Cassandra in Reverse

Written by Holly Smale

Narrated by Kristin Atherton

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
"Fascinating...witty...self-deprecating...We meet Cassandra on the worst day of her life. She's getting fired, her boyfriend dumps her, and her roommates hate her. On that same day, she discovers she has the power to go back in time. You'd think you would know how this book is going to end, but it really surprised me. There's a twist at the end that I did not see coming!" —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club June ’23 Pick)

If you had the power to change the past…where would you start?
Cassandra Penelope Dankworth is a creature of habit. She likes what she likes (museums, jumpsuits, her boyfriend, Will) and strongly dislikes what she doesn't (mess, change, her boss drinking out of her mug). Her life runs in a pleasing, predictable order…until now.

• She's just been dumped.
• She's just been fired.
• Her local café has run out of banana muffins.

Then, something truly unexpected happens: Cassie discovers she can go back and change the past. One small rewind at a time, Cassie attempts to fix the life she accidentally obliterated, but soon she'll discover she's trying to fix all the wrong things.

“A great read-alike for The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore, and The Boys by Katie Hafner.” —Booklist (STARRED)

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperAudio
• Release date: Jun 6, 2023
• ISBN: 9781488228124

Holly Smale

Holly Smale is the author of Geek Girl, Model Misfit, Picture Perfect and All That Glitters. She was unexpectedly spotted by a top London modelling agency at the age of fifteen and spent the following two years falling over on catwalks, going bright red and breaking things she couldn’t afford to replace. By the time Holly had graduated from Bristol University with a BA in English Literature and an MA in Shakespeare she had given up modelling and set herself on the path to becoming a writer.

Reviews for Cassandra in Reverse

[Mari · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Lovely book. Great to share with a sister. Insightful, colorful and heart warming but also page-turning.

[Terry Stone · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Amazing voice talent. Enjoyable and I learned something. Good work.

[sue archer · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Amazing! Absolutely loved it! Great narration? I didn’t want it to end?

[Jeanette N Mike Shanahan · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very cool book!! I loved it so much. Of course I love Greek Mythology too

[heba abdel aal · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I liked the whimsical mix in this novel , there is greek mythology, autism hints as well as time travel all bundled together in a cute novel

[Rosemary Wright · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A great listen! Full of Greek mythology, time travel and a hidden love story.

[Kylie · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Absolutely loved. Whoever said they could only listen to 2 hours and were done with this is clearly delusional. I found myself relating to Cass on so many levels and also not on certain aspects- but that is the beauty of this book and it’s story.

I found my heartstrings being tugged with her struggle to connect to others and wanting her relationship to be and work out perfectly because the idea of “perfect” is so attractive but also is not real life.

I can only hope that this can get turned into a movie to bring these characters and situations into even more life than they already have on their pages.

If you are even debating whether or not you will want to read this or will like it, I encourage anyone to at least listen to it in audiobook form. Kristin Atherton brings each character into fruition and grabs you the second you start listening. You really won’t be disappointed. 10/10.

[Barbara · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Terrible was only able to listen to two hours of the book