Book Review: Beyond the Lavender Fields by Arlem Hawks
My Rating: 5 Stars Marseille, France, 1792. Civil unrest and tension grip French society as revolution becomes more and more likely. Marie-Caroline--a royalist, and Gilles--a Jacobin, are caught in the middle of the uncertainty. Though technically in the same social class, they see things very differently and cannot help but feel like oil and water around each other. That is, until circumstances require that they learn trust each other or suffer dire consequences. Can a precarious relationship survive between Marie-Caroline and Gilles when betrayal and violence between their respective political parties seem to swirl around them? I was very impressed by the character development in this book. It felt to me like Marie-Caroline had it all figured out from the beginning and her character development wasn't nearly as stark as Gilles'. Gilles, however, began the story as a young revolutionary who allowed others to think for him, and grew into a man, dedicated to his family and ...