What is it like to be: Cassandra in Reverse (by Holly Smale)-an e book bargain

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This engaging novel by Holly Smale belongs on summer reading lists. It has been selected for both the Good Morning America Book Club and America’s Book Club, no mean feat for the author’s adult debut. Cassandra also received a starred review from Booklist.

Imagine the worst day of your life and you will know how Cassandra is feeling as the story opens. Think of a “straw that broke the camel’s back” and have empathy for Cassandra when she cannot get a banana muffin, just one thing she REALLY wanted on a bad day. Turn the pages to find out how Cassandra fares from this fraught beginning. By the way, note the authorial voice in the beginning of the book as comments are made about books’ openings.

Readers will discover that Cassandra goes on to have unique experiences, not ones that the ordinary reader can have except by proxy. Watch what happens as Cassandra reverses. You will root for her.

Protagonist Cassandra has autism which offers her a particular way of looking at the world. She shares this with Ms. Smales who beautifully describes this in the story.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for this title. All thoughts are my own.

Pub date: 06 June 2023

Below is the link to my stop on the blog tour for this title:

Get ready for Cassandra in Reverse: Here is my stop on the blog tour

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