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Saturday, January 5, 2013
Book Review: Catherine
Author:
April LinderPublication Date: January 2, 2013
Publisher: Poppy
A
forbidden romance. A modern mystery. Wuthering Heights as you’ve never seen it before.
Catherine is tired of struggling musicians befriending her just so they can get a gig at her Dad’s famous Manhattan club, The Underground. Then she meets mysterious Hence, an unbelievably passionate and talented musician on the brink of success. As their relationship grows, both are swept away in a fiery romance. But when their love is tested by a cruel whim of fate, will pride keep them apart?
Chelsea has always believed that her mom died of a sudden illness, until she finds a letter her dad has kept from her for years—a letter from her mom, Catherine, who didn’t die: She disappeared. Driven by unanswered questions, Chelsea sets out to look for her—starting with the return address on the letter: The Underground.
Told in two voices, twenty years apart, Catherine interweaves a timeless forbidden romance with a compelling modern mystery.
Catherine is tired of struggling musicians befriending her just so they can get a gig at her Dad’s famous Manhattan club, The Underground. Then she meets mysterious Hence, an unbelievably passionate and talented musician on the brink of success. As their relationship grows, both are swept away in a fiery romance. But when their love is tested by a cruel whim of fate, will pride keep them apart?
Chelsea has always believed that her mom died of a sudden illness, until she finds a letter her dad has kept from her for years—a letter from her mom, Catherine, who didn’t die: She disappeared. Driven by unanswered questions, Chelsea sets out to look for her—starting with the return address on the letter: The Underground.
Told in two voices, twenty years apart, Catherine interweaves a timeless forbidden romance with a compelling modern mystery.
This
story is told in shifting view points between Chelsea and her mother,
Catherine, when she was Chelsea’s age. This was a great segue into the minds of
both characters and what I loved even more about it was that they are the same
age as we process what is happening in their lives. Chelsea’s mom is around
seventeen in the chapters that we read about her and the similarities that can
be connected between she and Chelsea are remarkable. I honestly liked following
Chelsea better, not saying that Catherine’s chapters weren’t interesting, I was
just ready to get to the bottom of the mystery that Chelsea was trying to
solve. Chelsea’s chapters were more suspenseful while Catherine’s chapters were
just filling us in on her life as a club owner’s daughters and her love
interest, Hence.
Hence
was the common factor binding both perspectives from Catherine and Chelsea. He was
very much a real part of both of their lives and I found that so incredibly amazing.
Hence was of course bitter and older by the time Chelsea meets him, but from
Catherine’s perspective we see a carefree, young musician who is very much
smitten with Catherine and who Catherine returns all the same feelings for.
Hence was not very likeable within Chelsea’s chapters but readers understand
that this is because of her deep connection and physical similarities to
Catherine. Catherine is missing in Chelsea’s eyes and dead in Hence’s. Hence is
just an old fool still in love if you ask me. I have read quite a few reviews
where some have said that they just absolutely did not like Hence, but you have
to take into consideration the factors that have made Hence feel the way he
does. I like his place in the story and he is also the binding agent for
Chelsea and Catherine! We English majors tend to get excited over literary elements
like this one!
I
would probably enjoy this book even more if I had read Wuthering Heights and had something to connect it with, but I still
loved it and I thought it was an exceptional story line with just enough
suspense and just enough romance!
***A
huge thank you to the publishers at Poppy for providing me with an ARC Copy of
this book in exchange for my honest and unbiased review***
About the Author
Chelsey is a reader, blogger, fashionista, and English Teacher! She loves to write, take lots of pictures, and spend enormous amounts of time with her family and friends. Her favorite word is "Fearless" and she loves everything about Harry Potter!
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2 comments:
I am SO excited for this book! Wuthering Heights is one of my favorite classics and when I saw a retelling was coming out, I got WAY too excited, haha. But I'm so happy you enjoyed it! Great review :)
-Jessica (Peace Love Books)
I did enjoy this book but for me I wanted more of Catherine's chapters, I felt like Chelsea's take was disrupting from the actual story. The one thing that really got me was the ending, I really didn't want what happened to actually come about and I was shocked when Lindner took it in that direction. But overall this was a pretty good retelling.
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