Book Review: Cascade

 Cascade by Lisa T. Bergren

Summary: (amazon)

Mom touched my underdress—a gown made six hundred years before—and her eyes widened as she rubbed the raw silk between thumb and forefinger. She turned and touched Lia’s gown. “Where did you get these clothes?”

 

In Cascade, the second book in the River of Time Series, Gabi knows she’s left her heart in the fourteenth century and she persuades Lia to help her to return, even though they know doing so will risk their very lives. When they arrive, weeks have passed and all of Siena longs to celebrate the heroines who turned the tide in the battle against Florence—while the Florentines will go to great lengths to see them dead.

 

But Marcello patiently awaits, and Gabi must decide if she’s willing to leave her family behind for good in order to give her heart to him forever.

 My thoughts:

As the second book to Waterfall which I LOVED, I was really excited. While this one was pretty awesome too, it wasn't as enthralling as the first book and got slow at some points. Unlike in Waterfall though, I fell in love with the characters as they grew and changed. The writing is simple, yet perfect for the book and--I wish I could tell you! The ending...and then you start the third book (which I will be posting in the next week, once I finish it) and you are just hooked. Great CLEAN books, which I would recommend in particular to middle school girls.

Content: Cautious--blood and gore, heavy violence, kissing, drama, torturing, gruesome descriptions

My Rating: 4 stars (I really liked it)

PG13, 12 and Up