Rason & Eliza by Cee BowermanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
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I love Cee Bowerman’s books. She writes funny, gentle stories about interesting people who lead mostly ordinary lives, except once in a while it’s strange enough to write a book about it. Most of the characters from all the series set around this town interact with each other, so you may find familiar faces popping up from Texas Knights or Texas Kings.
Eliza is actually the brother of Hank (from Texas Knights) and Mesha. She was lucky enough to be adopted as a heroine addicted baby, rather than being ‘raised’ by her drug addicted prostitute mother and abandoned by her married judge father. She had an unbelievably happy childhood, raised by loving parents who owned a bookstore, which she now owns. The siblings only found each other very recently and it’s nice to see them interact in this book as they begin to get to know each other.
Rason is half Vietnamese and half Texan. He’s built like he Dad and has his pretty green eyes, but is sweet like his mother. He also had a very happy childhood, with two siblings. He was in the army for 6 years and now works for Daughtry (another connection) as a mechanic.
When Rason and Eliza finally get the courage to go out, after eying each other up over the bookshelves since their teens, they are both nearing 30. Rason is also trying to get rid of a clingy woman whom he barely dated.
Whilst Rason and Eliza click very fast the clingy woman turns into a very dangerously unhinged one, which puts untold amounts of pressure on the fledgling relationship.
I loved all the details about Vietnamese culture in this book. It was affectionate and respectful and very educational. The way it was explained to us is partially to do with Eliza and her upbringing. She always wants to know about things and researches them assiduously. I also love that Eliza comes across to the outside world as prim and proper but inside she’s a little bit wild.
As always, the writing is funny, the characters interesting and the plot entertaining. I always enjoy these books and I can’t see that changing any time soon, based on the record so far. Definitely great escapist fiction.
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