Gastien From Dream to Destiny A Caddy Rowland Historical Family Saga/Drama The Gastien Series Book 2 eBook Caddy Rowland
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"I am Gastien Beauchamp, artist and lover. Any Frenchman would tell you that a peasant could never own property in nineteenth century France. Yet here I am, in my very own studio. The personal cost was horrendous. I barely survived the choices I made, and my sanity was pushed to its limits.
Still, I finally now have security, peace, and freedom. For the rest of my life I can spend time "making love to the color", making love to beautiful women, and enjoying the wild nightlife of bohemian Montmartre. What more could a man need or want?
Then, one night, I see her. One look at Sophie, and my heart wants to betray me! I try to tell myself that I know better. Who needs love, anyway? I am already married-to my art!
No woman would ever understand and accept my lifestyle; nor am I about to give that lifestyle up. Not when I paid so dearly for it! Besides, I am too badly damaged to ever open up my heart...and if Sophie found out about my past she would not want to even know my name. I can't take that chance. I have had enough pain to last me a lifetime."
This historical fiction novel is book 2 of a 5 book drama/family saga for adults (The Gastien Series). As such, it contains adult themes and graphic scenes. Each book can stand on its own, but is most compelling read in order.
Historic people, places, events and things in this book Au Lapin Agile, Montmartre, Eiffel Tower, Exposition Universelle, bourgeois, bohemian artists, Chat Noir, Le Procope, Notre Dame de Paris, Le Procope, Moulin de la Galette, Moulin Rouge, Place du Tertre, Pigalle, opium dens, absinthe, hashish, Impressionism, abstract painters, nineteenth century Paris, influenza
Gastien From Dream to Destiny A Caddy Rowland Historical Family Saga/Drama The Gastien Series Book 2 eBook Caddy Rowland
This is book two in the Gastien Beauchamp series, taking place from 1855 - 1899. This book starts with a lot of review of the previous book. Of course, I recommend you read Part 1, The Cost of The Dream. But if you don't, you will get the basics of it throughout this book. I must say, I enjoyed this book much more than the first. While both books are dark and portray a very honest look at Gastien's life, this one had a bit more lighthearted moments that made it better for me.Ok, so trying to focus on this book, and not so much the both books together. Gastien is now an adult, living in his studio in Montemartre. He is pretty much the same as he was previously. My views of him as a person are not terrific. I think he is selfish and immature, and a bit of a whiner when he doesn't get his way. He fills his life with superficial women, and this always leaves him looking for something more - as he is constantly reaffirming he does not want to be in love. Sex, painting, drugs, and drinking...these are all things that Gastien is a happy and willing slave to. Frankly, it began to be a bit tiresome to constantly have to deal with his insecurities and troubles that his addictions caused him. Just as it is in the real world when you have to deal with a self centered addict.
See, this might seem like I am bashing the book. Oh no, I'm not at all. I found this an enjoyable read for the most part. On the down side, there was a lot of repetition that I could have done without. The thing is, this story is not sugarcoated. Gastien group up relatively poor, left home with nothing, went to the "big city" and he knows what scraping bottom feels like. He was so low he had to scrape bottom just to look up. He got a few breaks here and there, made many sacrifices for his one true love (his art) and landed in a pretty good situation in Montemartre. You get to see his whole life, and not just the good parts.
He finds love, real true love, in a young girl named Sophie. This relationship is not without its troubles, but they have open and honest communication, and they make it work. I can't imagine how, but they do. When they first meet, he is flustered and makes slips like asking for a kisskey instead of a whiskey one night at the pub when she is a waitress. These little details really add to the story of their romance. It doesn't happen with a flash bang like in shorter novels, this romance is nurtured and grown until it becomes the rare flower that it is.
There is quite the cast of characters in this book, and you really get a chance to know them. One of my favorites is Gastien's best friend, Mic. Mic is... well, after being Gastien's friend for decades he should qualify for sainthood. In fact, there is a scene where Mic is reminiscing and you get a quick view of Gastien from his eyes, from the first moment he saw him on the street. This was so touching and beautiful, it really shows that family is indeed not just the people who you share blood with, but rather those who you share life with.
There were a few surprises in this book that I didn't see coming, and I'll leave those unspoiled. Lets just say that in this book you should be prepared for the parade of emotions you are going to feel with Gastien and his choices. There is definite happiness, a touch of romance, a splash and a rub of lust, and there is sorrow. Like I've said before, I am not necessarily sure this is a "feel good" book. If you are looking for the next power couple in the fiction world on a whirlwind romance of lust and love, you should look elsewhere. This is a gritty and raw look at the life of a young man who has convictions and sticks to them no matter the cost. It's a good story, and if you like historical fiction, I think you will enjoy it.
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Gastien From Dream to Destiny A Caddy Rowland Historical Family Saga/Drama The Gastien Series Book 2 eBook Caddy Rowland Reviews
Although at times seemed like a bad soap opera, it did grip me and held me all the way through this second book of the series. I couldn't put it down most nights. It actually evolved into a powerful study of life as a nonconformist. It is a difficult life although from the outside it appears self serving and gleeful. So much sadness, but in the end ife is all about love.
Wow! I'm not sure I have the words to describe how this story or the characters affected me. I read the first book simply because I love historical fiction; and I knew nothing about the life of a true artist and thought it would be interesting .....and it was. I am approaching 73 yrs of age and I don't believe I have ever read a book like these two books. The depth of the emotions and feelings of Gastien - one moment I was in awe of how deeply he felt life....the next minute I could not believe how selfish and self centered he could be....yet Gastien was still a man I liked and worse sometimes understood his selfishness I had conflicting emotions thru the entire book. I admired the depth of love that existed between he and Sofie that she could give up so much of tradional values to experience life with him and I could not believe that he could be so selfish to expect her to live his unconventional life style. To me there was a great conflict between his love and his selfishness.
The true hero and friend of this story is Mic - Gastions best friend. This man truly expressed true love and friendship like I have never seen or heard of before.
The lesson I have gotten from these two books - "Don't judge a book by its cover"!!! Most of these people; partook of drugs, alcohol to the excess, were selfish and greedy....but just as much as they lived on the dark side they expressed their feelings as deeply on the light side and lived a very non-judgemental life. This was a good story; a believable story; a very well written story with good character development. I'm glad I read both books - both were equally amazing and a very different read for me. I'm going on to the 3rd book and we will see if it is as good as the first two.
If you haven't already - start this series - They are not expensive and are good different reads.
I read two books in the series. The books held my attention. Somewhere in the middle of the second book, I started to dislike Gastien, the main character. He was much too narcissistic and he just never grew up and became aware of other people. Now, this was intended - a result of his abuse growing up. Still, I just could not like the man and the books became kind of dead after that. There were too many instances of his own abuse of others to make him less than likable - although most of the characters adored him. Everyone seemed to put up and even adore his bad behaviors - excusing them totally and loving him even though he did not reciprocate. I could not figure out why everyone - his mother, his brother, the priest, his friend, his boss at the restaurant, his lovers, his patrons, his landlady, his wife (but not his son) just loved him because he was so selfish and self-centered. I guess the author did a really good job because the character of Gastien just was too shallow.
This is book two in the Gastien Beauchamp series, taking place from 1855 - 1899. This book starts with a lot of review of the previous book. Of course, I recommend you read Part 1, The Cost of The Dream. But if you don't, you will get the basics of it throughout this book. I must say, I enjoyed this book much more than the first. While both books are dark and portray a very honest look at Gastien's life, this one had a bit more lighthearted moments that made it better for me.
Ok, so trying to focus on this book, and not so much the both books together. Gastien is now an adult, living in his studio in Montemartre. He is pretty much the same as he was previously. My views of him as a person are not terrific. I think he is selfish and immature, and a bit of a whiner when he doesn't get his way. He fills his life with superficial women, and this always leaves him looking for something more - as he is constantly reaffirming he does not want to be in love. Sex, painting, drugs, and drinking...these are all things that Gastien is a happy and willing slave to. Frankly, it began to be a bit tiresome to constantly have to deal with his insecurities and troubles that his addictions caused him. Just as it is in the real world when you have to deal with a self centered addict.
See, this might seem like I am bashing the book. Oh no, I'm not at all. I found this an enjoyable read for the most part. On the down side, there was a lot of repetition that I could have done without. The thing is, this story is not sugarcoated. Gastien group up relatively poor, left home with nothing, went to the "big city" and he knows what scraping bottom feels like. He was so low he had to scrape bottom just to look up. He got a few breaks here and there, made many sacrifices for his one true love (his art) and landed in a pretty good situation in Montemartre. You get to see his whole life, and not just the good parts.
He finds love, real true love, in a young girl named Sophie. This relationship is not without its troubles, but they have open and honest communication, and they make it work. I can't imagine how, but they do. When they first meet, he is flustered and makes slips like asking for a kisskey instead of a whiskey one night at the pub when she is a waitress. These little details really add to the story of their romance. It doesn't happen with a flash bang like in shorter novels, this romance is nurtured and grown until it becomes the rare flower that it is.
There is quite the cast of characters in this book, and you really get a chance to know them. One of my favorites is Gastien's best friend, Mic. Mic is... well, after being Gastien's friend for decades he should qualify for sainthood. In fact, there is a scene where Mic is reminiscing and you get a quick view of Gastien from his eyes, from the first moment he saw him on the street. This was so touching and beautiful, it really shows that family is indeed not just the people who you share blood with, but rather those who you share life with.
There were a few surprises in this book that I didn't see coming, and I'll leave those unspoiled. Lets just say that in this book you should be prepared for the parade of emotions you are going to feel with Gastien and his choices. There is definite happiness, a touch of romance, a splash and a rub of lust, and there is sorrow. Like I've said before, I am not necessarily sure this is a "feel good" book. If you are looking for the next power couple in the fiction world on a whirlwind romance of lust and love, you should look elsewhere. This is a gritty and raw look at the life of a young man who has convictions and sticks to them no matter the cost. It's a good story, and if you like historical fiction, I think you will enjoy it.
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