History Literature / CassonFamilySeries

* IWasBeatenByAGirl: Twice; the first time, Sapphy takes on Indigo's bullies, and they have the sense to not go on further. The second time, Rose thrashes them when she thinks they broke Tom's guitar, and the boys admit even if they saved her life, they deserved that for bullying Indigo.

* {{Jerkass}}: Some fans regard Bill Casson as this - with good reason.

** Case in point, as of the Rose's blog; Tom is eighteen and Rose is thirteen, and Indigo made her really unhappy with the revelation that the age disparity between both of them is too much, and so Rose sulks and sulks, finally making her blog to ease her pain, as Rose has not - and will probably never - get over Tom Levin. [[VerbalTic So.]]

* MeaningfulName: All the Casson kids, but Rose especially, as the "Permanent" in her name is a reference to her being a preemie baby, and Eve named her Permanent Rose as a sort of promise - and so that she would be ''permanent'' as other people sent her flowers after Rose was born, implying that Rose wouldn't be around long enough for real gifts, so Eve called her Permanent Rose not only after the gorgeous color described in the book, but in the defiant belief that her little daughter would permanently stay with them.

* TheUnreveal: For the 19 December 2010 blog post, no one still knows what exactly Tom said to Rose that evening or what she told him - only that [[ShipTease it kept Rose up thinking "long, long thoughts."]]

* ADayInTheLimelight: Rose tells ''Forever Rose'' from her own perspective. Also, Rose's blog at [=McKay=]'s official site.

* MrFanservice: Hoo boy. Tom, Indigo, Darling Michael, and even Bill Casson, so much so that Sarah LampShades this on Rose's blog because of the EstrogenBrigade that Bill gathers with an EvenTheGuysWantHim statement to drive his fangirls off.

* GenkiGirl: Caddy and Permanent Rose.

* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Rose remembers one of Indigo's former bullies when he comes asking for help.

* SingleTargetSexuality: David hasn't swerved in his affection for Saffron throughout all the books, and later moved with her to Siena, where the blog implies that they had a RelationshipUpgrade.
* TheDitz: Eve Casson. She has her moments of GeniusDitz, though, notably in naming her children, which even Bill commends her for in the first book.
* RunawayBride: Subverted. Caddy agrees to marry Alex instead of Darling Michael, but he now doesn't want to marry her. Later, Caddy steals all of Rose's postcards from Micheal and runs off in search of him instead.
* SadistTeacher: Mr. Spencer in ''Forever Rose.'' He even cancels the celebration of ''Christmas'' for her class.
** He has improved somewhat by Rose's blog though.
* ShipTease: Tom/Rose, ''constantly.'' Dammit, [=McKay=], make your fans happy and finally give them that RelationshipUpgrade we long for!

* TheBully: Tony and the rest of his rabble in ''Indigo's Star''. David counts as one at this time.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: A defining element in Tom and Rose's interactions with each other, and [=McKay=] employs it enough that fans are demanding resolution to the two's highly evident {{UST}}, since Rose's [[CharacterBlog blog]] (and the books) makes good use of it.

* VerbalTic: Rose has a habit of using the word "So." as one word at the end of a sentence after making an essential point about something.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Rose asks Indigo why best friends argue with each other so much more than other friends. His response is because best friends listen to each other so much more than other friends do.
* TheUnreveal: For the 19 December 2010 blog post, no one still knows what exactly Tom said to Rose that evening or what she told him - only that [[ShipTease it kept Rose up thinking "long, long thoughts."]]

* BatmanGambit: Pulled off by Rose's younger friend Molly, of all people, by getting them intentionally left behind at the Zoo so that SadistTeacher Mr Spencer is reprimanded by the Head and Class 4 is replaced with a kinder teacher instead, Mrs Shah.

* SadistTeacher: Mr Spencer in ''Forever Rose.'' He even cancels the celebration of ''Christmas'' for her class.

* ShipSinking: Indigo/Sarah is over, according to the newest blog update for December 2013, and Rose mentions that Tom is married to someone else. This hasn't deterred the shippers at all, who continue to ship Tom/Rose staunchly despite [=McKay=]'s constant WordofGod that the two are not getting together.

* MeaningfulName: All the Casson kids, but Rose especially, as the "Permanent" in her name is a reference to her being a preemie baby, and Eve named her Permanent Rose as a sort of promise - and so that she would be ''permanent'' as other people sent her flowers after Rose was born , implicating that Rose wouldn't be around long enough for real gifts, so Eve called her Permanent Rose not only after the gorgeous color described in the book, but in the defiant belief that her little daughter would permanently stay with them.

* MarriedTotheJob: Bill Casson, to some extent. (such as when he's not philandering.)

* CharacterBlog: Rose's at [=McKay's=] official website, found here: http://www.hilarymckay.co.uk/rose.php. Rose now has a Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/RoseCasson

** Book two has one henchmen of the gang mentioned by name in the middle of the book, and later he returns at the beginning of book three, and he is [[GentleGiant David.]]

* ShipSinking: Indigo/Sarah is over, according to the newest blog update for December 2013, and Rose mentions that Tom is married to someone else. This hasn't deterred the shippers at all, who continue to ship Tom/Rose staunchly despite {{McKay}}'s constant WordofGod that the two are not getting together.

* {{Interquel}}: Rose's blog could be thought of as this, as it most likely precedes the upcoming ''Caddy's World''.
** {{Jossed}}, as [=Mckay's=] website has revealed that this book is a ''prequel'', and not a continuation of the series.

* HandsomeLech: Bill Casson. ''And how''. See below at YourCheatingHeart for more details.

* YourCheatingHeart: Bill Casson, who had Saffron with Eve's twin sister Linda and no one knows of his infidelity until ''Permanent Rose'', where Saffron's search for the truth reveals this.
** Also, his relationship with his mistress Samantha is this too. She even calls him out on it when Rose discovers that he and Linda had Saffron together years ago.
*** Rose calls Indigo out on this in her blog after seeing his pictures taken with a blond Icelandic beauty, something that causes Sarah to blow up at him in her own room. Rose overhears and tells Indigo that Sarah thinks he is like Bill, which makes him straighten up ''really'' quickly.

* JailBaitWait: With the MayDecemberRomance pairing of Rose/Tom, this is something of a given, but [=McKay=] handles Rose's PrecociousCrush on Tom delicately and Tom's hints of attraction toward her so subtly, causing their relationship to be one of the least {{Squick}}iest examples of the trope around.
** Oddly enough though, this implication doesn't appear in many of the fanfics in the Casson Family Series archive at Website/FanFictionDotNet, although it would make a good plot point in story. But then again, the trope is employed so subtly most people probably aren't even aware of its existence in the books.

** Oddly enough though, this implication doesn't appear in many of the fanfics in the Casson Family Series archive at FanfictionDotNet, although it would make a good plot point in story. But then again, the trope is employed so subtly most people probably aren't even aware of its existence in the books.

To wit, the four main characters are the Casson siblings:
* the oldest girl is Cadmium Gold (or Caddy for short)
* the second oldest girl, Saffron (Saffy)
* Indigo, the only boy, called so because of his dark blue eyes and hair
* the youngest girl, Permanent Rose

With its delightful characters, beguiling writing, and enjoyable narratives, this series will continually draw readers back into the happily dysfunctional world of the ''Casson Family Series''. The link to Hilary [=McKay's=] official website is here: http://www.hilarymckay.co.uk/index.php.

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A series of six novels by British author Hilary [=McKay=] that began with ''Saffy's Angel'' in 2002. The books picked up the lives of the four Casson siblings all named for colours on the colour wheel that their mother Eve owns in 2004. The books are, in order of release, ''Saffy's Angel'', ''Indigo's Star'', ''Permanent Rose'', ''Caddy Ever After'', ''Forever Rose'' and ''Caddy's World''. Rose also has a blog at Hilary [=McKay=]'s website, and it could be considered somewhat canon.

To wit, the four main characters are the Casson siblings: the oldest girl is Cadmium Gold (or Caddy for short), Saffron, the second oldest girl and described as "shattering-looking" by Tom, an American boy who appears in ''Indigo's Star''(2004) ; Indigo, called so because of his dark blue eyes and hair, and last by not least, the youngest girl, Permanent Rose, who gets her own books told from her own Point of View in ''Permanent Rose'' and ''Forever Rose'', the two novels in between book four, ''Caddy Ever After.''

* DavidAttenborough: Is mentioned in the fifth book, ''Forever Rose'' quite often because Rose's friend Molly is such a fan of him.

* HandsomeDevil: Both Tom Levin and Bill Casson have shades of this.

* {{UST}}: [[TwoWordsObviousTrope Two words]]: Tom and Rose. And Rose's blog updates at [=Mckay=]'s official site don't help matters.

* ShipSinking: Indigo/Sarah is over, according to the newest blog update for December 2013, and Rose mentions that Tom is married to someone else. This hasn't deterred the shippers at all, who continue to ship Tom/Rose staunchly despite McKay's constant WordofGod that the two are not getting together.

*** Book three, ''Permanent Rose'' has Caddy asking if anyone remembers who "Alex," a crossed-out name in her address book, is, though no one remembers. Cue Alex appearing prominently in ''Caddy Ever After'' during the third act of the novel.

* MissingMom: Linda for Saffron.

* RelationshipUpgrade: Indigo/Sarah in ''Caddy Ever After''.

* SheIsAllGrownUp: Likely to be Invoked as a means of getting Tom and Rose together in her blog if it happens there.

*** Book three has Caddy asking if anyone remembers who "Alex," a crossed-out name in her address book, is, though no one remembers. Cue Alex appearing prominently in ''Caddy Ever After'' during the third act of the novel.