This book is the first in the Casson family series. Before you read on please know that this is fan-girl dorkiness with tiny spoilers, never big ones. You have been warned.
One day Saffy looks on the paint chart and can't find her name. Her siblings names are all on there: Cadmium Gold, Indigo, and, Permanent Rose. When her beloved grandfather dies, Saffron finds out she is really adopted and that her mother is Eve Casson ( Caddy, Rose and Indy's mum)'s identical twin sister (by the way this is NOT a spoiler). In her grandad's will she is left a stone angel.
This, like the car for Indigo, the house for Caddy and the money for Rose was, indeed, gone. Thirteen year old Saffy then decides the key to find her angel is in Venice so she stows away with new friend Sarah.
Meanwhile, nineteen year old Caddy is drooling over her super hot driving instructor, eleven year old Indigo is trying to get over his fear of heights, and Rose is busy annoying her farther Bill Casson… the outcomes are hilarious. The Cassons are an amazing family, who you could call bohemian, except for Bill who is as neat as a pin.
Indigo is one of my favourite characters but also Rose. I could go on, but this is getting long so I will stop soon. Saffy's Angel inspired me so much. I loved it; I was in hysterics half the time but sometimes I cried.
My favourite quote from the book:
"I can only drive slowly."
"That's all right."
"And I can only do left turns."
Rose ran downstairs, grabbed a road atlas, and ran triumphantly back up again. "Wales is left! Look! It's left all the way!"
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