Marcus and Lilian's offspring deserve their HEA's as well. Don't you agree?
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