𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑬𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆’𝒔 𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒂𝒚—𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊’𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝑬𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒐𝒐𝒏. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕’𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒏𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒘, 𝑯𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒊

Initially, I thought this is just a straight up gay rep book set in the 1800s France, well it was until the plot progressed and then there's the twist of supernatural involved and concept of polyamory too. While all of these are interesting turn of events, I just wished there was more if it. 

1. Considering the age group of the cast (MCs are between 17 to 19 years old), the volatile emotional aspect is definitely there. I mean, can't really sustain my annoyance when I think about Emile forgiving Henri right away and then feeling bad for Bram the next. Typical representation of a teenage emotional dilemma 

2. The supernatural mystery added a positive effect on the overall story. Though some attributes were predictable it still was a pleasant experience to see families reunited

3. Twists weren't really prevalent all throughout. I read more descriptives of what they wore and where they were as compared to the actions done. The ending for me was a bit rushed and the catharsis I was waiting for wasn't met all the way.

Overall, it was a nice read.