Lynda O’Byrne – Cassandra

Cassandra by Lynda O’Bryne is a bow to Pride and Prejudice, a classic book written by Jane Austen. I was curious to see where Lynda O’Bryne had gone with this. First is the synopsis.

Many years have passed since the dramatic events of Pride and Prejudice.
In The Cousins of Pemberley series we follow a new generation of heroines – cousins with lives as different and interesting as those enjoyed by their mothers.

Cassandra:
Cassandra Wickham, daughter of a flirt and a scoundrel, an innocent abroad in a world where money can buy you anything, even a bride.

When danger threatens and the man she thought she could rely on fails her, there is only one place she can turn to
for help –

Pemberley.

Surely the Darcy’s will protect her, no matter what happened in the past to divide the two families?

Coming March 2022: Miriam – Book 2 in The Cousins of Pemberley series.

A relatively short story about the younger generations’ lives many years after the events in Pride and Prejudice. A classic tale is given a truly modern twist while keeping with the traditional feel of a Jane Austen story.

The young lady of the title Cassandra Wickham is a character I felt for; she is the daughter of Bennett’s sister Lydia and the scoundrel George Wickham. We follow her story as she runs away from her home to her favourite Aunt’s home.

I was transported to Cassandra’s world so easily, the settings and period are described eloquently. The author has recreated the next generation so well. I found that I was so interested in what was going to happen next. I found I enjoyed this a lot more than the original Pride and Prejudice. I do know some people will gasp in horror, but I have never really gone all out for the classics.

This is the first book in a new series, and I am looking forward to the next book. If Lynda O’Byrne can write another story as interesting and immersive as this book, she has a fan for life!

Thanks to ZooLoo’s Book Tours, Spellbound Books, and Lynda O’Byrne for gifting a copy of the book.

Buy Links

Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cassandra-Cousins-Pemberley-Book-1-ebook/dp/B09L1CSQQF

Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/Cassandra-Cousins-Pemberley-Book-1-ebook/dp/B09L1CSQQF

Author Bio

Fiction has always been my go-to world, a place of entertainment, excitement and imagination – I am told that I wrote my first story when I was four about a lady who had twenty children!   Sadly it has been lost for posterity.

I have been writing all my life in the time I could spare from having a “proper job”, mostly for children under the name of Linda Blake, stories of ballet dancers, pony riding and talking animals!  Not all in the same book!

But my love of romance, a great tendency to say “What if..?” and the endearing characters of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice have now resulted in a series of books that will take the reader forward to the next generation of heroines.

I am retired, live in Kent and am a keen member of my local drama group.  Directing and acting take up a lot of my time – I have been given the onerous task of writing the Christmas pantomimes – but I still need to cope with a large garden, doing daily battle with the heron who thinks my pond is his own breakfast buffet and keeping in touch with friends and family scattered all over the world. 


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