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Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe Sivak

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thepagelady's review

3.0

new empire rises on the bones of innocents or risk losing her head.

This was a great story! It has a nice mix of historical facts about the Haitian and French revolutions and then the fictional tale of Sylvie's life. The characters were great! I especially liked learning more about the painter Éléonore Duplay, Napoleon and Josephine and many more and seeing Sylvie's character change and grow throughout the story! The author does not shy away from the dark events that took place during this time period nor does she shy away from the beauty and hope that develops in Sylvie's life and both of those make this book really come to life! Thank you Let's Talk Books and Berkley Books for sharing this fantastic story with us!

ash_flygare's review

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3.0

3.5

makenziejs's review

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tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

dabutkus's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

littleredmacks's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

Haitian & French Revolution

LGBTQIA Rep

Powerful Flawed Biracial FMC

Historical Fiction

Romantic SUBplot

Before I started reading this book, I knew very little about the French and Haitian Revolutions. However, with everything going on in the world (and me slowly becoming more involved as I learn more), I knew this was a topic I wanted to learn more about. Before diving into this book I did do a fair bit of research to prepare me before going into this book. I prefer to only read a historical fiction book if I know at least some of the history.

Overall I felt like this book handled some of the bigger conversations (like struggling to be heard as a Biracial POC), however, even with my research, this book covered so much in such a little time it left me reeling. I almost wish it had been split into two books so she could have done each revolution more justice, given them each more time.

I do still feel like this book was powerful, well-written, and inspiring despite it covering so much. The characterization and development was well done. I will likely read more by this author.