Suffragette in the City

by Kate Marsh (Pseudonym), Katie MacAlister

Cassandra Whitney is a New Woman, from her forward-thinking attitudes toward women and society, right down to her determination to take a lover—just as soon as she can find one who doesn’t dribble soup, or yell at her for her involvement with the suffrage movement.Unfortunately, the only candidate she’s found worthy is the annoying, but sinfully attractive, Griffin St. John. It’s just too bad he appears to be central in a plot to destroy everything she’s worked for…

Genres: Romance, Historical, Historical Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Ebooks, Paranormal

318 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 15, 2010

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Pseudonym of Katie MacAlister.

Reviews

[Heather K (dentist in my spare time)]

Thanks for the gift, Tabatha!

[Sandra R · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is well written in Katie Macalister's humorous style. (aka Kate Marsh). It's told in the first person POV, as is usual for this author. Our heroine Cassandra is a 'New Woman', interested in the suffragette movement in London and women's rights. She wants to help, but doesn't like the violence associated with some of the organizers. This is a tongue in cheek story on one hand, but peppered with lots of intense drama on the other - and the two didn't quite gel for me in this book. So, you really can't take this partially silly and lighthearted story too seriously. It has a well thought out plot and obviously the author has studied the suffragette movement. My one gripe is the book ended pretty abruptly and there are a few details glossed over and not explained at the end.

Cassandra is rich and pretty clueless as to the way of the world, she's also vain about her clothes looking 'just so' and headstrong. Even so, we don't really know too much about her as a character, only what she sometimes reveals in her thoughts. Griffin of course is the ideal hero - perfect lover material. Lol. We don't know much about him either, sad to say. However, this is a fun read and the last couple of chapters were pretty gruesome and a surprise story twist. There are attempted murders, kidnappings, foot chases and some steamy romance scenes that were tastefully written - plus insta-love. Also sad to say, there were several typos. I almost stopped reading in the middle, but I'm pleased that I pushed on and finished, so 3.5 stars.

[Andrea · Rating 1 out of 5]

I usually like Katie MacAlister and I so wanted to like this book! A book about suffragettes? It's so up my alley! However, I was vastly disappointed by this book. The mean character - don't get me started! Can one woman really be that stupid? Oh, someone attacked me....it must be a thief. Oh, someone kidnapped me? Must be white slavers. Oh I see my cousin talking to a man at a party who later tried to kill me? Must be coincidence. ARG! I found myself thinking several times in this book - if women were really like this they didn't deserve the right to vote! There were moments of Katie MacAlister's humor, but only glimpses and not enough to make this a worthwhile read.

[Tara Chevrestt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Women obtaining the right to vote was no easy feat as heroine, Cassandra Whitney complete with a "runaway tongue, odd interests, and an wholly unconventional nature" shows us in this novel....

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[Robin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Apart from the fact that there were an irritating number of typos, neither the plot nor the characters could really decide who and what they intended to be. Was this comic slapstick, or a tribute to the struggles and horrors of the fight for women’s right to vote? Was it a mystery or a love story? And it left loose ends all over the place. What happened to cousin Freddy? Why did no one ever tell Cassandra her best friend liked women sexually, not men. How can a reader take seriously a love that never involves a serious conversation where Griffin learns of Cassandra’s horrific childhood. This novel bounces in so many directions it made me dizzy. Was Cassandra a naive spazz, or an astute judge of character? If someone can figure that out, please let me know.

[Rachel-RN · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cassandra is a new woman and plans to take a lover. However, the one she wants might not be the best choice. I usually enjoy the KM sense of humor, but this fell short. Way short. This was a miss for me. I cringed many times when it should (maybe?) have been funny. It didn't work in this story (time and place). I didn't like Cassandra and thought she was spoiled and shallow. Not crazy about Griffin either. A lot going on as well (in addition to the "romance" there was women's suffrage, kidnapping, mystery).

[Monique Lebrocq · Rating 2 out of 5]

It is a sad day
when you don’t love a book by
a favorite author.

[Suzanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had gotten this book from Amazon after reading Light Dragons. I must admit I didn't actually read the plot summary and just assumed it would be another fantasy/romance, so was completely surprised when it turned out to be a historic romance!

This book was a really wonderful read. I especially liked that Katie MacAlister was able to make a slight mockery of all the plot twists through the characters conversations about how "this kind of thing should only happen in romance novels, not real life" and the main characters were really well written.

The reason I'm not giving it a full 5 stars is more because, while it was a really wonderful book, it wasn't a really wonderful, unique book... but really that's true of almost any romance! I do highly recommend this though - so if you are into history romances give it a try :)

[Phyllis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed Suffragette In The City. As in her other books, Katie MacAlister has created a strong, quirky heroine in Cassandra Whitney. As a 'new world woman'in Victorian England, Cassandra explores her ideas of freedom for women by taking a lover and aiding the suffragette movement. She fights conventions and ruffians who kidnap her and try to murder her lover. A very fun read especially for the Kindle price.

[Stacy · Rating 3 out of 5]

An okay book. Not up to Katie's usual work, but a fun book overall. The story is about Cassandra Whitney. Shes's a New Woman and involved with the women's suffrage movement. It's there that she meets the St John family. As usual, for Katie MacAlister, there's romance, mystery and humor. It's basically an historical romance but it was just so overly goofy that I couldn't really ever get into the book.

[Harriet · Rating 3 out of 5]

A silly, cute romance that I enjoyed in spite of several typos and a couple of plot holes. Griffin's character wasn't as well developed as it could have been, I think, but since the story is told from Cassandra's POV, I suppose that makes sense.

[C. Hampton Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like Katie's sense of humor. I wish she would get back to writing historical fiction because vampirism is not my style.
This book ends grim, but I was surprised by that turn in the plot. Without it it would have been less interesting. Hence the 4 stars.

[Sherrie Counts · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic!

I loved this book! The heroine was not a push over and was willing to compromise but was hardheaded and
Had to learn the hard way. Could not put the book down. Had to find out what happens next!

[Shannon Lloyd-Ragan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not the best of Katie's books, but still a great read!

[Vinette · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading Katie's book while reading another. Not sure if this is a good thing, lol

[Elisabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

I would have known that this was a previously unpublished novella even if it was not stated in the forward. Even though the author reworked it, it is not up to the same strengths her other works.

[Carol Ann Burton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Made me want to investigate the suffragette movement is in the UK and the US. Couldn't give it five stars due to some grammatical editing problems.

[Lyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I do enjoy Katie MacAlister's writing and this book was no different. Parts of it had me chuckling and other parts had me wondering what was coming next. A nice, easy read.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. Katie MacAlister made me laugh and kept my attention throughout the entire story. It was great!!

[Christina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Terrible characters, awful writing, poor plot development.

If only someone could find her a thesaurus so she could find & replace "Griffin growled" with some synonyms.

[Jujubee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this in the paperback edition and it had a lot of editing errors. Not enuf to stop my enjoyment of the story...that I found very satisfying!

[Charlie · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was very Katie Macalister.

[Kristin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not ever worth reading past the first chapter.

[Vicky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a bad read for fluff.

[Julie]

Having trouble keeping the characters straight. Maybe I’ll try again later?