Another exceptional piece by Freda! This book tore all of my heart strings apart and thankfully mended them back together at the end. I've never read a book that made me feel anything other than excitement. I found myself yelling at Charlotte when she pursued Violette and even more when her and Karl started to grow apart. I honestly started to feel sick like I was in the relationship (it was maddening). I have no issues with this book whatsoever and its a strong competitor for A Taste of Blood Wine. While I disliked Violette being brought into the picture I trusted the author and by book three (my review is somewhere on here) I grew fond of her. It is hard to change my opinions of a character once I've made them.

The ending was a twist I wasn't expecting. I figured something would happen earlier in the book but as things came to a close and everyone was more or less "friends" I had no idea that that was going to happen! I was incredibly excited and quite frankly relieved with the character she wrote off.