My Review - Flight of Fancy

A Flight of Fancy by Laurie Alice Eakes

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


The constant back and forth between Cassandra and Geoffrey in A FLIGHT OF FANCY became tiresome and tended to frustrate me more than it captivated me.
We first read of the volatile relationship between Cassandra and Geoffrey in A NECESSARY DECEPTION.  Their passion for each other consumes them, and is the center of their up and down relationship.  A FLIGHT OF FANCY picks up after Cassandra’s tragic accident.  An accident that has left her scared and convinced that she and Geoffrey are no good for each other.

Geoffrey is beside himself with guilt but refuses to give up on the love of his life.  He has every intention to prove to Cassandra that they are meant for each other.

Cassandra on the other hand decides to do everything in her power to convince Geoffrey they have no future.  And her fascination with balloon flight is just the thing she plans to use to show Geoffrey she will never allow him to control her again.

The next three hundred plus pages is an ongoing tennis match of back and forth between Cassandra pushing Geoffrey away, and Geoffrey’s persistence that Cassandra is the only woman for him.  Throw in rioters burning down mills, a Major injecting himself into the family for a yet unseen reason, balloon trials and travels, Cassandra’s younger sister following in her footsteps when it comes to men, and a murderous plot, and you have A FLIGHT OF FANCY in a nutshell.  I finished reading the book because I wanted to get to the bottom of who was trying to kill Geoffrey and why.  But towards the end, I found myself doing a lot of skimming because quite frankly, I felt the author over estimated the patience of her readers and I could only handle so much back and forth between the heroine and hero.

Book provided for review purposes.

Available October 2012 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.





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