Stars: Five
Lorenzo places his hands on either side of my face, lowering his head to stare directly into my eyes. His voice is barely above a whisper as he says, "you are my dream now."
Being on Rachel Harris’
Flirt Squad, I was eagerly awaiting the release of her book.
Promoting “My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century” has been such a blast, I was
excited to receive my pre-ordered copy early from Amazon. Finally I
am getting a chance to review this lovely book for my lovely author friend
Rachel Harris.
I have to say that time
traveling has never been my favorite “subject” to read, mainly because it isn’t
something that we have accomplished yet in life and I will be amazed if we
actually do. However, I do think that it is a nice thought. I
started watching Doctor Who and then I read So Close to You by Rachel Carter
that I thought that maybe I haven’t give the time traveling “subject/genre” a
chance. Along came Rachel Harris and her lovely Flirt Squad invitation.
Of course I jumped on the chance, I mean come on who wouldn’t want to be a part
of something called the Flirt Squad? Not only did I participate in
the Flirt Squad but I got my sister to join and a friend of mine. It is a
blast. We have fun and discuss contests and things going
on. Now I know this is supposed to be a review for the book and it
will be but the Flirt Squad was my first introduction to Rachel’s book.
Rachel kept the pace moving
which I appreciated a lot because honestly I was a little afraid that the book
was going to be more teeny bopper than anything else. Rachel
portrays such beautiful characters; I like how she develops each
personality and how perfect they fit together. You have Cat
Crawford the American girl, Alessandra the Renaissance’s girl,
Lorenzo the swoon worthy boy from the Renaissance’s, Cipriano the protective
big brother, and Niccolo the slightly creepy “bad” guy.
Cat Crawford is not your
typical Hollywood girl. She is the daughter of two Hollywood icons,
who are divorced, and her father has plans to marry Jenna. Cat is a
very relatable character, she is in that stage where she is trying to figure
out who she is. She doesn’t want to let anyone close to her because of
what her mom did yet all Cat really wants is to be loved. I like real
characters and Cat was real to me, I was sympathetic towards her, cheering her
on, sitting on the edge of my seat reading on to find out what happens
next. I was very thankful that Rachel wrote a down to earth character,
she left out the spoiled brat and gave us a geek. Can I just say
that I prefer geeks over brats? Honestly I do. I would rather read
about a geek any day then a spoiled brat.
Lorenzo
Cappelli, where to start…he is sweet, attractive, an artist, smart, and did I
mention attractive? Lorenzo is a major
part of My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century.
He influenced Cat a lot with her thinking and of courses the decisions
she started making. He showed Cat that she
can open up and feel loved. This is a
perfect romantic book for teens. It wasn’t
cheesy or over done. I would probably
give this book to anyone over the age of 12 and up to read. I think many ages would enjoy this book not
to mention who wouldn’t love to read about a guy like Lorenzo.
I
absolutely loved this book. Cat is
amazing. She may not have fit in during
the Sixteenth Century but she tried her best to make it a better place for her
cousins. Less and Cip; I loved these
two. Cip is the big brother that I never
had. I’m the oldest so no big brothers
for me. Cip makes sure that his sister
and cousin “Patience” is taken care of and safe. He is also a good friend of Lorenzo’s. Less is the sister and best friend all rolled
into one. Less has dreams of becoming an
actress, she wants to perform and unfortunately she is in the wrong century to
do so. Cat gives her lessons and
pointers on it anyway just so they could have fun by playing a little game.
Cat
is on a trip to Italy when something out of the ordinary happens to her and she
finds herself walking into the sixteenth century. Cat assumes that there is a lesson for her
to learn before she is able to go home.
Cat ends up on the doorstep of her some very distance relatives and she
has to live under the name of “Patience”.
Since this is the sixteenth century and not present day, Cat doesn’t
have to worry about the paparazzi and she is finally given a chance to make
friends and to learn how to love people and let them in. Cat gets a chance to just be herself.
Eventually
Cat ends up back in her own time stream but what happens at the end made my jaw
drop. I do have to say I had an idea
about how it was going to go and it did lean in that direction but I was wrong
slightly wrong. I have my theories. If anyone is interested about knowing my
theories or if you want to know what I thought was going to happen in the end,
let me know because I will tell you.
Rachel,
my friend, you deserve plenty of
praise. This was an amazing book and I
think you did a wonderful job with it. I
am going to be impatiently waiting for book 2 because I am dying to know what
will happen next. If you don’t own a
copy yet, I recommend that you buy one or try to borrow a copy from a friend or
library. I liked the book so much I bought
a copy for a friend. I can’t wait to
hear how she likes it.
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