Many gods and goddesses exist in the heavens, disconnected from earth. At one point Camille sleeps in bed with a man, but it’s less romantic and more hiding from certain death. Read the content section for more details.įans of THE RUBY AIRSHIP by Sharon Gosling should check out THE EVERLASTING ROSE.Ĭamille and some other characters have brown skin. Readers should be aware that two characters commit suicide on scene in the book, and the story does reference torture. In terms of language and romance, this is a pretty clean book. So I wish I’d read THE BELLES before THE EVERLASTING ROSE. I’m not sure I understand the use of the leeches or how the Belles rebalanced their arcana. My only difficulty was that I wasn’t already familiar with the story world, so I sometimes felt a little confused about some of the ways the Belle system worked. I found myself staying up too late trying to fit in just one more chapter before going to bed because I really wanted to know what happened next. The story moves along at a quick pace, and Camille never wavers from her goal. Even her anger felt easy to identify with. I loved the little floating lanterns and mini blimps and OMG the teacup dragons!Ĭamille won me over immediately, with her love for her Belle sisters and her desire to protect them and rescue those in danger.
I fell in love with the story world and all its fantastical, steampunk elements. Based on her review, I kind of expected it to be trite or annoying or something, but I wanted to give it a try.Īnd I’m so glad I did.
I was a little hesitant to read THE EVERLASTING ROSE because a friend reviewed it and didn’t really like the writing and dialog.