The Everlasting Rose (The Belles, #2) 
by 

Dhonielle Clayton

 

really liked it

bookshelves: 2019, arcs, beautiful-cover, cliques, dragons, fantasy,glbt, kingdoms, poc-on-cover, tragedy

thanks a million to Netgalley and Freeform for an e-arc of this book. All opinions are my own.

The Everlasting Rose, the sequel to The Belles is so much different then it’s predecessor. The sequel is just as dark, if not more, and just like The Belles the darkness is hidden. In The Belles, the darkness/evil was covered up with beauty and romance, but in The Everlasting Rose it’s hidden through Camille and her friends being further away from the palace (and Sophia) and having their own worries.

This book was interesting, and a good sequel, but to me it didn’t hit as hard as the first one did. The first one, was about how you can take beauty too far, and this book is about how to make the decision when too far is too far, and living with the consequences.

Camille is conflicted much more in this book, which I really enjoyed. She’s conflicted on who to trust, who to forgive, how to help save everyone, and more, and I loved her for it. 

I think The Belles will always a hold a special place in my heart, but this was a very good follow-up to the series.