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Cassandra in Reverse: A Reese's Book Club Pick

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After finally achieving a successful “first night” with Will, Cassandra asks herself if she is using her rewinds to manipulate him. Is her behavior immoral? Unethical? Upon discovering her powers, Cassandra’s first instinct is to save her parents, and the second to recover her career and relationship. What does she end up gaining despite not achieving any of those goals? She decides to use this newfound ability to change all the broken parts of her life. Get undumped, unfired. And with time on her side, how hard can it be? Analyze the consequences of Cassandra’s repeated attempts to fix her life. How do her actions in the past ripple through time and affect the present?

Explore the theme of acceptance and self-acceptance in the novel. How does Cassandra’s journey through time teach her to embrace herself and her flaws?First off -I love Holly Smale's writing style - I have read lots of her YA/middle grade books previously and she writes so personably. Its like reading a diary. Her characters are always so vivid and this book is no exception.

I don’t know. I have been debating this book since I started to read it. I really, really wanted to like it. It’s your general demeanor I can’t have in this office. You are rude. Insubordinate. Arrogant, frankly. You are not a team player, and do you know what this office needs?” Consider the motif of control and its significance in Cassandra’s story. How does her newfound ability to reverse time impact her sense of agency and her perception of the world? Holly Smale is an author that I was already familiar with having tried some of her young adult contemporary romance novels. I found her writing a ton of fun and seeing a this was an adult romcom that also mixed in another genre when I love books that mix genres I couldn’t help but get excited. The incredibly great part to this new series for me was finding that an autistic lead was at the front of this story and I couldn’t help but be enamored with it. This one turned into just what I hoped, a ton of laughs along with a lot of character growth as she finds herself and navigates the world so I couldn’t help but to enjoy it as I read along. Anytime I see a new book pop up with a time travel theme, I'm automatically excited to read it. I'm a bit obsessed with time travel, and frankly, there isn't enough out there to whet my voracious appetite for it. Let me start off by saying that Cassandra in Reverse started off with a bang.Elise Dumpleton is the creator of The Nerd Daily and has a degree in Internet Communications—so all things coding, marketing, and more! She also lives and breathes all things television, musicals, and books. And this is where it gets blurry. Living a single day over and over is one thing – redoing it weeks at a time? For generations, the Kalotay family has guarded a collection of ancient and rare books. Books that let a person walk through walls or manipulate the elements—books of magic that half-sisters Joanna and Esther have been raised to revere and protect.

A glorious testament to the transformative power of being our own true selves. It’s a brilliantly clever, twisty story that dazzles with its wit whilst touching our hearts. Cassie is a wonderfully nuanced character, whose often bungled endeavors to redirect the path of her life will resonate with any of us who have felt that happiness and success would be assured if only we could behave/speak/act differently. A hugely entertaining book with an important message, [Cassandra in Reverse] is a triumph!” —Sarah Haywood, New York Times bestselling author of THE CACTUS Holly Smale is the internationally bestselling, award-winning author of the Geek Girl and The Valentines teen series, which have sold 3.4 million copies worldwide.Cassandra tells Will that her emotional synesthesia is more complicated than simply “red is anger, blue is sadness, yellow is happy.” Can you imagine what it would be like to see emotions as colors? How might it impact the way you interact with others? It could have been the moment just before I met him, which would have been a more positive beginning. It could have been the day my parents died in a car accident, which would have been considerably less so . Choose a specific event or quote from the book that stood out to you and discuss its significance in the larger narrative. How does it contribute to the development of Cassandra’s character or the themes of the story? This is a really difficult book to review. There was a lot I liked about this book, but there was also a ton of things that I found jarring.

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