A review by mduphare
The Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle Clayton

3.0

2.5, rounded up to three stars. This duology has a lot of potential but I felt it didn’t live up to it. It’s an interesting plot line but the execution left something to be desired. I found some of the writing very repetitive and dense, especially describing literally everything with pastry imagery. One of the reasons I read the second book after being less than impressed with the first was the promise of this alternative culture of the Iron Ladies but I felt the author didn’t do that subculture justice and most of the book was focused on what seemed to be a long and pointless chase.