Mary Wingfield
As a hopeless romantic, I’m sooo glad to read this book. It just gives me satisfaction that true love indeed exists! It is never too late to find love. The romance here is not just about bluff but it goes deeper. The author made it possible for people to enjoy late-age romance. While short, this book does an excellent job of establishing and developing Aunt Cassie’s character, from her initial desire not to marry after having to care for her niece and nephew to her ultimate discovery of love. Aunt Cassie’s whole personality is a bomb! I had to share this with my friends. This book must be great to be seen on the big screen or be in physical bookstores. The world deserves to know this!
Jesse Presgraves
After their parents abandoned them, Cassie Burton, a retired school counselor, takes on the responsibility of raising her niece and nephew in this story. Despite never having had any interest in parenting or a committed relationship, Cassie finds herself rethinking her beliefs and desires in life as she cares for her niece and nephew and develops a newfound attraction to The Rastaman. I enjoyed getting to see how everything progressed and what really would happen. It was great of Cassie to take in the kids and I highly recommend this lighthearted book.
Veronica
AUNTIE CASSIE and the RASTAMAN by Eleanor Murphy is one of the best Romance novels I have ever read in my life. I don’t know my but this novel reminds me of Terry McMillan’s How Stella Got Her Groove Back. I love how Murphy discussed the history of the dreadlock hairstyle . I love this book teaches the reader how to not be so pre-judgemental. That is something that people who are in the Rastafarian religion and/or people with the dreadlock hairstyle: judgemental people and assumption. The main character Cassie finds love with someone who she did not expect: a man with dreadlocks named Solomon. This romance is a good read to me since I am half Caribbean myself. I think that this novel should be adapted to a movie and/or TV series. I can see the beautiful crystal, blue waters when I read this novel.
Marcia
Aunt Cassie and the Rastaman is a light and sweet book to read if you’re into the genre. Eleanor Murphy masterfully develops a nice set of characters and is able to create a love story with a woman in her 60s. Personal, endearing, and challenging some concepts you always associate with this genre, the author does a brilliant job. Of course, it is predictable and a bit cheesy but it’s all part of it.