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A review by dobbsthedog
Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas
4.0
I really enjoyed this one!
I quite liked Tom Severin as a romance hero, even though he’s very much not the typical romance hero. I don’t know if it was intentional on Kleypas’ part or not, but I was definitely reading Severin as being autistic-coded. The high intelligence, his discomfort with emotions, his more factual way of thinking, all feel autistic-coded to me.
I really could have done without all the body shaming throughout most of the book, though. That’s the one thing that I really didn’t like with this one. I know it was done so that Tom would have his moment to tell Cassandra how he would be attracted to her no matter what, but it still felt gross to read.
Overall, really enjoyed this one, probably my second favourite after Devil’s Daughter in this series. Also, Basil is a fantastic side character, I hope we see a bit more of him in the last book of the series.
I quite liked Tom Severin as a romance hero, even though he’s very much not the typical romance hero. I don’t know if it was intentional on Kleypas’ part or not, but I was definitely reading Severin as being autistic-coded. The high intelligence, his discomfort with emotions, his more factual way of thinking, all feel autistic-coded to me.
I really could have done without all the body shaming throughout most of the book, though. That’s the one thing that I really didn’t like with this one. I know it was done so that Tom would have his moment to tell Cassandra how he would be attracted to her no matter what, but it still felt gross to read.
Overall, really enjoyed this one, probably my second favourite after Devil’s Daughter in this series. Also, Basil is a fantastic side character, I hope we see a bit more of him in the last book of the series.