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The Casquette Girls
by Alys Arden
I fell in love. I fell in love with a story. I fell in love with amazing characters and on top of it I fell in love with an amazing author : Alys Arden.
When I first began to read the Casquette Girls, I noticed that the principal character (Adele) was a 16 years old teenage girl. At that point, I did ponder whether or not to read the book. I finally said What The Hell! Let’s give it a try! I was not disappointed at all of my choice, in fact I did not have had that much fun reading a novel since I read Harry Potter, more than 10 years ago. I always been a huge fun of the TV series Charmed, that explained why I was attracted to this book. I am not in the niche market at all for that kind of book, a 36 years old professional male. The fact I am giving it 5 stars is proving that this story has a quality that will be pleasing to a large audience .
I have been given this book in exchange of an honest review and that it is exactly what I am writing right now. All the elements are present to make it a fascinating book: Witches, Vampires, and old diary and lot of secrets and mysteries. Only one word can describe it : Magical!
New Orleans Description in the book was a highlight of the novel, I felt like I was there. I could feel the vibe of the city, the wind, it was masterfully done. I never went there, but this book made me feel that was right into the middle of the French quarter. Characters were awesome! I especially loved Desiree and Isaac, they were believable and had fun trying to guess what will be their next action! The Medicis clan was amazing (I won’t name them all!! I don’t want to spoil your fun to read the book!!) But Gabriel and Nico are quite fascinating, I was not able to get myself to hate them, they have something quite likely about them!! And for the plat de résitance, I think that Adele character was very well built and developed. At some times she was almost irritating me though (but hey it is a girl of 16... that is part of the deal of being teen!). On a side note, I would a loved to have Brigitte (Adele’s mom) more present, that characters have a lot of depth even though she is mostly absent. It is causing a lot of emotion. Mac (Adele’s dad) is not as appealing as Brigitte for me!
The story is very well built. I absolutely love how the transition between the past (Adeline journal in the 1700) and the life of the Adele in the present era is done, in fact it is a success and it gives a huge plus to the story. The pace of the story is great, not too fast but enough to keep us craving for more... I must admit I was not able to quit reading at night.. I was telling myself :only one more page Fred… (and then I was looking my alarm clock and it was 15 minutes later and beginning a new chapter!). I brang my tablet at the office.. so I would be able to continue reading Casquette Girls on my breaks (Do I need to tell you that I can’t wait for the sequel?).
I am a French Canadian, therefore French is my first language. There is some French sentences/expression into this novel, I felt right at home! This being said, you don’t need to know French at all to be able to read this book. My only critic is that here and there, there are a couple of French sentences that were hard for me to decipher and some verbs that were used at the incorrect tense.
Can’t wait for the sequel!!! I hope we will get to know who are the 4 others covent descendant and I would love to read a book on Nico and Gabe story!!!! As you can see I am really enthusiastic, Miss Arden has gained a fan!!!
When I first began to read the Casquette Girls, I noticed that the principal character (Adele) was a 16 years old teenage girl. At that point, I did ponder whether or not to read the book. I finally said What The Hell! Let’s give it a try! I was not disappointed at all of my choice, in fact I did not have had that much fun reading a novel since I read Harry Potter, more than 10 years ago. I always been a huge fun of the TV series Charmed, that explained why I was attracted to this book. I am not in the niche market at all for that kind of book, a 36 years old professional male. The fact I am giving it 5 stars is proving that this story has a quality that will be pleasing to a large audience .
I have been given this book in exchange of an honest review and that it is exactly what I am writing right now. All the elements are present to make it a fascinating book: Witches, Vampires, and old diary and lot of secrets and mysteries. Only one word can describe it : Magical!
New Orleans Description in the book was a highlight of the novel, I felt like I was there. I could feel the vibe of the city, the wind, it was masterfully done. I never went there, but this book made me feel that was right into the middle of the French quarter. Characters were awesome! I especially loved Desiree and Isaac, they were believable and had fun trying to guess what will be their next action! The Medicis clan was amazing (I won’t name them all!! I don’t want to spoil your fun to read the book!!) But Gabriel and Nico are quite fascinating, I was not able to get myself to hate them, they have something quite likely about them!! And for the plat de résitance, I think that Adele character was very well built and developed. At some times she was almost irritating me though (but hey it is a girl of 16... that is part of the deal of being teen!). On a side note, I would a loved to have Brigitte (Adele’s mom) more present, that characters have a lot of depth even though she is mostly absent. It is causing a lot of emotion. Mac (Adele’s dad) is not as appealing as Brigitte for me!
The story is very well built. I absolutely love how the transition between the past (Adeline journal in the 1700) and the life of the Adele in the present era is done, in fact it is a success and it gives a huge plus to the story. The pace of the story is great, not too fast but enough to keep us craving for more... I must admit I was not able to quit reading at night.. I was telling myself :only one more page Fred… (and then I was looking my alarm clock and it was 15 minutes later and beginning a new chapter!). I brang my tablet at the office.. so I would be able to continue reading Casquette Girls on my breaks (Do I need to tell you that I can’t wait for the sequel?).
I am a French Canadian, therefore French is my first language. There is some French sentences/expression into this novel, I felt right at home! This being said, you don’t need to know French at all to be able to read this book. My only critic is that here and there, there are a couple of French sentences that were hard for me to decipher and some verbs that were used at the incorrect tense.
Can’t wait for the sequel!!! I hope we will get to know who are the 4 others covent descendant and I would love to read a book on Nico and Gabe story!!!! As you can see I am really enthusiastic, Miss Arden has gained a fan!!!