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A review by alana_jg
Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe Sivak
5.0
This was absolutely harrowing and very educational for me. It had me on a deep Wikipedia dive into the Haitian and French Revolutions which were events I admit I didn't have enough knowledge of before. I always find it interesting when reading historical fiction about real historical figures. I found myself invested in Sylvie's story and anxious for things to go well for her, conflicting entirely with my knowledge of everything that would happen and how Robespierre's story would go. This meant that, while the events weren't unexpected, they still had a big effect on me and left me feeling shocked at the brutality.
The sapphic element of this was nicely done. I rarely read stories where the sapphic romance is a side plot, rather than the focus of the book and it was refreshing to see it in this. It was also lovely that there was no homophobia from the characters which I would have expected from something set in this time. While this was, in no way, a light read, I'm grateful for how much this book taught me and think it was morbidly interesting and dealt with the subject matter well.
The sapphic element of this was nicely done. I rarely read stories where the sapphic romance is a side plot, rather than the focus of the book and it was refreshing to see it in this. It was also lovely that there was no homophobia from the characters which I would have expected from something set in this time. While this was, in no way, a light read, I'm grateful for how much this book taught me and think it was morbidly interesting and dealt with the subject matter well.