The Everlasting Rose by Dhonielle ClaytonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Just like The Belles before it, The Everlasting Rose is a 3.5 that I'll round up to a 4 for a lot of the same reasons that came before. It's more than a bit slow to start, but rewarding in that Clayton loads the fast-moving, action-packed parts of the story into the latter half. It's also got a lot of the same pitch-perfect social commentary as its predecessor, dissecting capitalism and unreasonable beauty standards and, now, overly accelerated scientific advancement. And inhumane treatment of scientific subjects.
Oh, and of course, there's teacup dragons galore.
Despite that slowness to start, The Everlasting Rose concludes this duology in intelligent and satisfying fashion. Though Goodreads still says that there'll be a third book, Clayton herself has said it's a duology "for now," and with that in mind, I now bid this world ave atque vale.
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